In the 1969–70 premiere season of Sesame Street, the song was performed by a pair of Muppets: "Lulu" was an aggressive monster with red-ribboned black hair, and the lead singer was a mild-mannered mustached man in a tuxedo who was simultaneously fascinated and frightened by Lulu.[4]
Redd Foxx and Timmie Rogers performed the song on Sanford and Son in the episode, "Brother, Can You Spare an Act?".
lulu, back, town, popular, song, jazz, standard, written, 1935, dubin, words, harry, warren, music, contents, first, performances, lyrics, other, recordings, performances, referencesfirst, performances, edit, performed, 1935, film, broadway, gondolier, directe. Lulu s Back in Town is a popular song and jazz standard written in 1935 by Al Dubin words and Harry Warren music 1 Contents 1 First performances 2 Lyrics 3 Other recordings and performances 4 ReferencesFirst performances edit Lulu s Back in Town was performed in the 1935 film Broadway Gondolier directed by Lloyd Bacon where it was sung by Dick Powell and The Mills Brothers The arrangement was by George Roumanis 2 It was also used as the title song of the Warner Brothers animated short Buddy the Gee Man Lyrics editThe chorus runs Gotta get my old tuxedo pressed Gotta sew a button on my vest Cause tonight I ve gotta look my best Lulu s back in town 3 dd One line has a reference to Cole Porter You can tell all my pets all my Harlem coquettes Mister Otis regrets that he won t be aroun dd This refers to the macabre Porter song Miss Otis Regrets Other recordings and performances edit Lulu s Back in Town was popularized by Fats Waller in his recording of 8 May 1935 for Victor Records which made the US charts Others who recorded it include Dick Powell Mel Torme Mills Brothers Wingy Manone Chick Bullock Bob Howard Teddy Hill Bert Ambrose Ted Fiorito Thelonious Monk Art Tatum Oscar Peterson Booker T amp the M G s and Leon Redbone In the 1969 70 premiere season of Sesame Street the song was performed by a pair of Muppets Lulu was an aggressive monster with red ribboned black hair and the lead singer was a mild mannered mustached man in a tuxedo who was simultaneously fascinated and frightened by Lulu 4 Redd Foxx and Timmie Rogers performed the song on Sanford and Son in the episode Brother Can You Spare an Act Rachel York as the character of Circe sang a cover of Lulu s Back In Town in the fifth episode of Justice League Unlimited The 2008 film Be Kind Rewind uses the version done by Booker T and the M G s References edit Jazzstandards com Swing Here and Now 3rd Trumpet 2001 P 8 Philip Furia American Song Lyricists 1920 1960 2002 P 120 Sesame Street Lulu s Back in Town YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lulu 27s Back in Town amp oldid 1175461051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
