"Alabamy Bound" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1924 |
Genre | Popular music |
Writer(s) | Composer: Ray Henderson Lyricist: Buddy DeSylva, Bud Green |
"Alabamy Bound" is a Tin Pan Alley tune written in 1924, with music by Ray Henderson and words by Buddy DeSylva and Bud Green. This was the first collaboration between DeSylva and Henderson and it was interpolated into the Broadway show Kid Boots. Successful recordings of it in 1925 were by Blossom Seeley and Isham Jones.
King of Burlesque (1935) when it was sung by the chorus girls.
The Great American Broadcast (1941) - sung by The Ink Spots
Babes on Broadway (1941) - Eddie Peabody on banjo, dubbing for Mickey Rooney
Broadway (1942)
Show Business (1944) - sung a cappella by Eddie Cantor. Performed later by Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Constance Moore and Joan Davis
With a Song in My Heart (1952) - performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) - part of American Medley
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - sung by Jeff Daniels