" Swanee " is an American popular song from 1919 composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Irving Caesar. It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson.

George's Gershwin's first hit song. "Swanee" was actually introduced by a singer named Muriel DeForrest in October 1919 but was not a success until Al Jolson performed it in December 1919 at a...

For all its upbeat, toe-tapping fun, “Swanee” is actually a song of longing. In it, the singer assumedly from his position in the “north” (“The folks up north will see me no more....”) pines, deeply, for the South.

Although the song was published in 1919, it was Al Jolson’s 1920 recording that was a massive hit. Swanee helped catapult George Gershwin to fame and further increased Jolson’s star power.

In Sinbad (1918) he transformed an unsuccessful George Gershwin song, “Swanee,” into his trademark number. And in Bombo he introduced “My Mammy.” The same show included three Jolson …

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"Swanee" is an American popular song written in 1919 by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson. The song was written for a New York City revue …

Foster first introduced music fans to the southern river, whose name is rightfully Suwannee. Gershwin and Caesar parodied the opening melody of Foster's minstrel song that has the famous opening line, …

" Swanee " is an American popular song written in 1919 by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson. The song was written for a New York City …