Three Little Words (soundtrack)

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Three Little Words
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Soundtrack album by
various artists
Released1950
Label MGM
Fred Astaire chronology
Easter Parade
(1949)
Three Little Words
(1950)
Royal Wedding
(1951)

The original soundtrack to the 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Three Little Words , starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton, was released by MGM Records in the same year. [1] [2]

Contents

The album was released in several formats: as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. 53), a set of four 7-inch 45-rpm records (cat. no. K53) and as a 10-inch LP (cat. no. E-516). [1] [2]

The album spent numerous weeks at number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Albums chart – on both the 33⅓-rpm and 45-rpm halves of it. [3] [4]

Track listing

10-inch LP (MGM Records E-516) [5]

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" KalmarRuby Fred Astaire, Red Skelton and Anita Ellis  
2."I Love You So Much"Ruby–Kalmar Arlene Dahl  
3."All Alone Monday"Ruby–Kalmar Gale Robbins  
4."Where Did You Get That Girl" Puck–KalmarFred Astaire and Anita Ellis 
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Thinking of You"Ruby–KalmarAnita Ellis 
2."I Wanna Be Loved by You" Stothart–Ruby–Kalmar Helen Kane  
3."Who's Sorry Now?" Snyder–Ruby–Kalmar Gloria De Haven  
4."My Sunny Tennessee, So Long! Oo-Long (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?)"
"Three Little Words"
Ruby–KalmarFred Astaire and Red Skelton 

Charts

Chart (1950)Peak
position
US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 33⅓ R.P.M. [6] 1
US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums – Best Selling 45 R.P.M. [7] 1

References

  1. 1 2 "Billboard". 19 August 1950.
  2. 1 2 "Various – Three Little Words". 1950 via Discogs.
  3. 1 2 3 "Billboard". 7 October 1950.
  4. 1 2 3 "Billboard". 9 December 1950.
  5. "Three Little Words – Vinyl (LP, 10", Album), 1950". 1950 via Discogs.
  6. [3] [4]
  7. [3] [4]