Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?
Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh? is a song written by Maceo Pinkard , Roy Turk and Jack Smith and published in 1926.
background
The chorus of in C major written songs Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh? , only twenty bars long, consists of alternating rhythms; Eighth notes - triplets follow dotted quarter and eighth notes. The shape is a modified rondo , consisting of five sections, each in the shape of ABA'CA '' . The closing words reflect the singer's exuberant mood: And I'll give it right back to you .
First recordings
The song was first introduced by co-author Whispering Jack Smith with his recording for Victor Records . The first musicians to record the song from 1926 included Jean Goldkette (Victor, with Joe Venuti ) and Fred Rich & His Hotel Astor Orchestra ( Harmony 136).
Later cover versions
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 17 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Louis Prima , Gene Krupa , Charlie Spivak , Les Elgart , Sarah Vaughan , Dick Hyman , Tyree Glenn , Tommy Dorsey , Frank Sinatra and Rex Stewart . Deanna Durbin sang him in Lady on a Train (1945, directed by Charles David). Even the Bonanza actor Michael Landon interpreted Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh? with whom he was in the charts in Canada.
Web links
- Inclusion in the catalog of the German National Library: DNB 38017314X