Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Gal?) Is a song written by Ray Henderson (music) and Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young (lyrics) and released in 1925. He's also often just Has Anybody Seen My Girl? called.
Song structure
The song, written in C major by the successful songwriting team Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young , has the form AABA. He glorifies the flapper look of the 1920s, with phrases like turned-up nose and turned-down hose .
First recordings
Among the musicians who first recorded the song in 1925 are the California Ramblers ; Art Mooney had a hit with his version of the song in 1948, which made him popular in jazz. In later years he was also supported by Charlie Spivak , Shane Fenton and The Fentones, Arthur Fields , Tiny Hill , Lu Watters , Turk Murphy , Graeme Bell , Guy Lombardo , Mitch Miller , Dean Martin , Freddy Cannon , Mickey Gilley , Milla Jovovich and others. a. covered. Disko Graf Tom Lord lists in the field of Jazz 97 (as of 2015) cover versions . Doris Day danced to the song in Tyrannical Love (1955); Nick Lucas sang it in the 1974 film The Great Gatsby .