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Singin' in the Rain

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Music by  Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by  Arthur Freed
Date  1929
Source 
Publisher  EMI Robbins Catalog Inc.
Gene Kelly re-creating his iconic film scene
Sam and Friends
Rich Little and Fozzie
Prairie Dawn and Grover filming the scene

"Singin' in the Rain" was the title song from the MGM movie of the same name, released in 1952. It was a hit, however, from the time it was published in 1929, and has been recorded by numerous artists. It was included in the early Hollywood sound movie "The Hollywood Revue of 1929". Other songs from the movie, which themselves were pulled from the library of other MGM films, performed by the Muppets include "You Are My Lucky Star", "Fit as a Fiddle", and "Make 'Em Laugh" (the only new number created for the film)

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Sam and Friends

One of the surviving episodes of Sam and Friends. A Muppet with a little girl's voice in the rain lipsynchs to a double-speed version of "Singin' in the Rain". The scene ends with her drowning in a flood.

This episode was broadcast in color.

The Muppet Show

  • When Gene Kelly guest starred in episode 501, the Muppets tried to get him to perform this as the closing number. He refused to sing it, stating that he realized that he could never do as good of a job as he did when he sang it in the movie. Eventually he gave in and sang it backstage.

Sesame Street

  • Episode 4173 features a brief reference to the song, where during Oscar's musical number, he dons a top hop and swings around the lamppost in the rain with a broken umbrella as a music cue from "Singin' in the Rain" plays.

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