Skills Dat Pay da Bills. The 1997 Lifetime album Jersey's Best Dancers includes a song entitled "Francie Nolan". British singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney recorded a song entitled "A Tree grows in Brooklyn" on her 2018 album Shelter. Radio On October 7, 1947 Studio One on CBS aired A Tree Grows in Brooklyn starring Rosemary Rice as Francie. Television In the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, episode 9 ("Why We Fight"), Frank Perconte is seen reading the book while on guard duty in Germany, during World War II. Batman, season 2, episode 13, featuring the villain Egghead, is titled "An Egg Grows in Gotham". Daria, season 4, episode 3 is named "A Tree Grows In Lawndale". In season 1, episode 17 of I Love Lucy, Lucy schemes to get her husband, Ricky, into a play she wrote called "A Tree Grows in Havana", referring to Ricky's homeland of Cuba. A Super Grover segment in Sesame Street, episode #4224 takes place "where two trees grow in Brooklyn." Season 24 of The Simpsons has an episode called "A Tree Grows in Springfield". Ugly Betty, season 1, episode 22 is named "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara". In episode 17 of the documentary series The World at War, a soldier can be seen reading the book in archival footage of soldiers preparing for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Will and Grace, Series 1, Episode 2. Will notices a tree outside Grace's new apartment in Brooklyn. Grace - "See, trees really do grow here!" Gossip Girl, Season 5, Episode 20. Blair refuses to volunteer at a community garden, telling Dan - “Just because a tree grows in Brooklyn, doesn’t mean I have to be the one planting it” Morning Show, Season 1, Episode 7 In Season 1, Episode 2 of A League of Their Own (2022 TV series), catcher Carson Shaw (Abbi Jacobson) is recommended the book by fellow player Greta (D'Arcy Carden), telling her that she "would like it". In Episode 8, Carson, now the coach, gives an inspirational speech to the team, quoting a passage from the book. See also A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical) References External links Spark Notes Guide to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943 American novels American bildungsromans American novels adapted into films American novels adapted into plays Fictional portrayals of the New York City Police Department Harper & Brothers books Irish-American novels