- Style
- Jazz
- Tradition
- Jazz standard
- Form
- AB, 32 bars
- Key
- E♭
- Level
- 3
- Played on
- Voice
In the public domain. Source
Music
The 32 bar chorus. A medium fox trot, swung lightly.
100bpm
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Chord chart
History
Sherman, Clay and Co. of San Francisco published it in 1920, with music by John Schonberger and words by Malvin Schonberger; later printings credit the words to Richard Coburn and Vincent Rose. Paul Whiteman's orchestra recorded it on August 23, 1920, in an arrangement by Ferde Grofé. The record stayed at number 1 for eleven weeks and sold over two million copies, and in 2020 the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry.
Dizzy Gillespie built his 1945 bebop tune "Groovin' High" on its chords.