Artist: Belle Baker
Author: Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks
Year: 1931
Vaudeville singer who introduced it on radio.
Covers:
Ben Selvin [with Tommy Dorsey on trombone]
Paul Whiteman [n°1 US]
Louis Armstrong [n°1 US]
Ambrose [vocal: Sam Browne]
Count Basie [top 20 US; vocal: Lynne Sherman]
Frank Sinatra [and in film Meet Danny Wilson]
Johnnie Ray [top 20 US]
Strangers [as On De Zee]
Pol [from Brussels' Pol's Jazz Club as T.V.A. Blues]
Willie Nelson [top 3 C&W]
Eric Clapton [with Paul McCartney]
Little Steven [on the score of series Lilyhammer]
Melody seemed inspired by Jelly Roll Morton's two year older Sweet Peter ('29 - Victor).
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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)