Various Artists & Michael Kidd & Dan Dailey & Gene Kelly
André Previn & Michael Kidd & Dan Dailey & Gene Kelly
Various Artists & Michael Kidd & Dan Dailey & Gene Kelly
Dolores Gray
Lou Lubin
André Previn & & Lou Lubin & Carol Richards
Paul Maxey & Dan Dailey & Paul Maxey
Gene Kelly & Dan Dailey & Michael Kidd
Dan Dailey
Gene Kelly
Dolores Gray
Dolores Gray
David Burns
Straitlaced TV executive Jackie (Cyd Charisse) finds an unlikely bond with the boxers training at Stillman’s Gym, and they team up for this dance number that uses the ring and the props around the gym.
[BOXER 1]
As we think of Stillman's graduates
Our eyes begin to mist
[ALL]
For the fighting game
Has its heavyweight hall of fame
With John L. Sullivan
Leading off the list
[LEFTY, spoken]
And after him came, uh...
[JACKIE, spoken]
James Corbett
[BOXER 1, spoken]
Yeah, and then...
[JACKIE]
Bob Fitzsimmons, James Jeffries
Jack Johnson, Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney
Max Schmeling, Primo Carnera
Max Baer, James Braddock
Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles
Joe Walcott and Rocky Marciano
[LEFTY, spoken]
Just a minute! In what round did Dempsey knock out Firpo?
[JACKIE, spoken]
Round two
[BOXER 2, spoken]
Where?
[JACKIE, spoken]
The Polo Grounds
[BOXER 2, spoken]
When?
[JACKIE, spoken]
1923
[BOXER 2, spoken]
In what round did Louis knock out Schmeling?
[JACKIE, spoken]
First round. Two minutes, four seconds
[BOXER 2, spoken]
Where?
[JACKIE, spoken]
The Polo Grounds
[LEFTY, spoken]
When?
[JACKIE, spoken]
1938
[BOXER 1, spoken]
In what round did Jeffries knock down Fitzsimmons?
[JACKIE, spoken]
The second, the tenth and eleventh
[BOXERS]
What a dame, what a dame
She belongs in the hall of fame
Baby, you knock me out
[LEFTY]
You're the dame with the frame they whistle at
You're the dame with the brain in picture hat
You're the doll with a wallop like a baseball bat
[BOXERS]
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
[JACKIE]
Boing
[BOXERS]
I'm flat
Baby, you knock me out
You're the miss with the kisses super-sweet
You're the top people stop when you're on the street
You're a wow with the power I admit defeat
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Boing – I'm beat
Star light, star bright
I see stars when you move in
One, two, left, right, you win
[JACKIE]
You got me hanging on the ropes
[BOXERS]
Baby, you knock me out
You're the broad I'd applaud in a Broadway show
You're the chick with a kick like a rodeo
Honeybunch, you got the punch that lays me low
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Boing – KO
Baby, you knock me out
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Boing
[JACKIE]
How strong
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Boing – come on
You got me hanging on the ropes
[BOXERS]
Baby, you knock me out
You're the broad I'd applaud in a Broadway show
You're the chick with a kick like a rodeo
Honeybunch, you got the punch that lays me low
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Boing
[JACKIE]
KO
[BOXERS]
Left, right, let me shout
Baby, you knock me out
Baby You Knock Me Out was written by André Previn & Adolph Green & Betty Comden.
Baby You Knock Me Out was produced by Arthur Freed.
André Previn released Baby You Knock Me Out on Sat Nov 12 1955.