Nobody's Sweetheart Now
WORDS BY GUS KAHN & ERNIE ERDMAN
​MUSIC BY BILLY MEYERS & ELMER SCHOEBEL
BILLY COSTELLO  -  YOU'RE NOBODY'S SWEETHEART NOW
BETTY BOOP, M.D.    (BETTY BOOP)    1932
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The jazz and pop standard Nobody's Sweetheart Now was written in 1924 by Tin Pan Alley lyricists Gus Kahn and Ernie Erdman, with music by Billy Meyers and Elmer Schoebel. The song was first recorded by Isham Jones and His Orchestra. In 1932 the song appeared in Betty Boop's M.D. - the third Betty Boop film. The song is performed by Bimbo in the film, who is voiced by Billy Costello - who would later voice Popeye. In 1940, the song inspired the film I'm Nobody Sweetheart Now.
1924

ISHAM JONES
AND HIS
ORCHESTRA

​
1928

RED NICHOLS
AND HIS FIVE
​PENNIES
1931

THE MILLS
​BROTHERS
1933

ROY FOX
AND
HIS
​BAND
19??

HARRY BARRIS
AND THE
THREE
​AMBASSADORS

​
1934

TAMPA
​RED
1935

PAUL
WHITEMAN
​ORCHESTRA
19??

ORIGINAL
DIXIELAND
​JAZZ BAND
19??

HARRY
​ROY
19??

TENNESSE
ERNIE
​FORD
1958

LARRY
HOOPER

LAWARENCE
WELK SHOW
1968

KENNY BALL
AND HIS
​JAZZMEN
20??

THE BROOM
HILL STRING
​BAND
19??

PLAYER
​PIANO
NOBODY'S SWEETHEART NOW

​You're nobody's sweetheart now.
They don't baby you somehow.
Fancy hose, silken gown--
You'd be out of place in your own hometown. 
When you walk down the avenue,
They just can't believe that it's you.
Painted lips, painted eyes, 
Wearing a bird of paradise--
It all seems wrong somehow that
You're nobody's sweetheart now.
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