Published 1934, Sam Fox Publishing Company Writer(s) Composer: Richard A. Whiting
Lyricist: Sidney Clare | ||
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" was the signature song of child actress Shirley Temple. Temple first sang it in the 1934 movie Bright Eyes. The song was composed by Richard A. Whiting and the lyrics were supplied by Sidney Clare.
In the song, the "Good Ship Lollipop" travels to a candy land. The "ship" referred to in the song is an aircraft; the scene in Bright Eyes, where the song appears, takes place on a taxiing American Airlines Douglas DC-2.
400,000 copies of the sheet music, published by Sam Fox Publishing Company were sold, and a recording by Mae Questel (the cartoon voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl) reputedly sold more than two million copies.
In 2004 it finished at #69 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.