“This was written in 1932 by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots while traveling on the subway to a music publisher’s office. They had trouble convincing anyone to produce it because it was seen as a kids’ song, which would have been very hard to sell. The big break came when Eddie Cantor sang it on his radio show in 1934, and the song became an instant hit.”

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