Give My Regards to Broadway
Give My Regards to Broadway is a pop song written by George M. Cohan and published in 1904.
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George M. Cohan wrote the song Give My Regards to Broadway for his musical Little Johnny Jones , which premiered on Broadway in New York in 1904 . Cohan himself had the main role in his play and also introduced the song. 1968 found the song in the musical George M! Use.
First recordings and later cover versions
Musicians who covered the song from 1905 included Billy Murray , Frank Kernell (aka SH Dudley , Victor 4385) and Little Johnny Jones.
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 25 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. from 1943 by Eddie Brunner , Buddy Bertinat , Philippe Brun , Ella Logan / Frank DeVol , Ellis Larkins , Lou Stein , Ted Heath , Ruby Braff , André Previn , Charlie Shavers , Alex Welsh , Herb Ellis and a number of Dixielandbands. James Cagney sang him in the feature film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942, directed by Michael Curtiz ); The song was also used in The Broadway Melody (1929), With a Song in the Heart and Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943). Musicians like Al Jolson , Liberace , Jimmy Durante and Judy Garland had Give My Regards to Broadway in their repertoire.