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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Mistinguett
Author: Maurice Yvain/Albert Willemetz/Jacques Charles
Label: Columbia
Year: 1920
In French revue Paris qui Jazz at the Casino de Paris. Inspired by Francis Casco's play Mon Homme. Mist who counted Maurice Chevalier as her 'homme', first declined the song, objecting against the realism in the lyrics. Melody was based on another melodramatic Mon homme from 1910 (Rosario/Marietti), sung by Eugénie Buffet.
Covers:
George Hofmann [as De Gentleman Dief]
Fanny Brice [as My Man in revue Ziegfeld Girls Of '21 and in '29 recut in film My Man]
Jack Hylton [idem]
Paul Whiteman [idem]
Billie Holiday [in '53 with new lyrics by Channing Pollock]
Alice Faye [in film Rose Of Washington Square]
Barbra Streisand [and in '68 in film Funny Girl (about Fanny Brice)]
Diana Ross [in film Lady Sings The Blues (about Billie Holiday)]
Regina Spektor [with Vince Giordano in TV-series Boardwalk Empire]
Karin Bloemen [as Mijn Man and as My Man]
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)