Columbia 213D - Recorded 9/12/24 - Eddie Cantor On Vocals.
Song Reached US Billboard #5 - Dec 1924 (3 weeks)
"Doodle-Doo-Doo" Music & Lyrics By Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel.
Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 -- October 10, 1964) was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter.
Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five daughters. Some of his hits include "Makin' Whoopee", "Ida", "If You Knew Susie", "Ma! He's Makin' Eyes at Me", "Margie" and "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)" He also wrote a few songs, including "Merrily We Roll Along", the Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. cartoon theme.
His eye-rolling song-and-dance routines eventually led to his nickname, "Banjo Eyes". In 1933, the artist Frederick J. Garner caricatured Cantor with large round eyes resembling the drum-like pot of a banjo. Cantor's eyes became his trademark, often exaggerated in illustrations, and leading to his appearance on Broadway in the musical Banjo Eyes (1941).
His charity and humanitarian work was extensive, and he is credited with coining the phrase and helping to develop The March of Dimes.
Lyrics:
I just heard a melody
That is always haunting me;
Funny little strains
Running through my brains,
It's as sweet as can be!
It has such a pleasing way,
Though it's with me night and day!
When I hear someone playing,
I walk right up and say;
Please play it for me,
That sweet melody
Called Doodle-Doo-Doo, Doodle-Doo-Doo.
I like the rest,
The one I like best
Is Doodle-Doo-Doo, Doodle-Doo-Doo.
Simplest thing,
There's nothing much to it,
Don't have to sing,
Just Doodle-Doo-Doo it!
I love it so,
Wherever I go
I Doodle-Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo!
Please play it for me,
That sweet melody
Called Doo, Doo, Doodle-Doo-Doo.
I like the rest,
The one I like best
Is Doo, Doo, Doodle-Doo-Doo.
Simplest thing,
There's nothing much to it,
Don't have to sing,
Just Doodle-Doo-Doo it!
I love it so,
Wherever I go
I Doodle-Doo-Doodle-Doo-Doo!
I heard all the melody,
Found the blues a rhapsody;
They all come and go,
But there's one I know
That'll linger and tease.
I found all the blues a pest,
Rhapsodies for me are death!
So if you want to please me,
Just take this one request;
Please play it for me,
That sweet melody
Called Doodle-Doo-Doo, Doodle-Doo-Doo.
I like the rest,
The one I like best
Is Doodle-Doo-Doo, Doodle-Doo-Doo.
Simplest thing,
There's nothing much to it,
Don't have to sing,
Just Doodle-Doo-Doo it!
I love it so,
Wherever I go
I Doodle-Doo-Doodle-Doo-Doo!
Please play it for me,
That sweet melody
Called Doo, Doo, Doodle-Doo-Doo.
I like the rest,
The one I like best
Is Doodle-Doo-Doo, Doodle-Doo-Doo.
Simplest thing,
There's nothing much to it,
Don't have to sing,
Just Doodle-Doo-Doo it!
I love it so,
Wherever I go
I Doodle-Doo-Doodle-Doo-Doo!
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