Nobody's Sweetheart Now

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Nobody's Sweetheart Now (also Nobody's Sweetheart ) is a song written by Gus Kahn , Ernie Erdman (lyrics) and Billy Myers and Elmer Schoebel (music) and published in 1924. It became one of the most played jazz standards .

background

The song was introduced by Ted Lewis on The Passing Show of 1923 . The lyrics are about a girl in the country who has meanwhile transformed into a sophisticated woman of the world, with "noble stockings, silk robe ... painted lips, painted eyes." ( Fancy hose, silken gown ... painted lips , painted eyes. ) In the chorus it finally says: “Well, it all looks kind of wrong, but you're nobody's darling anymore.” ( Well it all seems wrong somehow, But you're nobody's sweetheart now ).

First recordings

The Mills Brothers

Musicians who first recorded the song in 1924 included Sam Lanin / Miff Mole , Harvey Brooks ' Quality Four and the Okeh Syncopators led by Harry Reser . Only the versions of Red Nichols (Brunswick, 1928, # 13), Cab Calloway (Brunswick, 1931, # 13) and finally the Mills Brothers (Brunswick, 1931, # 4) made it into the US charts . It was the first millionaire hit by a vocal ensemble in the USA.

In the 1920s and 30s the song was also recorded by Isham Jones , Benny Goodman , Charlie Pierce , Jack Pettis , Frankie Trumbauer , Eubie Blake , Louis Armstrong , Marion Harris and Eddie Condon , as well as by the Original Indiana Five , Washboard formations Rhythm Kings and McKinney's Cotton Pickers . In the 1950s the song was published by accordionist John Serry senior for RCA Records (RCA Thesaurus, 1954). In the country music was Nobody's Sweetheart u. a. played by Hugh Cross , Wallace Sesten / Jack Shook and Wesley Long . Outside of the United States, the pop song became popular during this period. a. also covered by Max Abrams , Jacques Gerlagh , Fred Elizalde , Oscar Alemán , Harry Roy , Alice Babs and Leonid Utjesov . It was also used in several film musicals such as The Cuban Love Song (1931), Hit Parade of 1943 , Stormy Weather (1943), Atlantic City (1944), and in Gus Kahn's 1952 biography I'll See You in My Dreams .

In later years he was part of the repertoire of many Dixieland bands . The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 334 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz .

Web links

  • Inclusion in the catalog of the German National Library: DNB 358009561

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The title may be an allusion to the American saying Everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife . See Wolfgang Mieder , Stewart A. Kingsbury, Kelsie B. Harder: A Dictionary of American Proverbs . 1992, p. 394.
  2. ↑ Schoebel had written the "Bugle Call Rag" with Jack Pettis and Billy Meyers the year before.
  3. ↑ a b c d Don Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era . 2007, p. 134 f.
  4. ↑ Basic data at Jazzstandards.com
  5. ^ A b Gerhard Klußmeier : Jazz in the Charts. Another view on jazz history. Liner notes and booklet for the 100 CD edition. Membrane International GmbH. ISBN 978-3-86735-062-4
  6. ↑ "Nobody's Sweetheart" Lyrics
  7. ↑ a b c Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
  8. ^ Who Is Who in Music International 1958 Publisher: Who Is Who in Music International, Chicago, Il, USA. Biographical File # B11719 for John Serry, current publiusher: International Biographical Center, Cambridgeshire, UK
  9. ↑ Tony Russell, Bob Pinson: Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942: A Discography, 1921-1942 . 2004, p. 1115.
  10. ^ Robert Rawlins: The Real Dixieland Book Songbook: B-Flat Instruments, Hal Leonard Corp., 2014