 In 1929, Clare wrote his first full film score for "Street Girl".He did the film scores for "Tanned Legs", "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round", "Sing and Be Happy", "Hit the Deck", "Jimmy and Sally", "Bright Eyes", "The Littlest Rebel" and "Rascals".The Oxford English Dictionary credits Clare with the earliest usage of the term "rock and roll" in 1934 on the soundtrack for the movie "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round".