You Gotta Be A Football Hero
written by al lewis & al sherman
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YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO - MAE QUESTEL as OLIVE OYL
YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO (POPEYE) 1935
YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO (POPEYE) 1935
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You Gotta Be A Football Hero is one of the most famous and widely recorded football anthems of all-time. The song was written In 1933 by Al Lewis and Al Sherman. Al Sherman was the father of and mentor of Richard and Robert (The Sherman Brothers), who would later be well-known Disney songwriters - famously known for writing It's A Small World and for writing the music of Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and many others. In 1935, You Gotta Be A Football Hero was the title and plot basis of the 25th Popeye cartoon. It was the last cartoon where Popeye was voiced by William Costello. In following cartoons from the series, Popeye was voiced by Jack Mercer - who would marry his co-star Margie Hines in 1939. Hines, who was the first and last to voice Betty Boop, had taken over as Olive Oyl's voice in 1938.
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1933
AL LEWIS & AL SHERMAN |
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1933
BEN BERNIE AND ALL THE LADS |
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1933
DICK ROBERTSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1933
HARRY RESER AND HIS ESKIMOS |
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19??
THELMA WATSON AND HER ALL-GIRL ORCHESTRA |
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1935
OLIVE OYL |
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195?
THE CREW CUTS |
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1974
THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW |
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1979
TUXEDO JUNCTION |
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2008
HOFFMAN ESTATES HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND |
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2016
ETHAN USLAN |
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PLAYER PIANO |
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YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO
[verse]:
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A SWEETIE
AND YOU WONDER WHY
YOU HAVEN'T GOT SOMEONE
TO LOVE,
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A SWEETIE,
HERE'S THE REASON WHY
YOU HAVEN'T GOT
SOMEONE TO LOVE.
GENTLEMEN FROM MAINE
TO CALIFORNIA,
GIVE ME YOUR ATTENTION
WHILE I WARN YA:
[Chorus]:
YOU GOTTA BE FOOTBALL HERO
TO GET ALONG
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
YOU GOTTA BE
A TOUCHDOWN GETTER,
YOU BET.
IF YOU WANNA GET
A BABY TO PET.
THE FACT THAT YOU ARE RICH
OR HANDSOME
WON'T GET YOU ANYTHING
IN CURLS;
YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO
TO GET ALONG
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
[patter verse]:
EV'RY FEMALE FLAMING YOUTH
GOES FOR GAGLE,
GRANGE AND BOOTH,
FRIEDMAN,
NEWMAN
AND CARIDEO.
KOSKY,
OOSTERBAAN
AND KURTH
ARE RULERS
OF THE EARTH,
'CAUSE THE LADIES
LOVE 'EM,
LOVE 'EM SO.
IF THE GIRLS ARE
WHAT YOU WANNA GET,
MAN,
HURRY
AND BECOME
A TRIPLE THREAT,
MAN.
[Chorus 2]:
YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO
TO GET ALONG
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
IN SPITE OF ALL
A MILLION DOLLARS CAN DO,
A TACKLE OR TWO
WILL MEAN MORE TO YOU.
IF YOU CAN
MAKE THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN,
YOU'LL NEVER
HAVE TO BUY THEM PEARLS;
YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO
TO GET ALONG
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
[verse]:
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A SWEETIE
AND YOU WONDER WHY
YOU HAVEN'T GOT SOMEONE
TO LOVE,
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A SWEETIE,
HERE'S THE REASON WHY
YOU HAVEN'T GOT
SOMEONE TO LOVE.
GENTLEMEN FROM MAINE
TO CALIFORNIA,
GIVE ME YOUR ATTENTION
WHILE I WARN YA:
[Chorus]:
YOU GOTTA BE FOOTBALL HERO
TO GET ALONG
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
YOU GOTTA BE
A TOUCHDOWN GETTER,
YOU BET.
IF YOU WANNA GET
A BABY TO PET.
THE FACT THAT YOU ARE RICH
OR HANDSOME
WON'T GET YOU ANYTHING
IN CURLS;
YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO
TO GET ALONG
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
[patter verse]:
EV'RY FEMALE FLAMING YOUTH
GOES FOR GAGLE,
GRANGE AND BOOTH,
FRIEDMAN,
NEWMAN
AND CARIDEO.
KOSKY,
OOSTERBAAN
AND KURTH
ARE RULERS
OF THE EARTH,
'CAUSE THE LADIES
LOVE 'EM,
LOVE 'EM SO.
IF THE GIRLS ARE
WHAT YOU WANNA GET,
MAN,
HURRY
AND BECOME
A TRIPLE THREAT,
MAN.
[Chorus 2]:
YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO
TO GET ALONG
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
IN SPITE OF ALL
A MILLION DOLLARS CAN DO,
A TACKLE OR TWO
WILL MEAN MORE TO YOU.
IF YOU CAN
MAKE THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN,
YOU'LL NEVER
HAVE TO BUY THEM PEARLS;
YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO
TO GET ALONG
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
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