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"The Yankee Doodle Boy", also known as "(I'm a) Yankee Doodle Dandy" is a patriotic song from the Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones, written by George M. Cohan. The play opened at the Liberty Theater on November 7, 1904.
The tune of "Yankee Doodle" is thought to be much older than the lyrics, being well known across western Europe, including England, France, Netherlands, Hungary, and Spain. [3] The melody of the song may have originated from an Irish tune "All the way to Galway", in which the second strain is identical to Yankee Doodle.
Sheet music to "Give My Regards" The Cecil in London – Jenkins; They're All My Friends – Timothy D. McGee; Mam'selle Fauchette – Goldie Gates 'Op in the 'Ansom – Cabbies and Reformers; Nesting in a New York Tree – Florabelle Fly; The Yankee Doodle Boy – Johnny Jones; Off to the Derby – Company; Girls from the U.S.A. – Florabelle Fly
Cohan wrote more than 50 shows and published more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including the standards "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". As a composer, he was one of the early members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers . He displayed remarkable ...
1904 sheet music cover "Give My Regards to Broadway" is a song written by George M. Cohan for his musical play Little Johnny Jones which debuted in 1904 in New York . Cohan, playing the title character, sings this song as his friend is about to sail to America , looking for evidence aboard the ship that will clear his name for allegedly ...
The song was performed by James Cagney and Joan Leslie in the 1942 film Yankee Doodle Dandy, a biopic of Cohan's life. In that film it was portrayed as an early work of Cohan's that he was shopping around. In real life, by 1907 he had already scored some major Broadway hits and had little need to try to sell individual songs to producers.
By the time the song is over, the Yankee Doodle Kid is a hit. Act II. George's career soars higher and higher. He is now a producer, and he and his partner, Sam H. Harris sign Fay Templeton to appear in their show, and we hear some of Cohan's most famous songs, "Mary", "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway", and "So Long Mary". Ethel feels ...
Yankee Doodle Boy is a 1929 short film released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and produced by Fleischer Studios. [1] It was named after the song " The Yankee Doodle Boy " an equivalent to " Yankee Doodle " and was released in part of the Screen Songs .