I Don't Care (Eva Tanguay song)

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"I Don't Care"
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Single by Eva Tanguay
Released1905
Recorded1922
Genre Vaudeville
Label Nordskog Records
Songwriter(s) Jean Lenox (words)
Harry O. Sutton (music)
Producer(s) Jerome H. Remick & Company
Eva Tanguay sings I Don't Care 1922
Lyricist Jean Lenox 1909 Jean Lenox 001.jpg
Lyricist Jean Lenox 1909

"I Don't Care" is a 1905 song, with words by Jean Lenox and music by Harry O. Sutton. It was originally performed by Eva Tanguay, becoming her most famous song and earning her the nickname "The I Don't Care Girl".

It was published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York, performed in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1909 and recorded by Eva Tanguay in 1922. It was also recorded by Judy Garland, Mitzi Gaynor and Eydie Gorme among others, sometimes with additional lyrics. [1]

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