Louise (Maurice Chevalier song)

"Louise"
Single by Maurice Chevalier
B-side	"On Top of the World, Alone"^[1]
Released	1929
Format	10", 78 RPM^[1]
Label	His Master's Voice^[1]
Writer(s)	Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting

"Louise" is a song written by Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting for the 1929 film Innocents of Paris, where it was performed by Maurice Chevalier.^[2]^[3] The song was Maurice Chevalier's first hit in the United States, and was among the best selling records for 10 weeks in the Summer of 1929.^[4]

Ben Pollack & His Central Park Orchestra and Bing Crosby also recorded the song in 1929.^[4] Crosby's version was also a hit in the Summer of 1929.^[4]

Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance each sang a portion of the song, in a manner imitating Maurice Chevalier, on the 1953 I Love Lucy episode, "The French Revue".^[5] Robert Reed sang a portion of the song on the 1973 episode of The Brady Bunch, "A Room at the Top".^[6]

References

1 2 3 "Maurice Chevalier – Louise / On Top Of The World, Alone", Discogs. Accessed August 16, 2015
↑ Don Tyler, "Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era", McFarland & Company, (2007) p. 163
↑ David A. Jasen, "Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song", Routledge, (2004)
1 2 3 Jean Pierre Lion, "Bix: The Definitive Biography of a Jazz Legend : Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke (1903-1931)", A&C Black, (2005) pp. 212-213
↑ "The French Revue", Season 3, Episode 7, I Love Lucy, (1953)
↑ "A Room at the Top", Season 4, Episode 23, The Brady Bunch, (1973)

Bing Crosby singles

Discography

1920s	"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman) "Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman) "Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman) "Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman) "Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman) "Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers) "Louise"

1930s	"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington) "I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim) "Just a Gigolo" "At Your Command" "Stardust" "Goodnight, Sweetheart" "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song) "Waltzing in a Dream" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "Temptation" "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" "June in January" "Love Is Just Around the Corner" "I Wished on the Moon" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Pennies from Heaven" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Sweet Leilani" "Blue Hawaii" "My Reverie" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "God Bless America" "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (w/ Andrews Sisters)

1940s	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Only Forever" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" "Easter Parade" "White Christmas" "Moonlight Becomes You" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "Pistol Packin' Mama" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Jingle Bells" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "I Love You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "Swinging on a Star" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Amor" "Don't Fence Me In" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "You Belong to My Heart" "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (w/ Les Paul Trio) "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "The Bells of St. Mary's" "McNamara's Band" "Get Your Kicks On Route 66" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Night and Day" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Ballerina" "Now Is the Hour" "But Beautiful" "Careless Hands" "Riders in the Sky" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Mule Train"

1950s	"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Play a Simple Melody" (w/ Gary Crosby) "La Vie en rose" "All My Love" "Beyond the Reef" "Harbor Lights" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "A Marshmallow World" "Sparrow in the Treetop" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Gone Fishin'" (w/ Louis Armstrong) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (w/ Jane Wyman) "The Isle of Innisfree" "Zing a Little Zong" (w/ Jane Wyman) "Silver Bells" (w/ Carol Richards) "Down by the Riverside" (w/ Gary Crosby) "Young at Heart" "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" "Stranger in Paradise" "In a Little Spanish Town" (w/ Buddy Cole Trio) "True Love" (w/ Grace Kelly) "Now You Has Jazz" (w/ Louis Armstrong) "Well, Did You Evah!" (w/ Frank Sinatra)

1970s	"That's What Life Is All About" "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (w/ David Bowie)

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