I'm Just Wild About Harry
1921 song by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"I'm Just Wild About Harry" is a song written in 1921 with lyrics by Noble Sissle and music by Eubie Blake for the Broadway show Shuffle Along.
"I'm Just Wild About Harry" | |
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Single by Marion Harris with Isham Jones Orchestra | |
B-side | My Cradle Melody[1] |
Published | July 1, 1921 (1921-07-01) by M. Witmark & Sons, New York[2] |
Released | August 1922 (1922-08) |
Recorded | July 1922 (1922-07)[3] |
Studio | Brunswick Studios, New York City[3] |
Genre | Popular music, Broadway show tune |
Length | 2:50 |
Label | Brunswick 2309 |
Composer(s) | Eubie Blake[2] |
Lyricist(s) | Noble Sissle[2] |
Audio sample | |
Instrumental version of "I'm Just Wild About Harry" recorded 17 May 1922. Duration 3:54. | |
"I'm Just Wild About Harry" was the most popular number of the production, which was the first financially successful Broadway play to have African-American writers and an all African-American cast.[4] The song broke what had been a taboo against musical and stage depictions of romantic love between African-Americans.
Originally written as a waltz, Blake rewrote the number as a foxtrot at the singer's request. The result was a simple, direct, joyous, and infectious tune enhanced onstage by improvisational dancing. In 1948 Harry S Truman selected "I'm Just Wild About Harry" as his campaign song for the United States presidential election of 1948.[5] Its success in politics led to a popular revival.[6]