Everybody's Doin' It Now
- IRVING BERLIN
BETTY BOOP  -  1932
featuring LOUIS ARMSTRONG - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
In 1911, young Tin Pan Alley songwriter Irving Berlin recorded his classic dance standard Everybody's Doin' It Now. He wrote the song in to capitalize on the booming dance craze in early 20th Century America. Berlin had intentionally kept the title of the song non-specific to "what" everybody was doing. By doing this the song would be relevant for whichever animal dance was the new fad - The Turkey Trot, The Grizzley Bear, The Bunny Hug and so on. These ragtime dance crazes caused quite a stir - men and women were dancing closer than ever before, literally "hugging" by the waist. In some cases, theatre owners and dancers were arrested for performing "wicked and scandalous" obscenity. Everybody's Doin' It Now was originally recorded by Collins & Harian. The same year that Everybody's Doin' It Now was released, Berlin became an instant celebrity with the release of his first major hit song - Alexander's Ragtime Band. ​
1911

COLLINS
​& HARIAN
1911

STANFORD
BRYCE
1912

COLUMBIA
​QUARTET
1912

HARRY
FAY

​
1925

TRIXIE
SMITH
19??

MISS
NANCY
CHARMAN
& MR JACK
​CHARMAN
1931

BIX
​BEIDERBECKE
1938

TOMMY
DORSEY
​featuring
EDYTHE
​WRIGHT
1938

ALEXANDER'S
RAGTIME
BAND
1938

TOMMY
​DORSEY
1950's

​PAUL
​WHITEMAN
1950's

BURT IVES
1956

ALICE LON
& THE
​SPARKLERS
on the
LAWRENCE
WELK SHOW
1961

CLINTON
​FORD
19??

MRS MILLS
HONKY TONK
PIANO
SINGALONG
1900's

AMPICO
LEXINGTON
​88n
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