Al Pianadossi wrote this hit song with Lew Klein and Sidney Mitchell in mid 1922, and Harry Raderman's band turned it into a "white jazz" gem. This version for Edison (recorded on August 5 of that year) was one of several - Zez Confrey made it for Victor,
Nora Bayes recorded it for Columbia, and Billy Jones waxed the version for Okeh. The farmyard animal effects, popular with white audiences since ODJB's "Livery Stable Blues" became the
first popular jazz record back in 1917, are subtly in evidence here but not over the top - at least Harry didn't slip in his trademark "laughing trombone" effects! The recording is sonically perfect, as per usual for Edison Labs, and the condition of the record
was equally nice with only the characteristic rumble to remove.
