MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME, EDDIE CANTOR

My Baby Just Cares for Me is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Written for the film version of the musical comedy Whoopee! (1930), the song became a signature tune for Eddie Cantor who sang it in the movie. A stylized version of the song by Nina Simone, recorded in1957, was a top 10 hit after it was used in a 1987 commercial for Chanel No 5, and resulted in a renaissance for Simone. Over the years, it has been recorded by many stars, from Frank Sinatra to Cyndi Lauper, Marlene Dietrich to Michael Buble.

Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory, and Eleanor Hunt. It was photographed in two-color Technicolor. Its plot closely follows the 1928 stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld.

The film was produced by Ziegfeld and Samuel Goldwyn, and made a movie star of Eddie Cantor, already one of the leading stars of Broadway and a popular recording artist. Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Ann Sothern, Virginia Bruce, and Claire Dodd appeared uncredited as Goldwyn Girls.

The film also launched the Hollywood career of Busby Berkeley. It was Alfred Newman's first composing job in Hollywood. Richard Day did the set designs and behind the camera was Gregg Toland, who went on to work on Citizen Kane and is now known as one of the top 10 most influential cinematographers in the history of film. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Richard Day.

3 pages of music plus covers (the sheet is larger than the scanner)

Minor wear at the edges; otherwise excellent condition.

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