Gee, But You're Swell
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Gee, But You're Swell was written by Abel Baer and Charles Tobias
in 1936, and published by Remick Music Corp. in the same year.
One of the first recordings was in 1937, by Chick Webb
and his Orchestra with vocal by Louis Jordan
. A (very) brief MP3
excerpt can be heard here.
"Gee, But You're Swell" was adopted by Australian television performer Graham Kennedy
as his theme song for In Melbourne Tonight
.
Charles Tobias
-Biography:Born in New York City, Tobias grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts with brothers Harry Tobias and Henry Tobias, also songwriters.He started his musical career in vaudeville. In 1923, he founded his own music publishing firm and worked on Tin Pan Alley...
in 1936, and published by Remick Music Corp. in the same year.
One of the first recordings was in 1937, by Chick Webb
Chick Webb
William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb was an American jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader.-Biography:...
and his Orchestra with vocal by Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
Louis Thomas Jordan was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the...
. A (very) brief MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
excerpt can be heard here.
"Gee, But You're Swell" was adopted by Australian television performer Graham Kennedy
Graham Kennedy
Graham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra and The King of Australian television.-Childhood:...
as his theme song for In Melbourne Tonight
In Melbourne Tonight
In Melbourne Tonight, also known as "IMT", was a highly popular nightly variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 6 May 1957 to 1970....
.