- Style
- Jazz
- Tradition
- Jazz standard
- Form
- 16 bars
- Key
- F
- Level
- 2
- Played on
- Voice
In the public domain. Source
Music
The 16 bar chorus. Swing the eighths.
100bpm
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Chord chart
History
Bob Carleton wrote the words and music, and Leo Feist published it in 1918. The Original New Orleans Jazz Band and singer Arthur Fields both recorded it that year. Alec Wilder later called the tune "bone simple."
Sidney Bechet and Tommy Ladnier recorded it in 1938, Bunk Johnson in 1945, and Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee in 1947. Sonny Rollins wrote "Doxy" in 1954 on its chords.