Margie (song)
"Margie", also known as "My Little Margie", is a 1920 popular song. It was composed in collaboration by vaudeville performer and pianist Con Conrad and ragtime pianist J. Russel Robinson. Lyrics were written by Benny Davis, a vaudeville performer and songwriter. The song was introduced by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.[1]
The song was published in 1920 and was named after the five-year-old daughter of singer and songwriter Eddie Cantor. Cantor is credited with popularizing the song with his 1921 recording that stayed at the top of the pop charts for five weeks.[2]
The song has appeared in the movies Stella Dallas (1937), Margie (1946) and The Eddie Cantor Story (1953).[2]
Having been recorded by numerous artists, the song has become a jazz standard. Among the people who have recorded the tune are Ray Barretto, Bix Beiderbecke, Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby, Dave Brubeck, Frank Crumit, Erroll Garner, Claude Hopkins, Ted Lewis, Jimmie Lunceford, Shelly Manne, Oscar Peterson, Don Redman, Charlie Shavers, Jimmy Smith, Jo Stafford and Joe Venuti.[2]
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Bibliography
- Shaw, Arnold: The Jazz Age: Popular Music in the 1920s. Oxford University Press US, 1989. ISBN 0195060822
See also
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