Bob Hope career—to later create variations of the song to fit specific circumstances, such as bidding farewell to troops while on tour or mentioning the names of towns in which he was performing. As a movie star, Hope was best known for such comedies as "My Favorite Brunette" and the highly successful "Road" movies in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The series consists of seven films made between 1940 and 1962 -- "Road to Singapore" (1940), "Road to Zanzibar" (1941), "Road to Morocco" (1942), "Road to Utopia" (1946), "Road to Rio" (1947), "Road to Bali" (1952), and "The
Road to Bali Lee recorded the Lamour vocals. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Peggy Lee recorded all of the songs for Decca Records and these were issued on a 10" LP. Crosby's songs were also included in the Bing's Hollywood series. "Road to Bali" was parodied in 1953 in the animated short "Alley to Bali", with Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard in the Hope and Crosby roles. The cartoon was released by Universal Studios, which currently owns the first four "Road to..." films. The film was copyrighted under registration LP2200 1 January 1953. That registration entry also shows "in notice: 1952", meaning that