Stuff Like That There
1944



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1944 PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation) feature film Swing Hostess, starring Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian and Charles Collins.
  • A down-on-her-luck would-be singer keeps encountering roadblocks on her way to stardom. The rags-to-riches story featuring Martha Tilton as an unemployed big band singer who takes a job as an operator at a jukebox company. After falling in love with a bandleader, she finally gets her chance by singing for his group.
  • Tag Line: “The nation’s favorite singer in a Musical Romance as New as Tomorrow!”
  • Hit for Betty Hutton, A-side "Stuff Like That There", B-Side "Blue Skies".
  • Bette Middler sings "Stuff Like That There" during her opening number in the 1991 film For The Boys.



Recording History
Karen Benjamin and Alan Chapman
Kelly Clarkson
Betty Hutton, Great Ladies of Song, Spotlight on Betty Hutton, Capitol, CDP 0777 7 89942 2 0
The King Sisters, Swingin' On A Star, Collector's Choice Music, CCM-242
Deian McBryde
Bette Midler, For The Boys, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Atlantic Records, 7 82329-2
Isabel Santol, The Love Recordings, ATS-Records, Nr 0669, 2009
Lyrics
I was alone on the shelf
In a world by myself,
Oh, where could my prince charming be;
But a man came along,
Made my life like a song,
And taught me these words of ecstasy,
Tenderly.

I want some huggin' and some squeezin'
And some muggin' and some teasin'
And some stuff like that there.
I want some pettin' and some spoonin'
And some happy honeymoonin'
And some stuff like that there.

I used to think that love
Was just a lot o' rubbish,
A mess o' cabbage! A mess o' cabbage!
But now my attitude is wholly lovey, dovish
And baby, you done it!

I want some kissin' and some hopin'
And some missin' and some mopin'
And some stuff like that there.
I want some leapin' and some chasin'
And some weepin' and some pacin'
And some stuff like that there.

And when I get a certain feelin' I confess it;
There's really only one expression to express it,
I want some huggin' and some squeezin'
And some muggin' and some teasin'
And some stuff like that there.

I want some huggin' and some squeezin'
And some muggin' and some teasin'
And some stuff like that there.
I want some pettin' and some spoonin'
And some happy honeymoonin'
And some stuff like that there.

I want some kissin' and some hopin'
And some missin' and some mopin'
And some stuff like that there.
I want some leapin' and some chasin'
And some weepin' and some pacin'
And some stuff like that there.
Stuff like that there!
STUFF LIKE THAT THERE recorded by Betty Hutton on Capitol Record # 188 Capitol Songs, Inc., 1945. Lyrics by Ray Evans, Music by Jay Livingston.