Spotted a Crosley on Star Trek

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Was the "Goodnight, Sweetheart" song/theme a REAL song or just somethin' dreamed up for THAT particular show ?

Real: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxiC28aaHww

[Sandy G]

Danke Schoen, Eric ! ANOTHER one of Al's songs was used in "The Shining"-"Midnight, & the Stars & You", from '34. I KNEW I'd heard him before...

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Was the "Goodnight, Sweetheart" song/theme a REAL song or just somethin' dreamed up for THAT particular show ? I thought it was BEAUTIFUL when I heard it 1st in 1967-68, & still do today...Asked my Mom, & she just shook her head, altho she woulda been 5 in 1930, when that show supposedly took place...Kinda hard to square that WE'RE farther out from "TOS" than THEY were from 1930 in '67-68, when it aired...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnig...art_(1931_song)

[Electronic M]

If the show you heard "Goodnight, Sweetheart" on was set int the 30's to 40's then it was an actual period tune. I have some old recordings of that song that date back to at least the 40's.

[RCAGuy]

"Goodnight, Sweatheart" IS a real song -- so real that when that episode was released on VHS, they weren't able to secure the rights for home video. So the VHS versions have a similar-sounding bromide. The theme was even aped by the composer of the background music for this episode (which also features "tracked" music borrowed from other TREK episodes.) The real song, however, dates from a couple of years AFTER 1930....as I recall.

[RCAGuy]

Had my math backwards. The episode takes place in June 1933. Both the orchestras for Ray Noble (the composer) and Guy Lombardo recorded "Goodnight Sweetheart" in 1931, and it topped the charts for Lombardo for several weeks that year (Noble's orchestra is heard in he TREK episode.) In addition to being a fan favorite, this episode was the single most expensive regular-season production of the series -- with final expenses exceeding $245K. Only the two pilots cost more. Look closely as Kirk walks with Edith Keeler during the "Goodnight Sweetheart" scene, and you'll notice that they walk right by Mayberry's "Floyd's Barber Shop" (since the New York scenes were filmed at the same "40 Acres" backlot that also hosted outdoor Mayberry!)