Somebody Stole My Gal
Somebody Stole My Gal is a pop song , the Leo Wood wrote and published 1918th It has since become a widely played jazz standard and also popular in country and rockabilly circles.
background
The songwriter Leo Wood (1882-1929) wrote Somebody Stole My Gal in 1918; Florence Millett took him on that same year. However, the song only became known in the United States with the instrumental recording by Ted Weems (Victor 19212), who had a number one hit with the song in February 1924 . In 1931 Ted Lewis was successful with the uptempo number (Columbia 2336) in the US charts (# 14), which Johnnie Ray (with the Buddy Cole Quartet, Columbia 39961) achieved again with his version in 1953 when the singer was at number 8 the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 6 on the UK charts.
The first verse of the song reads:
- Somebody stole my gal
- Somebody stole my pal
- Somebody came out and took her away
- She didn't even say she was leaving today
- And Gee! How I hoped she would come to me
- Throw her arms around me and comfort me
- And see her broken harted lonesome pal
- Oh dear lord
- Somebody stole my gal.
Other versions
Other musicians who covered the song from September 1923 included Pete Bontsema (Gennett), Sam Lanin (cameo) and Fletcher Henderson (Columbia). The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 263 (as of 2016) cover versions in the field of jazz , including a. by Bix Beiderbecke (1928), Fred Elizalde & His Anglo American Band (1928), Bennie Moten 's Kansas City Orchestra (1930), Cab Calloway (1931), Billy Cotton (1931), Fats Waller (1935), Count Basie Orchestra (1940) and Benny Goodman .
In 1931 the Max Fleischer Studios published a cartoon of the same name; The song was also used in the comedy film So a Pechvogel . The cover version of the original Memphis Five from 1924 ( Pathé ) was used in the feature film Aviator (2005). In later years Merle Travis / Joe Maphis , Milton Brown , Harris Brother's Texans , The Musical Maniacs , Kid Ory , Chet Atkins , Dick Hyman , Bobby Darin , Pee Wee Hunt , Erroll Garner , Jimmy Roselli , Grady Martin , Moe Wechsler , John Serry senior for RCA Records (RCA Thesaurus, 1954) and Mitch Miller the song.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry at jazzstandards.com
- ↑ a b c Don Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era . Jefferson, North Carolina & London, McFarland, 2007, p. 136
- ↑ a b c Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
- ↑ LM Warren: The End of the Magical Kingdom: The Evil Princess . 2015, p. 289
- ↑ Somebody Stole My Gal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ In the cast Phil Napoleon (tp), Miff Mole (tb), Jimmy Lytell , (cl), Frank Singorelli (p), Jack Roth (dr).
- ^ Who Is Who in Music International 1958 . Publisher: Who Is Who in Music International, Chicago, Il, USA. Biographical File # B11719 for John Serry. Current publisher: International Biographical Center, Cambridgeshire, UK