Orig Cast 1928 EDDIE CANTOR MAKIN WHOOPEE Hungry Women Vic 21831 Jewish Theater
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Great American Entertainer Eddie Cantor in this jaundiced view of marriage
in his Creator Recording of two songs from the 1928 Musical Whoopee!
"Makin' Whoopee!" is a jazz/blues song, first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee! Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics and Walter Donaldson composed the music for the song as well as for the entire musical.
The title is a euphemism for sexual intimacy,[1] and the song has been called a "dire warning", largely to men, about the "trap" of marriage.[2] "Makin' Whoopee" begins with the celebration of a wedding, honeymoon and marital bliss, but moves on to babies and responsibilities, and ultimately on to affairs and possible divorce, ending with a judge's advice.
Makin' whoopee! from Whoopee
Gus Kahn (lyricist)
Walter Donaldson (composer)
Hungry Women from Whoopee
Jack Yellen (lyricist)
Milton Ager (composer)
Eddie Cantor (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Nathaniel Shilkret (director)
12/18/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall Master Victor 24330
Orig Issue VICTOR Scroll 10" 78 rpm
CONDITION: VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS, unworn but scuffed, plays E very quiet light hiss
A GREAT COPY
The Ziegfeld Production Whoopee! is a 1928 musical comedy play with a book based on Owen Davis's play, The Nervous Wreck. The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1928, starring Eddie Cantor, and introduced the hit song "Love Me or Leave Me", sung by Ruth Etting.
Hungry Women dates from the golden year in the history of Tin Pan Alley, 1928, and was written Jack Yellen and Milton Ager, who were the Leiber and Stoller of the time. Ain’t She Sweet’ was one of theirs, as was ‘Happy Days are Here Again’, ‘Happy Feet’ (performed by The Rhythm Boys with Bing Crosby and Paul Whitehouse in this mad clip from The King of Jazz) and a personal favourite of mine ‘Big Bad Bill (is Sweet William Now)’.
Broke again, gentlemen
I am ruined now
Wall Street's not to blame
Nor the racing game
I have spent every cent
Let me tell you how
Listen one and all
To the cause of my downfall
Hungry women, hungry women
I feed em' and weep
They never eat cheap
All those meal hounds
Eat like real hounds
When they eat with me
They're out on a spree
They have cute faces and cute figures
But the real question
Is to where to find one
Who has got acute indigestion
Hungry women, hungry women
I feed 'em and weep
Hungry women, hungry women
Whenever we meet
It's "When do we eat?"
Then they pitch in
And clean the kitchen
What I'd like to know
Is where does it go?
I saw a great magician
Doing wondrous feats
He sawed a woman in half
Gave me the half that eats!
Oh those hungry women, hungry women
I feed 'em and weep
Hungry women, hungry women
I feed 'em and weep
I met a girl with just two teeth
And took her to supper
But just my luck
Her lower tooth met with the upper!
Hungry women, hungry women
I feed 'em and weep
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