"Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" ("Whispering" Jack Smith, 1926)
"Whispering" Jack's first #1 record, for which he also provided the lyrics and piano performance in collaboration with composer Maceo "Sweet Georgia Brown" Pinkard--one of the musical leadersof the Harlem Renaissance.
GIMME A LITTLE KISS, WILL YA, HUH?
Gimme a little kiss, will ya, huh?
What are you gonna miss, will ya, huh?
Gosh, oh gee, why do you refuse
I can't see what you've got lose.
Oh, gimme a little squeeze, will ya, huh?
Why do you wanna make me blue?
I wouldn't say a word if I were asking for the world
But what's a little kiss between a fellow and his girl?
Oh, gimme a little kiss, will ya, huh?
And I'll give it right back to you!
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More on composer Maceo Pinkard, from Wiki:
...In 1919, Pinkard moved to New York. His best work was written during the decade 1921-1931. Primarily writing as the composer and lyricist, Pinkards catalog includes such hit songs as Sugar, Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh?, At Twilight, Them There Eyes (1930), later recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939 on the OKeh label. This was one of the songs Holiday sang at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival in 1958. Sweet Georgia Brown a number one Billboard hit in the summer of 1925, Here Comes the Show Boat (1927), Sweet Man, Ill Be a Friend (With Pleasure), Congratulations (1929), Is That Religion?, Liza (1922), Lila, There Must Be Somebody Else, Okay Baby, That Wonderful Boy Friend of Mine, Lets Have a Showdown, My Old Man and Mammy O Mine (1919).[3]
His famous music composition "Sweet Georgia Brown", lyrics by Kenneth Casey, was recorded by legendary artists Louis Armstrong (1928), Count Basie, The Beatles album Ain't She Sweet (1962), Cab Calloway (1931), Ray Charles (1961), Nat King Cole (1943), Bing Crosby (1927), Ella Fitzgerald (1956), Dizzy Gillespie (1967), Benny Goodman (1956), Harry James (1939), Carmen McRae (1964), Thelonious Monk (1941), Charlie Parker (1947), Oscar Peterson (1945), Cole Porter (1960), Sarah Vaughan (1963), Ethel Waters (1923), just to name a few.[4]
Duke Ellington's introduction to the music industry began with Maceo Pinkard.[5] Shortly after they met at Barron's nightclub, Pinkard took Ellington downtown and introduced him to the music publishing district. This area of Broadway, from 40th to 55th Streets, was known as Tin Pan Alley because of the cacophony of so many pianists playing different pieces of music in different keys. It was there that Ellington had his first meeting at Mills Music with younger brother Irving, who would later become his manager. Ellington recorded some of Pinkard compositions such as, Is That Religion?," "Sweet Georgia Brown", and Them There Eyes...