Jivey Patter/Novelty Songs

The one discussed here is one of the best
https://theweek.com/articles/466801/11-words-from-1940s-song-about-slang

Couldn’t figure out whether there is already such a thread in existence, sorry if there is.

Here is relevant video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClGNm89GZBE

Here is another one, also with Betty Hutton, who is great at this, although this is sort of second tier Hoagy Carmichael
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZYYqQInrDg

Loved that first song in LA Noire but the version in that video is absolutely banging.

There is also a good version by Anita O’Day, with Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, can’t remember if that’s the one you are talking about.

Slim Gaillard is a big proponent of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ0zmcpZxUw

Seem to recall it is Krupa on the LA Noire soundtrack

Not on my PC right now but will look up other stuff like this that I enjoy tomorrow

Cool.
Nat King Cole singing “Frim Fram Sauce,” with lyrics by, ahem, Redd Evans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B8FR6xMFRo

This says LA Noire uses Dinah Shore version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt3ioZazTMM

It's "better" sung than that Betty Hutto version but a bit short on the manic energy

There seems to be a Tori Amos version as well.

Which turns out to be pretty good.

here's a good variation on it by louis jordan with military slang!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eokdlAZAmn8

Thanks! Definitely wanted Louis Jordan on here.

Debating whether something like “Open the Door, Richard” belongs here but that is more of a comedy routine with some musical moments so I say no for now.

Just heard this Cab Calloway song on Singers Unlimited with Michael Bourne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E03NZOIxGmQ

And now he’s playing “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief” as sung by Hoagy himself.

My fav Gaillard is this cross-cultural yiddish jive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntUNRiC5-z0

Ellington's entry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1gfjvpFOE

And the absolute peak for me, Yochanan and Sun Ra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iudPKzmRUEs

This comp is all time, and follows this idea through a few decades

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Stars-Of-The-Apollo-Theatre/release/2831186

slim gaillard probably has his own thread, but one of the great ones of his is "yep roc heresay", the origin of the name of yep roc records, banned for "obscenity", when in fact he was just reading an armenian menu. that '80s documentary on gaillard is fantastic.

here's some sort of wedding band or something doing a version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV-VEzLLwhk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_6_XZ1b4I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeDmEhNx4tA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwLfTjyD_A

“I’m Hip” is not quite what I am looking for on this thread but I will send a birthday shout out to Bob Dorough anyway.

*bump/revive*

My fav Gaillard is this cross-cultural yiddish jive

BEST INTRO TO ANY SONG EVER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sUZd6D64dA

two cuts by songwriter Henry Nemo, the "creator of jive" [citation needed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdVz3hY_H8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFJ3aY2u1cE

I had no idea what to make of "abee gezundt" before I googled it:

abi gezunt

definition: "As long as you're healthy [you can be happy]."
Example Sentences: "I got a $50.00 traffic ticket...abi gezunt.", "Politics, shmolitics, abi gezint."
Languages of Origin: Yiddish
Who Uses This: Jews who are middle-aged and older; Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

https://jel.jewish-languages.org/words/2

clearly I don't spend enough time in the company of 80-year-old Ashkenazi Jews :((

Anthem of the Sunday afternoon home repair crisis, Johnnie Lee Wills's "Thingamajig"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I8nQoGWse4