#sventune — Public Fediverse posts

Tonight's #SvenTune parodies "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" by Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young, published in 1925. The first hit version recorded by Al Jolson. #svengoolie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Sitting_on_Top_of_the_World

Tonight's #SvenTune parodies "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" by Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young, published in 1925. The first hit version recorded by Al Jolson. #svengoolie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Sitting_on_Top_of_the_World

Tonight's #SvenTune: "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1930) composed by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields, though some claim Fats Waller wrote it and sold the rights for ready cash, as he was wont to do. #svengoolie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Sunny_Side_of_the_Street

Tonight's #Sventune is based on, of course, the sea shanty "Blow the Man Down," first collected among English merchant sailors in the 1860s. #svengoolie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_the_Man_Down

Authorship of the #Sventune "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)" is uncertain. It had been recorded before it was copyrighted in 1925. First hit version was by Gene Austin. #TheFly #svengoolie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has_Anybody_Seen_My_Gal%3F_(song)