- Style
- Jazz
- Tradition
- Jazz standard
- Form
- AABA, 32 bars
- Key
- F
- Level
- 4
- Played on
- Voice
In the public domain. Source
Music
The 32 bar chorus. Swing the eighths.
100bpm
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Chord chart
History
Fats Waller and lyricist Andy Razaf wrote it in 1928, reportedly during a visit to Asbury Park, New Jersey. It was introduced as a soft shoe number in Load of Coal, a 1929 revue at Connie's Inn in Harlem. Fletcher Henderson recorded it in 1932, and Waller's own 1934 recording is in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Benny Goodman's band played it at the famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert.