If You Knew Susie
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"If You Knew Susie" is the title of a popular song from the 1920s written by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer
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With a name immortally linked with many hits, Eddie Cantor
's best-known 1920s success was undoubtedly "If You Knew Susie", which was a U.S. number-one song for five weeks in 1925.
Joseph Meyer (songwriter)
Joseph Meyer was an American songwriter who wrote some of the most notable songs of the first half of the twentieth century....
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With a name immortally linked with many hits, Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter...
's best-known 1920s success was undoubtedly "If You Knew Susie", which was a U.S. number-one song for five weeks in 1925.
In popular culture
- A film by the same name, starring Cantor, was released in 1948.
- The song is sung by Frank SinatraFrank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
and Gene KellyGene KellyEugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer...
in the film "Anchors AweighAnchors Aweigh (film)Anchors Aweigh is a 1945 American musical comedy film directed by George Sidney in which two sailors go on a four-day shore leave in Hollywood, accompanied by music and song, meet an aspiring young singer and try to help her get an audition at MGM...
" (1945). - Ruth CracknellRuth CracknellRuth Cracknell AM was an Australian theatre and television character actress who appeared in many comedy roles. She was known variously as "Crackers", "Dame Crackers" and "Dame Ruth" throughout a career spanning 56 years....
sings the song is several episodes of the television series "Mother and SonMother and SonMother and Son is a Logie Award-winning Australian television sitcom produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994. The show stars Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris...
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