Destry Rides Again – Soundtrack Music

No soundtrack for the film was issued, but several of the songs from the film were released at the time. Two of Miss Dietrich’s songs from the film were first featured on a 1940 Decca set, Presenting Marlene Dietrich (A-115). Issued in a book style jacket, the set included three 10-inch 33 1/3 RPM records.

Decca Presents

The film songs were on two separate records:

Destry.Boys in the back room

You've got

See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have was also issued by Teddy Grace with Bud Freeman and the Summa Cum Laude Orchestra (Decca 3428):

Destry Rides Again.Teddy Grace

There was also sheet music for The Boys in the Backroom:

Destry Riddes Again.Sheet Music

The two Dietrich songs from the film were later included in her Souvenir Album:

Decca A-675 (4- record set, 78 RPM) (1948)
Decca DL 5100 (10-inch, 33 1/3 RPM album) (1949)

Decca 5100 (1949)

Destry Rides Again.MD.LP.Lbl

The set garnered this review in Billboard magazine (September 11, 1948):

BB 9-11-48

In 1992, the CD, Marlene Dietrich on Screen, Stage and Radio (Legend 6006-6007) was released.

On Screen, Stage and Radio

Both You’ve Got That Look and The Boys in the Backroom are included on the CD. However, unlike the previous releases, both songs are taken from the audio track of the film. Before the beginning of The Boys in the Backroom, we hear a bit of Stewart’s dialogue: