Gershwin is one of my favorites.
He and a collaborator wrote “Swanee” on coffee-shop napkins in 15 minutes.
If you mean SWANEE RIVER...that predates Gershwin by life times and was written by Stephen Foster, who was America’s real first song writer and lyricist.
Another thing I had to look up :)
Great song. Thick blackface :)
It’s obviously not worn as an insult. But almost all of the comments underneath on youtube took it as such. Mostly snowflakes.
Al Jolson performing it in his 50s. Looks and sounds great.
Doesn’t matter if one is a fan of MUCH different types of music. Talent is talent.
And in a lot of cases, a lot more talent is shown than today.
That being said, I won’t even MENTION my favorite band as they are so out of place in this conversation!!