Chinatown, My Chinatown
music by jean schwartz / lyrics by william jerome
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CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN
CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN (SCREEN SONGS) 1929
CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN (SCREEN SONGS) 1929
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Chinatown, My Chinatown was written in 1906 by Jean Schwartz and lyricist William Jerome. The popular jazz standard was written by the Tin Pan Alley team responsible for hits such as Mister Dooley and Bedilia. By the time Chinatown, My Chinatown became a #1 hit for Billy Murray's American Quartet in 1915, the two were no longer collaborating together. The song has since been a popular recording for numerous musicians, and it has appeared in many films. It made it's first appearance on the big screen in a 1929 installment of the Screen Songs series.
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1914
AMERICAN QUARTET (BILLY MURRAY) |
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1914
SHIRLEY KELLOG |
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1914
SAM ASH |
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1914
KERNS AND WELLS |
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1928
ART GILLHAM |
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1929
RED NICHOLS AND HIS FIVE PENNIES (w/ BENNY GOODMAN) |
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1930
FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1931
LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
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1934
ART TATUM |
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1934
BORRAH MINEVITCH AND HIS MOUTH ORGAN RASCALS |
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1935
RAY NOBLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1935
STEPHANE GRAPPELLI |
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1935
JACK HYLTON |
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1935
MILTON BROWN AND HIS BROWNIES |
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1935
W. LEE O'DANIEL AND HIS HILLBILLY BOYS |
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1935
GOLDENE SIEBEN ORCHESTRA (GERMAN) |
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1937
THE MILLS BROTHERS |
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1938
TOMMY BORSEY AND HIS CLAMBAKE SEVEN |
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1938
SLIM GAILLARD & SLAM STEWART |
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1935
STEPHANE GRAPPELLI & DJANGO REINHARDT |
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1941
THE KIDOODLERS |
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1950
AL JOLSON |
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19??
FREDDY MORGAN (SPIKE JONES BAND) |
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19??
FIREHOUSE FIVE PLUS TWO |
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1935
LOUIS PRIMA |
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19??
THE JONES BOYS |
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1949
KID ORY'S CREOLE JAZZ BAND |
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1952
BOBBY MAXWELL |
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1952
CHET ATKINS AND HIS GALLOPING GUITAR |
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1955
TEDDY BUCKNER |
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1958
CHRIS CONNOR |
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1961
REGINALD DIXON |
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19??
"YOUR HIT PARADE" DANCERS |
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19??
AUNT BEE from THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW |
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1982
BENKO DIXIELAND BAND |
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1996
WELSH, WILLIAMS |
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1996
RICK FAY AND FRIENDS |
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1998
ANDREW BIRD |
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2010
BEBEL GILBERTO & SLIM AND SLAM |
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2012
BELGRADE DIXIELAND ORCHESTRA |
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2013
KEN AOKI (JAPAN) AND THE HOT JAZZ BAND (HUNGARY) |
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2014
ELI AND THE HOT SIX |
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2015
PAOLO TOMELLERI |
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2016
THE DIXIE KINGS OF HUNGARY |
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2016
STEPHANIE TRICK & PAOLO ALDERIGHI |
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20??
THE GAUCHO TRIO |
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20??
THE MILLS BROTHERS (COLLA PARTE REMIX) |
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DAILY LIFE IN MANHATTAN CHINATOWN - 1900's
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CHINATOWN, MY CHINATOWN
When the town is fast asleep, and it's mid-night in the sky,
That's the time the festive chink starts to wink his other eye,
Starts to wink his dreamy eye, lazily you'll hear him sigh.
Strangers taking in the sights, pig-tails flying here and there.
See that broken wall street sport, still thinks he's a millionaire.
Still thinks he's a millionaire, pipe dreams banish every care.
Chinatown, my Chinatown
Where the lights are low,
Hearts that know no other land,
Drifting to and fro.
Dreamy dreamy Chinatown,
Almond eyes of brown,
Hearts seems light and life seems bright,
In dreamy Chinatown
When the town is fast asleep, and it's mid-night in the sky,
That's the time the festive chink starts to wink his other eye,
Starts to wink his dreamy eye, lazily you'll hear him sigh.
Strangers taking in the sights, pig-tails flying here and there.
See that broken wall street sport, still thinks he's a millionaire.
Still thinks he's a millionaire, pipe dreams banish every care.
Chinatown, my Chinatown
Where the lights are low,
Hearts that know no other land,
Drifting to and fro.
Dreamy dreamy Chinatown,
Almond eyes of brown,
Hearts seems light and life seems bright,
In dreamy Chinatown
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