This Turner/Rhino Handmade release of "Du Barry Was A Lady" represents the first complete soundtrack release. Bonus selections include the Tommy Dorsey outtake "Melody In A" and the Roger Eden choral routine "The Royal Tasters," in addition to five supplemental selections from the musical comedy "Meet The People," starring Lucille Ball and featuring sublime vocal arrangements by the inimitable Kay Thompson.

1. MAIN TITLE (1:58)
2. DuBARRY WAS A LADY (4:26)
3. NIGHTCLUB MEDLEY (4:40)
4. THE OXFORD BOYS MEDLEY (2:56)
5. MEDLEY: IM GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU/WELL GET IT (4:13)
6. WHEN LOVE BECKONED (ON 52ND STREET) (1:37)
7. DO I LOVE YOU? (4:10)
8. DO I LOVE YOU? (2:34)
9. SALOME (3:16)
10. I LOVE AN ESQUIRE GIRL (4:43)
11. MEDLEY: FRIENDSHIP/DO I LOVE YOU/BUT IN THE MORNING, NO (2:49)
12. LADIES OF THE BATH (1:30)
13. KATIE WENT TO HAITI (3:51)
14. MADAME, I LOVE YOUR CREPES SUZETTE (2:38)
15. SONG OF REBELLION (3:42)
16. FRIENDSHIP (2:54)
17. ROYAL TASTERS (1:14)
18. MELODY IN A (1:59)
19. MAIN TITLE (MEET THE PEOPLE/IN TIMES LIKE THESE) (2:38)
20. IN TIMES LIKE THESE (4:01)
21. THANK YOU, COLUMBUS (2:36)
22. HEAVE HO, LET THE WIND BLOW (3:56)
23. MEET THE PEOPLE/NEW YORK PRODUCTION NUMBER (8:41)

The racy, ribald Cole Porter musical "Dubarry was a Lady" is here given a thorough dry-cleaning by prudish MGM. Red Skelton takes over the role played on Broadway by Bert Lahr, while Lucille Ball steps into the shoes of the original play's Ethel Merman. The story proposes that Red is a men's room attendant in a New York nightclub who has a yen for gorgeous showgirl Lucille Ball. After drinking a potent mixture, Red dreams that he is King Louis XV of France, and Lucy is the magnificent Madame DuBarry. Also showing up in Red's dream is Gene Kelly, who in "real life" is the guy who ends up with Lucy at fade out time. It's hard to determine what's more fun to watch in "DuBarry was A Lady," the three stars, the antics of supporting player Zero Mostel, or the incredible sequence in which Tommy Dorsey and His Band--including drummer Buddy Rich -- perform in 18th century garb and powdered wigs. Of the original Cole Porter songs, five are retained for this Technicolorful film: "Katie Went to Haiti," "Do I Love You, Do I?," "Well, Did You Evah?," "Taliostro's Dance," and best of all, "Friendship." 1943