Go West Young Man (Groucho Marx song)
| "Go West Young Man" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Groucho Marx, | |
| Released | 1940 |
| Writer | Bert Kalmar |
| Composer | Harry Ruby |
| Language | English |
| Cover versions | |
| Bing Crosby | |
Go West Young Man was a 1940 song by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby for the MGM film Go West (1940 film), originally sung by Groucho Marx, backed by a chorus, who performed solo for the first time in the song.[1] The song was also the lead track and single for Go West Young Man (Bing Crosby album), and the B-side of the single was "Along The Navajo Trail" by Larry Markes, Dick Charles, and Eddie DeLange.
References
- ↑ Philip Furia, Laurie Patterson The Songs of Hollywood 2010 p115 "But with Go West, their songs were all cut, including a delightful title song, “Go West, Young Man.” With its flippant sentiments —“A cowboy and his missus went to court for a divorce/ The cowboy got the children and the missus got the horse”—the song became part of Groucho's party repertory."
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