| Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) | |
| Cover: | image:Tootsie Goodbye.jpg |
| Caption: | Sheet music cover, 1922 |
| Published: | 1922 by Leo Feist, Inc. |
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!) is a 1922 song with music and lyrics by Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman and Danny Russo,[1] per the credits on the original sheet music cover. Some other sources also credit Ted Fio Rito and Robert King for the song, but make no mention of Dan Russo.[2] It debuted in the Broadway musical Bombo, where it was a major hit. It was first recorded by Al Jolson with Frank Crumit's orchestra for Columbia Records on September 9, 1922.[3] It was further popularised by the racy singer-comedian Eddie Cantor.[4] [5]
This song has become associated with the age and image of the flapper during the Roaring Twenties.[2] While the Jolson version was the most popular, other high-selling versions in 1923 were those by Ernest Hare & Billy Jones, Vincent Lopez, and Benson Orchestra of Chicago. [6]
"Toot, Toot, Tootsie" appeared in the films The Jazz Singer (1927),[7] Rose of Washington Square (1939),[8] The Jolson Story (1946), I'll See You in My Dreams (1951),[9] and Remains to Be Seen (1953).[10] Also, the Kansas City R&B band Bloodstone performed "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" in their 1975 movie Train Ride to Hollywood.
It was also performed in "Aunt Bee's Medicine Man" episode of The Andy Griffith Show , the fifth episode of The Brady Bunch Hour and the eleventh episode of season 4 of Gimme a Break!.
Other artists who recorded the song include Billy Murray together with Ed Smalle; Hoosier Hot Shots, Art Mooney, Eddy Howard, Wayne Newton, Jerry Vale, Brenda Lee,[11] and Jack Mudurian.[12]