You'd Be Surprised
written by irving berlin
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YOU'D BE SURPRISED - Kate Wright as BETTY BOOP
BETTY BOOP'S BIG BOSS (BETTY BOOP) 1933
BETTY BOOP'S BIG BOSS (BETTY BOOP) 1933
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You'd Be Surprised was written by Irving Berlin in 1919. The song was originally sung by Eddie Cantor in Broadway musical Ziegfeld Follies of 1919. The song was quite popular in the 1920's, with recordings by Eddie Cantor, Billy Murray and many others. In 1933 the song was sung with alternate lyrics in the animated short Betty Boop's Big Boss, where it is sung by Kate Wright as Betty Boop. Mae Questel released a recording of the song herself in 1940. In 1946, the song was revived on the big screen in the Bob Hope/Fred Astaire film Blue Skies. And later, in the 1954 film There's No Business Like Show Business, Marilyn Monroe sang a memorable version of the song with other alternate lyrics.
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1919
EDDIE CANTOR |
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1919
BILLY MURRAY |
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1919
HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA |
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1920
IRVING KAUFMAN |
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1920
ALICE DELYSIA |
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1920
REGAL DANCE ORCHESTRA |
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1925
RILEY PUCKETT |
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1936
KAY KYSER AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1940
ORIN TUCKER AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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19??
JACK NORWORTH |
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1945
HOOSIER HOT SHOTS |
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195?
DEAN MARTIN |
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1954
JOHNNIE RAY |
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1954
MARILYN MONROE from THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS |
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1957
BORIS KORLOFF & ROSEMARY CLOONEY |
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1958
KATHY LINDEN |
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19??
BUCKY TIBBS & TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD |
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19??
PAT McMINN & THE STARDUSTERS |
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1988
MADELINE KAHN |
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1990
BOLCOM & MORRIS |
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2005
MARILYN MONROE REMIX |
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20??
MACKAY CHORAL SOCIRTY |
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20??
ISTO |
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2008
VIVIAN BLAINE |
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2009
KAYLA TAYLOR JAZZ |
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2012
EDDIE CANTOR CHARACTER from BOARDWALK EMPIRE |
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2012
NA TASHA YVETTE WILLIAMS |
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2014
DALLYN BRUNCK & CYNTHIA NESBIT |
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2015
PARAGON RAGTIME ORCHESTRA |
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YOU'D BE SURPRISED
[1st verse:]
Johnny was bashful and shy
Nobody understood why
Mary loved him
All the other girls passed him by
Ev'ryone wanted to know
How she could pick such a beau
With a twinkle in her eye
She made this reply
[1st refrain:]
He's not so good in a crowd but when you get him alone
You'd be surprised
He isn't much at a dance but then when he takes you home
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look like much of a lover
But don't judge a book by it's cover
He's got the face of an Angel
But there's a Devil in his eye
He's such a delicate thing but when he starts in to squeeze
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look very strong but when you sit on his knee
You'd be surprised
At a party or at a ball
I've got to admit that he's nothing at all
But in a morris chair
You'd be surprised
[2nd verse:]
Mary continued to praise
Johnny's remarkable ways
To the ladies
And you know advertising pays
Now Johnny's never alone
He has the busiest phone
Almost ev'ry other day
A new girl will say
[2nd refrain:]
He's not so good in the house but on a bench in the park
You'd be surprised
He isn't much in the light but when he gets in the dark
You'd be surprised
I know he looks as slow as the Erie
But you don't know the half of it, dearie
He looks as cold as an Eskimo
But there's fire in his eyes
He doesn't say very much but when he starts in to speak
You'd be surprised
He's not so good at the start but at the end of the week
You'd be surprised
On a streetcar or in a train
You'd think he was born without any brain
But in a taxicab
You'd be surprised
[1st verse:]
Johnny was bashful and shy
Nobody understood why
Mary loved him
All the other girls passed him by
Ev'ryone wanted to know
How she could pick such a beau
With a twinkle in her eye
She made this reply
[1st refrain:]
He's not so good in a crowd but when you get him alone
You'd be surprised
He isn't much at a dance but then when he takes you home
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look like much of a lover
But don't judge a book by it's cover
He's got the face of an Angel
But there's a Devil in his eye
He's such a delicate thing but when he starts in to squeeze
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look very strong but when you sit on his knee
You'd be surprised
At a party or at a ball
I've got to admit that he's nothing at all
But in a morris chair
You'd be surprised
[2nd verse:]
Mary continued to praise
Johnny's remarkable ways
To the ladies
And you know advertising pays
Now Johnny's never alone
He has the busiest phone
Almost ev'ry other day
A new girl will say
[2nd refrain:]
He's not so good in the house but on a bench in the park
You'd be surprised
He isn't much in the light but when he gets in the dark
You'd be surprised
I know he looks as slow as the Erie
But you don't know the half of it, dearie
He looks as cold as an Eskimo
But there's fire in his eyes
He doesn't say very much but when he starts in to speak
You'd be surprised
He's not so good at the start but at the end of the week
You'd be surprised
On a streetcar or in a train
You'd think he was born without any brain
But in a taxicab
You'd be surprised
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