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" Swanee " is an American popular song written in 1919 by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson.
Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, Yiddish: אַסאַ יואלסאָן; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian.
Swanee River is a 1939 American biographical musical drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, and Felix Bressart. It is a biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.
The Jolson Story is a 1946 American biographical musical film, a highly fictionalized account of the life of singer Al Jolson. It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his performing partner and manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty ...
In gratitude, Berlin credited Carus on the cover of the sheet music. [ 11 ] The catchy song became indelibly linked with Carus in the public consciousness, although rival performers such as Al Jolson later co-opted the hit tune. [ 29 ] "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911)
Like many of Foster's songs, it was originally recorded on the phonograph in the early twentieth century; [21] 1911 saw its first recording, by Billy Murray, originally sung with the American Quartet. [22] The 1939 biopic about Foster Swanee River prominently features a performance of the tune by Al Jolson.
Gershwin - Swanee [edit] Al Jolson 's hit 1920 recording of George Gershwin and Irving Caesar 's 1919 " Swanee ". Sheet music is available at Wikisource. This is George Gershwin's first hit, and, I believe, the only major song of Gershwin's in the public domain. Better still, this is the recording that popularised it and made it a hit, which is ...
1920 – Ed Wynn 's Carnival – "Oo, How I Love You To Be Loved by You" (lyrics by Lou Paley) 1920 – The Sweetheart Shop – "Waiting for the Sun to Come Out" (lyrics by Ira Gershwin) 1920 – Sinbad – "Swanee" (lyrics by Irving Caesar). As performed by Al Jolson