Good Old Days (Leroy Shield song)

"Good Old Days", is a 1930 tune written by Leroy Shield (October 2, 1893 – January 9, 1962) which was the theme song for Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, now known as The Little Rascals.^[1] The tune was originally written for Teacher's Pet where it was used repeatedly, and then was used in every subsequent Little Rascals comedy. The tune caught on immediately, and NBC Radio Network show Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten also set lyrics to the melody. Laurel & Hardy used the tune in a prison schoolroom scene for their comedy Pardon Us.^[2] The tune was among those revived by modern Swing artists The Beau Hunks for their Leroy Shield tribute album in 1992.^[3]

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^ "Quarterly Report". Historic Preservation. National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings. 47: 12. 1995.
^ Leonard Maltin, Richard W. Bann Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals p 119 1977 "The series' lilting theme song, "Good Old Days" by LeRoy Shield, is used repeatedly throughout "Teacher's Pet" and would herald every subsequent Roach Little Rascals comedy. The tune caught on immediately, and a popular NBC network radio show entitled Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten set lyrics to the melody and adapted it for the airwaves. Then in the Our Gang-inspired prison schoolroom episode for Laurel & Hardy's Pardon Us, the mood was set by scoring the scene with this same melody. ...
^ Steve Knopper MusicHound Swing!: The Essential Album Guide 1999 p18 "While we giggled at the Little Rascals, a number of Dutch musicians were taking notes. ... The 14-piece band- which can expand to 30 pieces or shrink to a sextet-began with the works of Leroy Shield, who scored Little Rascals and Laurel and Hardy films. ... Beau Hunks stay true to the tunes, bringing the background to the forefront. what to buy: Beginning with "Good Old Days," the opening theme of The ..."

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[1] "Quarterly Report". Historic Preservation. National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings. 47: 12. 1995.

[2] Leonard Maltin, Richard W. Bann Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals p 119 1977 "The series' lilting theme song, "Good Old Days" by LeRoy Shield, is used repeatedly throughout "Teacher's Pet" and would herald every subsequent Roach Little Rascals comedy. The tune caught on immediately, and a popular NBC network radio show entitled Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten set lyrics to the melody and adapted it for the airwaves. Then in the Our Gang-inspired prison schoolroom episode for Laurel & Hardy's Pardon Us, the mood was set by scoring the scene with this same melody. ...

[3] Steve Knopper MusicHound Swing!: The Essential Album Guide 1999 p18 "While we giggled at the Little Rascals, a number of Dutch musicians were taking notes. ... The 14-piece band- which can expand to 30 pieces or shrink to a sextet-began with the works of Leroy Shield, who scored Little Rascals and Laurel and Hardy films. ... Beau Hunks stay true to the tunes, bringing the background to the forefront. what to buy: Beginning with "Good Old Days," the opening theme of The ..."

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