A Quantitative Song and Dance 
Comparison of the Films

FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)

4 Different Vocal Numbers

• 1 solo by Ginger
  • "Music Makes Me"
• 1 solo by Fred
  • "Flying Down to Rio" ()
• 2 by others
  • "Orchids in Moonlight" by Raoul Roulien
  • "The Carioca" by the Chorus

• 1 solo by Fred
  • "Music Makes Me"
• 2 choral production numbers
  • "Flying Down to Rio" ()
  • "The Carioca"
• 1 other
  • "Orchids in Moonlight" by Fred and Delores Del Rio

THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

5 Different Vocal Numbers

• 2 solos by Fred
  • "A Needle in a Haystack"
  • "Night and Day" ()
• 1 by Ginger and others
  • "The Continental" (with Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles)
• 2 by others
  • "Don't Let It Bother You" by the female chorus
  • "Let's K-nock K-neez" by Betty Grable

• 2 solos by Fred
  • "Don't Let It Bother You"
  • "A Needle in a Haystack"
• 1 aesthetic dance duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "Night and Day" ()
• 2 choral production numbers
  • "Let's K-nock K-neez"
  • "The Continental"

ROBERTA (1935)

8 Different Vocal Numbers

• 1 solo by Ginger
  • "I'll Be Hard To Handle"
• 1 duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "I Won't Dance"
• 3 by Fred and/or Ginger and others
  • "Indiana" (Fred with Wabash Indianians)
  • "Let's Begin" (Fred with Wabash Indianians)
  • "Lovely to Look At" (Fred and Ginger with Irene Dunne)
• 3 by others
  • "Russian Lullaby" by Irene Dunne
  • "Yesterdays" by Irene Dunne
  • "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by Irene Dunne

4 Different Dance Numbers

• 1 solo by Fred
  • "I Won't Dance"
• 1 by Fred and others
  • "Let's Begin"
• 1 aesthetic dance duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
• 1 other dance duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "I'll Be Hard To Handle"

TOP HAT (1935)

5 Different Vocal Numbers

• 4 solos by Fred
  • "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)"
  • "Isn't This a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)?"
  • "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
  • "Cheek to Cheek"
• 1 by Ginger and others
  • "The Piccolino" (with the chorus)

5 Different Dance Numbers

• 1 solo by Fred
  • "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)"
• 1 by Fred and chorus
  • "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
• 1 aesthetic dance duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "Cheek to Cheek"
• 1 other dance duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "Isn't This a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)?"
• 1 choral production number
  • "The Piccolino"

FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)

7 Different Vocal Numbers

• 2 solos by Fred
  • "I'd Rather Lead a Band"
  • "Let's Face the Music and Dance" ()
• 1 duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket"
• 2 by Ginger and/or Fred and others
  • "We Saw the Sea" (Fred with sailors)
  • "Let Yourself Go" ()(Ginger with backup trio)
• 2 by others
  • "Get Thee Behind Me, Satan" by Harriet Hillard
  • "Here Am I, But Where Are You?" by Harriet Hillard

5 Different Dance Numbers

• 1 solo by Ginger
  • "Let Yourself Go" (reprise)
• 1 by Fred and chorus
  • "I'd Rather Lead a Band"
• 1 aesthetic dance duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "Let's Face the Music and Dance" ()
• 2 other dances duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "Let Yourself Go" ()
  • "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket"

SWING TIME (1936)

5 Different Vocal Numbers

• 2 solos by Fred
  • "The Way You Look Tonight"
  • "Never Gonna Dance"
• 2 duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "Pick Yourself Up" ()
  • "A Fine Romance"
• 1 by others
  • "Bojangles of Harlem" by the chorus

4 Different Dance Numbers

• 1 by Fred and chorus
  • "Bojangles of Harlem"
• 1 aesthetic dance duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "Never Gonna Dance"
• 2 other dance duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "Pick Yourself Up" ()
  • "Waltz in Swing Time"

SHALL WE DANCE (1937)

6 Different Vocal Numbers

• 3 solos by Fred
  • "They Can't Take that Away From Me" ()
  • "I've Got Beginner's Luck"
  • "Shall We Dance"
• 1 solo by Ginger
  • "They All Laughed"
• 1 duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
  • "They All Laughed" (reprise only)
• 1 by Fred and others
  • "Slap That Bass" (with Mantan Moreland and chorus)

4 Different Dance Numbers

• 1 solo by Fred
  • "Slap That Bass"
• 2 other dance duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "They All Laughed"
  • "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
• 1 choral production numbers
  • "Shall We Dance"

CAREFREE (1938)

3 Different Vocal Numbers

• 2 solos by Fred
  • "I Used To Be Color Blind"
  • "Change Partners"
• 1 solo by Ginger
  • "The Yam" ()

4 Different Dance Numbers

• 1 solo by Fred
  • "Since They Turned 'Loch Lomond' into Swing"
• 2 aesthetic dance duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "I Used To Be Color Blind"
  • "Change Partners"
• 1 other dance duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "The Yam" ()

THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)

5 Different Vocal Numbers

• 1 solo by Fred
  • "Only When You're In My Arms"
• 1 solo by Ginger
  • "The Yama Yama Man"
  • "While They Were Dancing Around" (incomplete)
• 1 by Fred and others
  • "Hello, Hello. Who's Your Lady Friend?" (with the chorus)
• 2 by others
  • "On Moonlight Bay" (incomplete)
  • "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" by the Chorus
  • "The Glow-Worm" (incomplete)
  • "By the Beautiful Sea" (incomplete)
  • "Row, Row, Row" (incomplete)
  • "Come, Josephine in my Flying Machine" (incomplete)
  • "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" (incomplete)
  • "The Darktown Strutter's Ball" by Jean Sablon
  • Whirlwind Tour Medley (5 incomplete songs)
  • "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" (incomplete)
  • "La Marseillaise" (incomplete)

10 Different Dance Numbers

• 1 solo by Ginger
  • "The Yama Yama Man"
• 2 by Fred and others
  • "By the Light of the Silvery Moon"
  • "Hello, Hello. Who's Your Lady Friend?"
• 2 aesthetic dance duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "Only When You're In My Arms" (reprise)
  • Waltz Medley
• 5 other dance duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "King Chanticleer"
  • "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"
  • "The Syncopated Walk" (incomplete)
  • "Too Much Mustard"
  • Rise-to-Fame Montage
  • Whirlwind Tour Medley

THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)

7 Different Vocal Numbers

• 3 solos by Fred
  • "You'd be Hard to Replace" ()
  • "Shoes with Wings On"
  • "They Can't Take That Away From Me"
• 1 duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "My One and Only Highland Fling" ()
• 2 by Ginger and/or Fred and others
  • "Weekend in the Country" (with Oscar Levant)
  • "Manhattan Down Beat" (with the chorus)
• 1 by others
  • "Swing Trot" by the chorus

7 Different Dance Numbers

• 1 solo by Fred
  • "Shoes with Wings On"
• 1 aesthetic dance duet by Ginger and Fred
  • "They Can't Take That Away From Me"
• 3 other dance duets by Ginger and Fred
  • "You'd be Hard to Replace" ()
  • "Bouncin' the Blues"
  • "My One and Only Highland Fling" ()
• 2 choral production numbers
  • "Swing Trot"
  • "Manhattan Down Beat"

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