Opus No. 1

Recorded versions

• The song was first recorded for the film Broadway Rhythm in late 1943 but was cut before the film's release and therefore unreleased.
• Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra The Dorsey version was used in Woody Allen's film Radio Days.
• Ted Heath and his Orchestra, London 1945. Heath used Opus One, arranged by saxophonist Norman Impey, as a second signature tune, and his band would open countless broadcasts and concerts with the tune for the next 20 years. Heath's staff arranger Johnny Keating wrote a new concert arrangement of Opus One in 1957 for the LP "Ted Heath Recalls The Fabulous Dorseys” on Decca. This arrangement also appears on the Decca LPs “Ted Heath 21st Anniversary Album” De LK 4903 LK 4224 and “Swing is King Volume 1” De LK 4911
• Gene Krupa and his orchestra
• The Mills Brothers
• Harry James recorded a version in 1962 on his album The Solid Gold Trumpet of Harry James.
• Ralph Burns and his orchestra recorded it for Martin Scorsese's film New York, New York.
• The Boston Pops Orchestra recorded a version with then-conductor John Williams in 1991.