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"Three Little Fishies", also known as "Three Little Fishes", is a 1939 song with words by Josephine Carringer and Bernice Idins and music by Saxie Dowell. The song tells the story of three fishes, who defy their mother's command of swimming only in a meadow, by swimming over a dam and on out to sea, where they encounter a shark , which the fish ...
He wrote and sang the novelty song "Three Little Fishies" [1] [2] and recorded for Brunswick, Sonora, and Victor. [1] Around 1946 he led a naval air station band with 14-year-old Keely Smith as a singer. After the war he reunited his orchestra, performing mostly in Chicago. In 1949 he became a disc jockey for WGN radio in Chicago.
The popularity of the song is lampooned in a 1940s film short. [4] In the film, The King's Men (who also performed on Fibber McGee and Molly) play young men living in a boarding house who are endlessly singing the song while getting dressed, eating dinner, playing cards, etc., until an exasperated fellow boarder (William Irving) finally has them removed to an insane asylum.
"Nonsense Song (Titine)" a song written by Charlie Chaplin, used in Modern Times (1936) "Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)", written by Edward Robinson; Jerry Brandow; Lenny Kent; Leonard Ware; Willie Spottswood in 1938 "Three Little Fishies", written by Josephine Carringer and Bernice Idins; with music by Saxie Dowell in 1939
I'll Walk Beside You (song) I'm a Little Teapot; I've Got My Eyes on You (1939 song) If I Didn't Care; If I Had My Life to Live Over; If I Knew Then (Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard song) If I Only Had a Brain; If I Were King of the Forest; Imagine Me in the Maginot Line; In a Mellow Tone; In the Middle of a Dream; In the Mood; It's a Big Wide ...
Bogue studied law at West Virginia University, but his comedy antics soon found an audience.He appeared in ten movies between 1939 and 1950. In Thousands Cheer (1943), he appeared with Kay Kyser and sang "I Dug a Ditch," and he also appeared as a vocalist in That's Right—You're Wrong (1939), You'll Find Out (1940), and Playmates (1941).
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The Mills Brothers were born into a family of nine in Piqua, Ohio, United States. [3]The quartet consisted of Donald (lead tenor vocals, April 29, 1915 – November 13, 1999), [4] Herbert (tenor vocals, April 2, 1912 – April 12, 1989), [5] Harry (baritone vocals, August 9, 1913 – June 28, 1982), and John Jr. (tenor guitar, double bass, bass vocals; October 19, 1910 – January 23, 1936).