Bobby Troup

• "Baby, Baby, All the Time" – Frankie Laine, Julie London, Nat King Cole, June Christy, Diana Krall • "Bran' New Dolly" – written and sung by Bobby Troup on RCA Victor (1949) • "Daddy" – Sammy Kaye (1941), The Andrews Sisters, The Charioteers, Glenn Miller, Julie London • "Girl Talk", (Troup/Hefti) – Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Holly Cole, Betty Carter, and Ben Sidran (with new lyrics by Sidran). • "Hungry Man" – Louis Jordan • "I See Your Bass Before Me" • "I'd Like You for Christmas" – Julie London • "It Happened Once Before" – The Four Freshmen • "Jack 'N Jill" • "Jaded Joker Theme" – 1959 episode of Perry Mason, "The Case of the Jaded Joker", co-star Frankie Laine • "Just the Way I Am" – June Christy, Stan Kenton • "Lemon Twist" – Stan Kenton, Billy May, John Pizzarelli • "Let's Keep Dancing" – Peggy Lee • "My City of Sydney" (Troup/Leonetti) – Tommy Leonetti, XL Capris, Mary Schneider • "Now You Know" – The Four Freshmen • "One October Morning" • "Out of the Shadows" – June Christy • "Please Belong to Me" • "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" – Nat King Cole Trio (1946), Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, Them, The Manhattan Transfer, Patti Page, Sandie Shaw and numerous others • "Snootie Little Cutie", (1941) – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, The Manhattan Transfer • "The Feeling of Jazz" – words to Duke Ellington's composition • "The Girl Can't Help It", (1956) – Little Richard, the Animals, Bobby Vee, Cliff Richard • "The Meaning of the Blues" – Julie London, Miles Davis (1957), Shirley Horn, Irene Kral, Buddy Rich, Michael Brecker, Keith Jarrett • "The Three Bears", (1946) – Page Cavanaugh Trio, Ray Ellington, Leon McAuliffe • "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring" – The Four Freshmen, Jimmie Rodgers, The Beach Boys, Sue Raney, The Cyrkle • "There She Goes" • "This October" – The Four Freshmen, Julie London • "You're Looking at Me" – Nat King Cole, Don Fagerquist, Stacey Kent, Diana Krall, Cleo Laine, Carmen McRae, Jerry Costanzo • "Walking Shoes" – words to Gerry Mulligan's composition

• Illustration — Cast of TV's Emergency! (1973), L-R: Kevin Tighe, Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup and Randolph Mantooth While he relied on songwriting royalties, Troup worked as an actor, appearing in Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957), The High Cost of Loving (1958), The Five Pennies (1959), and playing musician Tommy Dorsey in the film The Gene Krupa Story (1959). He appeared as himself in the short-lived NBC television series Acapulco. He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, and on two appearances, "The Case of the Jaded Joker" in 1959 and "The Case of the Missing Melody" in 1961, he showed his musical talents. In 1960 he appeared with his wife Julie London in an episode of Rawhide, "Incident at Royo Canyon". In 1969 and 1970, he appeared as "Bobby" in two episodes of Mannix, where he was a lounge piano player who helped Mannix unravel cases. Troup tried his luck at bowling on two episodes of Celebrity Bowling (1973–1975). He again appeared as a piano player in a cameo on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries in 1978. Also in 1978 he appeared as a guest on Fantasy Island episode "Stalag 3". His later films included First to Fight (1967) and Number One (1969) with Charlton Heston. He appeared as disgruntled staff sergeant Gorman in Robert Altman's 1970 film M*A*S*H. He is the last actor named by the camp PA announcer in the end credits, and he has the last line of the film: "God-damned Army!" Troup had appeared in several episodes of the Jack Webb television series Dragnet. In 1972, Webb cast Troup as Dr. Joe Early in the television series Emergency! with Webb's former wife Julie London as nurse Dixie McCall. Both Troup and London guest-starred as Emergency! personnel on an episode of Adam-12 also produced by Webb. In 1979, Troup played the part of Sam Gill in the TV miniseries The Rebels.

• Bobby Troup! (Capitol, 1953) • Bobby Troup and His Trio (Liberty, 1955) • The Songs of Bobby Troup (Bethlehem, 1955) • Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer (Bethlehem, 1955) • The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup (Bethlehem, 1955) • Bobby Swings Tenderly (Mode, 1957) • Do Re Mi (Liberty, 1957) • Here's to My Lady (Liberty, 1958) • Cool Bobby Troup (Interlude, 1959) • Bobby Troup and His Stars of Jazz (RCA Victor, 1959) • Two Part Inventions for Trumpet with Benny Golson (Twig, 1970) • In a Class Beyond Compare (Audiophile, 1981) • Kicks On Route 66 (Hindsight, 1995) • Makin' Whoopee But Oh So Tenderly (Vintage Jazz) • The Feeling of Jazz (Starline, 1994)