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(Vocalion 14906)
Recorded September 1924
Released: Jan 1925
Flip Side To "Me And The Boyfriend"
Accompanied By [Played By] – The Ambassadors
The song "Doo Wacka Doo" was written by Will Donaldson, Clarence Gaskill, and George Horther, and was published in 1924. It's a popular song from that era, often performed by jazz and dance bands. The song's first line is "Billy McCoy was a boy who could play, you bet". The chorus is the famous "Doo Wacka Doo, wacka doo, wacka doo, Doo wacka doo, wacka doo, wacka doo".
Humorous Theme: The song humorously expresses envy for a friend or former friend who is doing well.
Popularity: The song achieved popularity in the 1920s and has been recorded by various artists throughout the years.
Isabella Patricola b.: 1886 d.: 1965
Popular singer on radio, records and in vaudeville during the 1920's. She was also a violinist. Early appearances can be traced to Green Mill Gardens, Chicago in June 1914.
She was a star attraction there with her 25 piece orchestra until 1917 when she left to tour the Pantages and later Keith - Orpheum vaudeville circuit.
Her stage appearances billed her as "The Queen Of The Cabaret" and "The Shining Star Of Vaudeville".
Patricola made her first commercial recordings in the spring of 1919, for Pathé's vertical-cut discs, and her last in March 1929, for Edison's failing record operation.
She was the sister of Tom Patricola.
(Vocalion 14906)
Recorded September 1924
Released: Jan 1925
Flip Side To "Me And The Boyfriend"
Accompanied By [Played By] – The Ambassadors
The song "Doo Wacka Doo" was written by Will Donaldson, Clarence Gaskill, and George Horther, and was published in 1924. It's a popular song from that era, often performed by jazz and dance bands. The song's first line is "Billy McCoy was a boy who could play, you bet". The chorus is the famous "Doo Wacka Doo, wacka doo, wacka doo, Doo wacka doo, wacka doo, wacka doo".
Humorous Theme: The song humorously expresses envy for a friend or former friend who is doing well.
Popularity: The song achieved popularity in the 1920s and has been recorded by various artists throughout the years.
Isabella Patricola b.: 1886 d.: 1965
Popular singer on radio, records and in vaudeville during the 1920's. She was also a violinist. Early appearances can be traced to Green Mill Gardens, Chicago in June 1914.
She was a star attraction there with her 25 piece orchestra until 1917 when she left to tour the Pantages and later Keith - Orpheum vaudeville circuit.
Her stage appearances billed her as "The Queen Of The Cabaret" and "The Shining Star Of Vaudeville".
Patricola made her first commercial recordings in the spring of 1919, for Pathé's vertical-cut discs, and her last in March 1929, for Edison's failing record operation.
She was the sister of Tom Patricola.
