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Gee, But You're Swell
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Wikipedia article
'Gee! But You're Swell' was written by Abel Baer and Charles Tobias in 1936, and published by Remick Music Corp. in the same year.
Recordings
One of the first recordings was in 1937, by Chick Webb and his Orchestra with vocal by Louis Jordan. A (very) brief MP3 excerpt can be heard [https://web.archive.org/web/20040715133231/http://www.mp3.com/tracks/895239/dl_streams.html here].
Popular recordings in 1937 were by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (vocal by Helen Ward) and by Russ Morgan.
Popular culture
"Gee, But You're Swell" was adopted by Australian television performer Graham Kennedy as his theme song for 'In Melbourne Tonight'.
The song is used as background music throughout the 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon 'Porky and Gabby'.
References
Category:1936 songs
Category:Songs written by Charles Tobias
Category:Songs written by Abel Baer
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