- Style
- Jazz
- Tradition
- Jazz standard
- Form
- 32 bars
- Key
- G
- Level
- 3
- Played on
- Voice
In the public domain. Source
Music
The 32 bar chorus. Play it as a slow drag or a fast swing.
100bpm
Click any note to start from there
Chord chart
History
Shelton Brooks wrote the words and music, and Will Rossiter of Chicago published it in 1910. Sophie Tucker's maid brought the song to her and insisted she meet Brooks. Tucker recorded it on a wax cylinder in 1910 or 1911, and it became her signature song.
Her 1926 record with Ted Lewis and his band was number 1 for five weeks and sold a million copies. Her 1911 record is in the National Recording Registry. The song was also heard in Lights of New York (1928), billed as the first all talking feature.