Description
Irving Berlin, Inc., Published 1925. Sheet music, 6 pp.; 31 cm; illustrated Art Deco cover by Sydney Leff; with ukulele arrangement by May Singhi Breen.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Blue illustrated wrappers depicting a fashionable flapper in a cloche hat and fur-collared coat, moderately toned and soiled with some color loss along the edges and spine; edges and corners bumped and creased, a few small nicks and edge tears, and a slit at the foot of the spine fold running about halfway up, repaired long ago with now-aged tape. A previous owner's name in ink to the front cover. Interior toned but unmarked, with occasional spotting and soiling. One of the enduring Kahn and Donaldson collaborations: lyricist Gus Kahn (It Had to Be You, Makin' Whoopee) and composer Walter Donaldson (My Blue Heaven, Yes Sir That's My Baby) turned out this comic 1925 number, first recorded that year and later revived by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in 1948 as the team's first chart record. Cover art is the work of Sydney Leff (1901-2005), among the most prolific sheet-music illustrators of the Jazz Age, whose covers include Stormy Weather, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Ain't Misbehavin'. The ukulele arrangement is by May Singhi Breen, the performer and arranger known as The Ukulele Lady, who did much to establish the ukulele part as a standard fixture of published popular song. Page 5 prints a set of comic Extra Choruses. Back cover advertises Then I'll Be Happy.