HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
From the film "Hollywood Hotel" (1937)
(Johnny Mercer / Richard Whiting)

Johnny 'Scat' Davis & Frances Langford (Film Soundtrack) - 1937
Dick Powell (Film Soundtrack) - 1937
Doris Day - 1959
Anita O'Day - 1959
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1960
Johnny Mercer - 1971
Geoff Muldaur - 1976
Richie Cole - 1979
Bill Henderson - 1979
Rosemary Clooney - 1987

Also recorded by: Nancy Sinatra; Sylvia Syms;
Charles Tichenor; Jim Roseveare; Don Swan;
Benny Goodman & Orch.


Hooray for Hollywood
That screwy ballyhooey Hollywood
Where any office boy or young mechanic can be a panic
With just a good looking pan
And any barmaid can be a star maid
If she dances with or without a fan

Hooray for Hollywood,
Where you're terrific if you're even good
Where anyone at all from Shirley Temple to Aimee Semple
Is equally understood
Go out and try your luck, you might be Donald Duck
Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood
That phoney super-Coney Hollywood
They come from Chillicothes and Paducas with their bazookas
To get their names up in lights
All armed with photos from local rotos
With their hair in ribbon and legs in tights

Hooray for Hollywood
You may be homely in your neighbourhood
But if you think that you can be an actor, see Mr. Factor
He'll make a monkey look good
Within a half an hour you'll look like Tyrone Power
Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood


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**LYRIC VARIATIONS:

Hooray for Hollywood
That screwy ballyhooey Hollywood
Where any office boy or young mechanic can be a panic
With just a good looking pan
And any shop girl can be a top girl
If she pleases Mister Businessman

Hooray for Hollywood
Where you're terrific, if you're even good
Where anyone at all from TV's Lassie to Monroe's chassis
Is equally understood
Go out and try your luck, you might be Donald Duck
Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood
You may be homely in your neighbourhood
To be an actor, see Mr. Factor
He'll make your kisser look good
Within a half an hour you'll look like Tyrone Power
Hooray for Hollywood