Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocalist.
At the peak of his fame, Red and Bobbie's daughter, Dorothy, develops polio. Red quits the music business to move to Los Angeles where the climate is better for Dorothy. As Dorothy becomes a young teen, she learns of her father's musical past, and he is persuaded to open a small nightclub which is failing until some noted names from his past come to help out.
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The Five Pennies
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THE FIVE PENNIES: Main Title (Sylvia Fine. Arr. Leith Stevens)
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The Five Pennies (Fine) (Performed by Danny Kaye)
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After You've Gone (Creamer-Layton) (Performed by Louis Armstrong)
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Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home (Cannon) (Performed by Louis Armstrong & Danny Kaye)
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Indiana Radio Montage (Adapt. Sylvia Fine) (Performed by Danny Kaye, Leith Stevens & Orchestra)
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Back Home Again in Indiana (MacDonald-Hanley) (Performed by Red Nichols & His 5 Pennies)
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Good Night, Sleep Tight (Sylvia Fine) (Performed by Eileen Wilson)
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Lullabye in Ragtime (Sylvia Fine. Arr. Halmy) (Performed by Danny Kaye & Eileen Wilson)
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Battle Hymn of the Republic (Trad. Arr.: Sylvia Fine) (Performed by Red Nichols and His Five Pennies & Louis Armstro
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The Five Pennies Saints (Trad. Arr. Sylvia Fine) (Performed by Danny Kaye & Louis Armstrong)
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College Montage: Washington and Lee Swing (Allen-Sheafe-Robbins) / Runnin' Wild (Grey-Wood-Gibbs) / Follow the Leader (S
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Good Night, Sleep Tigh Medley: Lullabye in Ragtime / The Five Pennies (Sylvia Fine) (Performed by Danny Kaye, Louis Arms
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Just the Blues (Leith Stevens-Sylvia Fine) (Performed by Louis Armstrong)
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Carnival of Venice (Pietro Frosini) (Performed by Danny Kaye)
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The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round (Farley-Riley-Hodgson) (Performed by Danny Kaye & Susan Gordon)
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Wail of The Winds (Warren) (Performed by Red Nichols & His 5 Pennies)
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Jingle Bells (Trad. Adap. Sylvia Fine) (Performed by Danny Kaye)
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The Five Pennies Finale / Battle Hymn of the Republic Finale (Fine) (Performed by Eileen Wilson, Red Nichols & His 5
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THE GENE KRUPA STORY: Main Title (Leith Stevens) (Leith Stevens and Orchestra)
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I Love My Baby (Green-Earren) (Performed by Ruby Lane accompanied by small group)
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Royal Garden Blues (Williams-Williams) (Performed by Gene Krupa Combo)
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Indiana “Jam Session” (MacDonald-Hanley) (Performed by Gene Krupa Combo featuring Red Nichols)
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Spiritual Jazz (Leith Stevens) (Leith Stevens and Orchestra)
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Cherokee (Ray Noble) (Performed by Gene Krupa and Orchestra)
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Indiana Montage (MacDonald-Hanley) (Performed by Gene Krupa and Orchestra)
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Memories of You (Razaf-Blake) (Performed by Anita O'Day accompanied by small group)
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Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Creamer-Layton) (Performed by Gene Krupa Combo)
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Song of India (traditionnal) (Leith Stevens and Orchestra)
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Finale (Oahu Dance – Cherokee) (Leith Stevens and Orchestra)
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