Ain't She Sweet

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"Ain't She Sweet?"
Music by	Milton Ager
Lyrics by	Jack Yellen
Written	1927
Language	English
Original artist	Ben Bernie

This article is about the song. For a compilation album by Tony Sheridan & The Beatles, see Ain't She Sweet (album).

"Ain't She Sweet" is a song composed by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen in 1927. It became popular in the first half of the twentieth century, one of the smash hit songs that typified the Roaring Twenties. Like "Happy Days Are Here Again" (1929), it became a Tin Pan Alley standard. Both Ager and Yellen were elected to membership in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Lyrics

"Oh ain't she sweet, well see her walking down that street. Yes I ask you very confidentially: ain't she sweet? Oh ain't she nice, well look her over once or twice. Yes I ask you very confidentially: ain't she nice? Just cast an eye in her direction. Oh me oh my, ain't that perfection? Oh I repeat, well don't you think that's kind of neat? Yes I ask you very confidentially: ain't she sweet?".

Milton Ager wrote "Ain't She Sweet" for his daughter Shana Ager^{[citation needed]}, who later grew up and became Shana Alexander, who was on television and on radio as a political commentator.

1 Recorded Versions
2 Selected Appearances in Film
3 Referencess
4 External links

[edit] Recorded Versions

Ben Bernie and his Orchestra - 1927
Gene Austin - 1927
Johnny Marvin - 1927
Lillian Roth -1933
Mr. Goon-Bones & Mr. Ford - 1949
Frank Sinatra - 1962
Paul Ash and his Orchestra
Winifred Atwell - DECCA UK RECORDS
Frank Banta
Pearl Bailey - HARMONY RECORDS
Sally Blair - EMI RECORDS GROUP, N.A.
Eddie Cantor
Benny Carter - CONTEMPORARY RECORDS
Bill Coleman, Stephane Grappelli - CLASSIC JAZZ RECORDS
Jackie Davis - CAPITOL RECORDS INC.
Eric Delaney and his Band - EMI RECORDS GROUP, N.A.
Tommy Dorsey - MCA RECORDS
The Dukes of Dixieland - AUDIO FIDELITY RECORDS
Erroll Garner
Ken Griffin - COLUMBIA RECORDS
Fletcher Henderson - DISQUES SWING RECORDS
Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson- PYE UK RECORDS
The Milt Herth Trio - CORAL RECORDS
Michael Holliday - EMI RECORDS GROUP, N.A.
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra - EMI RECORDS GROUP, N.A.
Enoch Light and his Orchestra
Meade “Lux” Lewis
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra - COLUMBIA RECORDS
Johnny Maddox - DOT RECORDS
The Johnny Mann Singers - LIBERTY RECORDS
Billy May - CAPITOL RECORDS INC
The Modernaires - CORAL RECORDS
The Moms and Dads - CRESCENDO RECORDS
Russ Morgan and his Orchestra - CAPITOL RECORDS INC.
Eddie Peabody - MCA RECORDS
Mel Powelll Trio
Jimmy Smith
Big Joe Turner - CLASSIC JAZZ RECORDS
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - CAPITOL RECORDS INC.
Ben Webster, Frank Rosolino - CONTEMPORARY RECORDS
Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra - RANWOOD RECORDS INC.
Les Frères Jacques

"Ain't She Sweet" was also performed by The Beatles (with Lennon on lead vocals). It was recorded on June 23, 1961 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, Germany with Pete Best on drums, and Bernard Purdie for drum overdubs,^{[citation needed]} produced by Bert Kaempfert, released in 1964, May 29 on Polydor NH 52-317 (UK).^[1]. A different rendition, recorded during a jam session in 1969 with Ringo Starr on drums, was released on The Beatles Anthology 3.

[edit] Selected Appearances in Film

Duck Soup (Paramount Pictures, 1933)
The Eddy Duchin Story (Columbia Pictures, 1955)
Strangers on a Train (Warner Brothers, 1951) instrumental in background of carnival scenes
You're My Everything (Twentieth Century Fox, 1949)
You Were Meant for Me (Twentieth Century Fox, 1948)