Production Filming locations Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (main scenes) Paramount Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA Soundtrack Introductory sequence (signature tunes): "Where the Blue of the Night" (sung by Bing Crosby]; "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain" (sung by Kate Smith); "Shout, Sister, Shout" (sung by The Boswell Sisters); "Minnie the Moocher" (sung by Cab Calloway); "Goodbye Blues" (sung by The Mills Brothers). "I Surrender Dear" (snatch only - sung by Bing Crosby) "Dinah" (sung by Bing Crosby) "Here Lies Love" (sung by Arthur Tracy, and again by Bing Crosby) "I've Got Five Dollars" (snatch only - sung by Bing Crosby) "Please" (sung by Bing Crosby) "Tiger Rag" (sung by The Mills Brothers) "Drummer Man" (Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra) "Trees" (sung by Donald Novis) "Crazy People" (Sung by The Boswell Sisters) "It Was So Beautiful" (sung by Kate Smith) "Kicking the Gong Around" (sung by Cab Calloway) Crosby recorded the songs for Brunswick Records and "Dinah" and "Please" both topped the charts of the day. American Film Institute recognition 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs: "Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day" – Nominated Following films in series The Big Broadcast of 1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937 The Big Broadcast of 1938 Reception It was Bing Crosby's first starring role in a full-length film and generally he got good reviews. "The film is a credit to Crosby as a screen juve possibility, although he has a decidedly dizzy and uncertain role which makes him behave as no human being does." The New York American commented: "Bing Crosby is the star, make no mistake about it. The “Blue of the Night” boy is a picture personality, as he demonstrated in his two-reelers. He has a camera face and a camera presence. Always at ease, he troupes like a veteran." The Hollywood Citizen News had more to say: ".... Bing Crosby croons several attractive songs which seem destined to enjoy wide popularity. For that matter, he needn’t be ashamed of his acting either. Burns and Allen have several good comedy sequences, and Cab Calloway and his orchestra are excellent in one sequence. All the radio stars are heard much as you hear them on the air. The novelty of seeing them may be an attraction. But Tuttle has not relied upon the drawing power of that novelty. He has injected little