On the Good Ship Lollipop
| "On the Good Ship Lollipop" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Shirley Temple | |
| Published | 1934, Sam Fox Publishing Company |
| Composer(s) | Richard A. Whiting |
| Lyricist(s) | Sidney Clare |
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" was the signature song of child actress Shirley Temple.[1][2] Temple first sang it in the 1934 movie Bright Eyes.[3] The song was composed by Richard A. Whiting and the lyrics were supplied by Sidney Clare.
In the song, the "Good Ship Lollipop" travels to a candy land. The "ship" referred to in the song is an aircraft; the scene in Bright Eyes, where the song appears, takes place on a taxiing American Airlines Douglas DC-2.[4][5]
400,000 copies of the sheet music, published by Sam Fox Publishing Company were sold,[5] and a recording by Mae Questel (the cartoon voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl) reputedly sold more than two million copies.[6]
In 2004 it finished at #69 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
References
- ↑ "Shirley Temple Black, child star who became diplomat, dies at 85". Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ↑ Scott, Mike (11 February 2014). "Remembering Shirley Temple in song, from 'Good Ship Lollipop' to 'Animal Crackers in My Soup'". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ↑ "5 films in which Shirley Temple shined - Washington Times". The Washington Times. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ↑ Curiously, in the film the floor of the airplane appears to be level, even though the DC-2 is a taildragger, and in real life it would be quite difficult to walk up and down the steeply sloped aisle while the plane is parked or taxiing.
- 1 2 Boyes, Laura. "Bright Eyes (1934)". Moviediva. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ↑ Lyman, Rick (8 January 1998). "Mae Questel, 89, Behind Betty Boop and Olive Oyl". The New York Times. p. 9. Retrieved 3 March 2014.