I couldn't find a page on the internet about this, so I thought I would make one.
The music to the 1981 arcade version of Frogger features a medley containing:
* Children's song Inu No Omawarisan (the dog policeman)
* Children's anime Araigumi Rascal OP theme Rock River e
* Children's anime Hana no Ko Lunlun OP theme
* Children's anime Alps no shoujo Heidi OP theme Oshiete
* Children's anime Mahou Shoujo Lalabelu OP theme Hello Lalabelu
* Traditional American song Yankee Doodle
* Traditional American song Camptown Races
These are the ones I recognise. Let me know if you recognise any more!
Japanese wikipedia doesn't list Lalabelu, it lists the Moero Arthur Hakuba no Ouji anime OP theme instead. It's a Mizuki Ichirou theme, and I do own a CD of 1980s anime themes with both that song and Lalabelu in the same compilation! I personally have never heard anything recognisable as that song in Frogger, so I thought I would just mention that that's what wikipedia says but I have heard no proof.
The later ports of Frogger don't use any anime music in the soundtrack (probably copyright / licensing issues), they just don't seem right...
EDIT 2014-07-27 : I heard the Moero Arthur Hakuba no Ouji OP in there! It is a tiny snippet that plays very rarely, here it is.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmHnO4Y4LrE seems Yankee Doodle is a different tune in Japan. this is why it was included.
But before that this song was brought to japan by US military.
https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=2238
Camptown races was indeed known by Japanese kids as well, so that's why it got picked. Those two were not randomly chosen American songs.
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