The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS

Artist: Peerless Quartet
Author: Henry Creamer/Turner Leyton
Label: Victor
Year: 1922

Vocal: Henry Burr; from revue's Strut Miss Lizzie/Spice Of 1922. Strange but true: most covers are white.

Covers:

1922:: Dixie Daisies
1923:: Cotton Pickers
1923:: Blossom Seeley
1923:: Paul Whiteman
1927:: Bix Beiderbecke
1939:: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers [in film The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle]
1946:: Louis Prima
1950:: Tommy Dorsey
1950:: Andrews Sisters [with Al Jolson]
1952:: Betty Hutton [in film Somebody Loves Me]
1953:: Frankie Laine
1954:: Dutch Swing College Band
1955:: Dean Martin
1959:: Freddy Cannon [hit US]
1959:: Pete Fountain
1960:: Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong
1963:: Jan & Dean
1964:: Platters
1964:: Pat Boone
1968:: Merle Travis
1973:: Merle Haggard
1974:: Charlie Daniels Band
1975:: Cliff Edwards
1977:: Shakin' Stevens
1979:: Harry Connick Jr.
1987:: Spotnicks
1996:: Nicholas Payton

Same authors wrote After You've Gone (see there) earlier on.

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