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Artist: Ruth Etting
Author: Gus Kahn/Walter Donaldson
Label: Columbia
Year: 1928
As Leslie Daw in Ziegfeld produced Broadway musical Whoopee! (of Makin' Whoopee fame). Ruth also made the first recording, n°2 US. Neither Etting nor this song were featured in the 1930 film version.
Covers:
Benny Goodman [top 20 US, in '36 top 5 US]
Patrice Wymore [in film I'll See You In My Dreams]
Sammy Davis Jr. [top 20 US]
Doris Day [in film Love Me Or Leave Me; Doris plays Ruth, James Cagney her gangster counterpart]
Lena Horne [top 20 US]
Rita Hovink [title track LP]
Jools Holland [with Emeli Sandé]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Belgium