The Kinky Kids Parade; Kute, Kunnin' Kapers Fox Trot With Ukulele Accompaniment
New York: Leo Feist, 1925. Popular Edition [stated]. Sheet Music. Scarce. Format is approximatley 9.25 inces by 12.25 inches. Mulit-color cecorative cover with four major stereotypes of negros and many other negro images. In the lower right is a black and white photograph of Ben Bernie, Directror of the Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra which featured this song. Song is presented on pages 2-5. The rear cover highlights two other songs from this publisher with black and white illustrations. Lyrics include the words: Pickaninnies, Mammy Jinny's, and Kinky. Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886 – October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including "Pretty Baby", "Ain't We Got Fun?", "Carolina in the Morning", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", "My Buddy" "I'll See You in My Dreams", "It Had to Be You", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Makin' Whoopee", "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "I'm Through with Love", "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "You Stepped Out of a Dream". After graduating from high school, he launched one of the most successful and prolific careers from Tin Pan Alley. By 1933, Kahn had become a full-time motion picture songwriter, contributing to movies such as Flying Down to Rio, Thanks a Million, Kid Millions, A Day at the Races, Everybody Sing, One Night of Love, Three Smart Girls, Let's Sing Again, San Francisco, Naughty Marietta, and Ziegfeld Girl. He also collaborated with co-lyricist Ira Gershwin. He had a friendship with Walter Donaldson. Their first collaboration was the song My Buddy in 1922. They went on to compose over one hundred songs together. More