Composer, conductor and author, educated at UCLA, a staff pianist for KFWB in Hollywood for four years, then to vaudeville for one year. Two years after joining the Hal Roach Studios, he took over its music department, which he directed for ten years. Joining ASCAP in 1952, his most-popular composition is the Laurel and Hardy theme, "Dance of The Cuckoos," which Hatley always spelled "Ku-Ku".
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Marvin Hatley Soundtracks
Known for
Filmography: Marvin Hatley songs
| Play | Soundtrack | Movie/Serie | Type | Buy song | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old MacDonald Had a Farm | Teacher's Beau | messages.music arranger | |||
| (I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land | The Music Box | performer | |||
| A Nickel In The Slot | Arbor Day | composer | |||
| All Dressed Up in Rhythm | Nobody's Baby | composer | |||
| Auld Lang Syne | Reunion in Rhythm | messages.music arranger | |||
| Aunt Emma's Got Ants in Her Pantry | Four Parts | composer | |||
| Auntie's Got Ants in Her Pantry | Four Parts | composer | |||
| Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms | Bored of Education | messages.music arranger | |||
| Blame It All On Love | Blame It on Love | writer | |||
| Corn Stalk Joe | Southern Exposure | composer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoo | Twin Town | writer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Britain's Got Talent | writer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! | writer | |||
| Dance Of The Cuckoos | Last of the Summer Wine | composer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | No! No! A Thousand Times No!! | writer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Pack Up Your Troubles | writer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Slightly Dangerous | composer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | The Criminal | composer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Way Out West | composer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | When Comedy Was King | composer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Very Important Person | composer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | 12 Angry Men | composer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | The Ray Bradbury Theater | writer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp | writer | |||
| Dance of the Cuckoos | Stan & Ollie | writer | |||
| Dixie | The Lucky Corner | messages.music arranger | |||
| Don't Start Frettin' | Music in Your Hair | composer, writer | |||
| Goin' to Town | Music in Your Hair | composer, writer | |||
| Goin' To Town | The Lucky Corner | composer | |||
| Good Morning Children | Our Gang Follies of 1936 | composer | |||
| Good Morning Children | The Pinch Singer | writer | |||
| Happy Birthday Mr. Hood | Feed 'em and Weep | messages.music arranger, writer | |||
| He Peddled His Bristles to Women | It Happened One Day | composer | |||
| He Peddled His Bristles To Women | Pay As You Exit | writer | |||
| Henry VIII | Another Wild Idea | composer | |||
| Here Comes the Ice Cream Man | Framing Youth | composer | |||
| Here Comes the Ice Cream Man | Shrimps for a Day | composer | |||
| Here Comes the Ice Cream Man | I'll Take Vanilla | composer | |||
| Honolula Baby | Our Gang Follies of 1938 | writer | |||
| Honolulu Baby | Framing Youth | writer, performer | |||
| Honolulu Baby | Little Rascals Varieties | writer | |||
| Honolulu Baby | Mike Fright | composer, performer | |||
| Honolulu Baby | Sons of the Desert | writer | |||
| Honolulu Baby | Beginner's Luck | writer | |||
| Honolulu Baby | Our Gang Follies of 1936 | composer | |||
| How About Another Cup of Coffee? | Fate's Fathead | composer | |||
| I Wake Up with a Song | A Duke for a Day | composer, writer | |||
| I Wake Up with a Song | Sing Sister Sing | composer, writer | |||
| I'm in the Dog House | Poker at Eight | composer | |||
| I've Dreamed About This | Nobody's Baby | composer | |||
| Inspirational You | Uncle Joe | writer | |||
| It's Great to Be a College Girl | Campus Rhythm | writer | |||
| Jimmy Had a Nickel | Mike Fright | performer | |||
| Ku Ku | Rugby League World Cup | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Another Fine Mess | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Bonnie Scotland | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Brats | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Busy Bodies | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Chickens Come Home- | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | County Hospital | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Going Bye-Bye! | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Helpmates | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Hog Wild | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Men O'War | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Our Relations | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Our Wife | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Pick a Star | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Scram! | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Swiss Miss | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | The Big Parade of Comedy | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | The Bohemian Girl | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | The Devil's Brother | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | The Fixer Uppers | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | The Flying Deuces | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Them Thar Hills | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Thicker Than Water | writer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Wild Poses | composer | |||
| Ku-Ku | Going Bye-Bye! | writer | |||
| Little Brown Jug | The Lucky Corner | messages.music arranger | |||
| Lunatic's Love Song | Another Wild Idea | composer, writer | |||
| My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua | Mike Fright | performer | |||
| Nightfall | Bear Facts | composer | |||
| Nobody's Baby | Nobody's Baby | composer | |||
| Now That We're Alone | Benny, from Panama | writer, composer | |||
| Oh! Susanna | Second Childhood | messages.music arranger | |||
| One Times One | The Cracked Ice Man | writer | |||
| Planting | Arbor Day | composer | |||
| Please Press Your Lips To Mine | Beginner's Luck | composer | |||
| Quien Sabe | Nobody's Baby | composer | |||
| She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain | Beginner's Luck | messages.music arranger | |||
| She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain | Divot Diggers | messages.music arranger | |||
| She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain | Our Gang Follies of 1936 | messages.music arranger | |||
| She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain | Sprucin' Up | messages.music arranger | |||
| She's Mine All Mine | Sherman Said It | writer | |||
| Sidewalk Sam | Sherman Said It | composer | |||
| Sorry | Midsummer Mush | composer | |||
| Sorry | A Duke for a Day | composer | |||
| Stage-Coach Conversation | Glove Taps | composer | |||
| Stagecoach Conversation | Our Gang Follies of 1938 | writer | |||
| Step Up, Kids! | Our Gang Follies of 1936 | writer | |||
| Swinging The Blues Away | Arbor Day | composer | |||
| Swinging The Blues Away | Beginner's Luck | composer | |||
| That Sun, Sun, Sunny South | Southern Exposure | composer | |||
| The Cuckoo Song (Ku-Ku) (The Dance of the Cuckoos) | The Merry Old Soul | writer | |||
| The Ghost Frolic | Hide and Shriek | composer | |||
| The Ghost Frolic | Our Gang Follies of 1936 | composer | |||
| The Ice Man | Sprucin' Up | composer | |||
| The Ku-Ku Song | Babes in Toyland | composer | |||
| The Land of Nod | Uncle Joe | writer | |||
| The Pilgrim's Chorus | Framing Youth | messages.music arranger | |||
| The Star-Spangled Banner | The Music Box | performer | |||
| The Woodman | Arbor Day | writer | |||
| There's No Place Like Home | Roamin' Holiday | messages.music arranger | |||
| We Are the Sons of the Desert | Sons of the Desert | writer | |||
| We Came to Pay Our Respects | Benny, from Panama | writer, composer | |||
| Wedding Bells | A Duke for a Day | composer | |||
| When the Band Around Your Hat Plays Home Sweet Home | Four Parts | composer | |||
| Who Killed Cock Robin | Something Simple | composer | |||
| Will You Be My Lovey-Dovey? | Way Out West | composer | |||
| Willow Trees | Arbor Day | writer | |||
| Wobbly Feet | Beginner's Luck | composer | |||
| Woogie Hula | Uncle Joe | writer |