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Ha cha cha cha ?

Ive seen many impersoniations of Jimmy durante having his "ha cha cha cha" phrase, but Ive been trying to look for Jimmy durante actually saying it himself, anyone that can point me in the right direction?

A song

I once heard a song, which I belief was sung by Jimmy Durante. I cannot remember the exact lyrics, but it went something like 'One day, I read a book'...and at the end he sings 'I might read another book again'. I would love to get hold of this song - what is the title?

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BetacommandBot 05:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs. Calabash

I think that referred to his first wife or an early girlfriend. He exposed that secret in an interview sometime during the 1970s. I heard it on the radio. It's unfortunate that no one seems to have saved it anywhere, and the needless guessing games continue. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 02:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

comment posted by 96.229.5.211

The following comment was posted by the above anon IP in the article. I am reposting it here.

I think your bio of Durante (and others I've seen) fails to mention his other equally famous theme song "You gotta start off each day with a song even if things go wrong...." then the music trailed off into his routine. 96.229.5.211 (talk) 07:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TheRetroGuy (talk) 11:19, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"You're the Top"

Cole Porter refers to Durante in his song You're the Top : "...you're the nose/on the great Durante". MBG 119.11.11.165 (talk) 10:30, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Father's name and dates different from Gene Fowler's Bio

Bartolomeo and lived until the 1940s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrm2007 (talk • contribs) 08:09, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"animation" section mostly trivia

mislabeled at best - could be deleted —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.59.65 (talk) 15:31, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No. It's a measure of his wide recognition and popularity. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 17:06, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BTW...date changed for "Frosty the Snowman" to 1969, when the show was introduced. Confusion with the song, which was released in 1950 (not 1951). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.191.6 (talk) 02:45, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

this guy

is a fossil. he's stratified, in layer formation, turning to the coal Ellis Isle producto put in their stoves on cold fossilized NY morns. Kids these days neva hoid of em. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.15.148.130 (talk) 19:12, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

place of birth

The summmary box (or whatever it's called) says "Brooklyn, NY", but the article says the Lower East Side, which is in Manhattan ... ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.90.93 (talk) 13:26, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Singing

I think there should more mention in the article re the re-birth of Durante's singing especially of the repeated use of his recorded songs in the Ephron movies.Dcrasno (talk) 03:38, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]