Makin' Whoopee

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"Makin' Whoopee"
Makin' Whoopee! (1928) Sheet Music.pdf
Sheet music, 1928
Song
Published1928 by Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble
Released1928 (1928)
Genre pop music, Tin Pan Alley
Composer(s) Walter Donaldson
Lyricist(s) Gus Kahn

"Makin' Whoopee" is a song first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee! . Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics and Walter Donaldson composed the music for the song as well as for the entire musical.

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The title refers to celebrating a marriage. Eventually "making whoopee" became a euphemism for intimate sexual relations. [1] The song has been called a "dire warning", largely to men, about the "trap" of marriage. [2] "Makin' Whoopee" begins with the celebration of a wedding, honeymoon and marital bliss, but moves on to babies and responsibilities, and ultimately on to affairs and possible divorce, ending with a judge's advice.

The original lyrics and music of the song entered the public domain in the United States in 2024. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Whoopee". Merriam-Webster. Webster.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
  2. ↑ Holden, Stephen (April 19, 2002). "Crooning About the Woes of Whoopee". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-10-08. A review of a James Naughton cabaret performance. "Mr. Naughton pounces on the dire warning to men lurking beneath the song's playful surface: that once the honeymoon is over, marriage can become a trap from which there is no escape."
  3. ↑ "Public Domain Day 2024 | Duke University School of Law". web.law.duke.edu.
  4. ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ 10CD-set Bing Crosby, CD 1 Early Bing Vol. 1, Mebran Music Ltd. (2008), ISBN   978-3-86860-027-8
  6. ↑ Garcia, Gilbert (27 January 2003). "The Ballad of Paul and Yoko". Salon.com . Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  7. ↑ Hay, Carla (August 22, 1998). "MuchMusic Readies Awards, Spinoff Channel; MTV's Suite Set". Vol. 110, no. 34. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 85. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Pepsi-Cola Uses Old 'Whoopee' Hit as Jingle Theme". Billboard Music Week . 1961-02-13. p. 36. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  9. ↑ Gurwitch, Annabelle. (2015). I see you made an effort : compliments, indignities, and survival stories from the edge of 50. Penguin. ISBN   9780142181874. OCLC   881869606.
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