I'm Just Wild About Harry

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"I'm Just Wild About Harry" (1921) is a song written by Eubie Blake (music) and Noble Sissle (lyrics) for the Broadway production of Shuffle Along, written by Blake, Sissle, F. E. Miller, and Aubrey Lyles.

The song has been performed by an array of famous performers such as Judy Garland, Al Jolson, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, and even performed by Daffy Duck (an animated character) and on The Muppet Show (by Jean Stapleton).

One of the more famous renditions of "I'm Just Wild About Harry" is for the Warner Bros. cartoon One Froggy Evening (1955), featuring Michigan J. Frog and directed by Chuck Jones.

[edit] Cultural reference

The University of California Press has released an article titled "I'm Just Wild About Eubie--Memories of Eubie Blake" one of the song's co-authors.

[edit] External Links

• Shuffle Along (1921) at Internet Broadway Database
• One Froggy Evening at IMDB
• 'I'm Just Wild About Eubie--Memories of Eubie Blake' by Floyd Levin, The University of California Press