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Happy Feet, 'King of Jazz,' Paul Whiteman Band & Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby 🎥
'King of Jazz' film 1930. Al Norman, 'Rubber Legs' solo.
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- Happy Feet (Song) is a song with music by Milton Ager and lyrics by Jack Yellen, first published in 1930. It was originally introduced in the Universal Pictures revue film King of Jazz (1930), where it was performed by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra with the Rhythm Boys. Background. In film, the song was introduced in one of the musical-dancing sequences.
It begins with the verse and chours sung by the Rhythm Boys (featuring future multimedia star Bing Crosby in his onscreen debut) with the Sisters G reprising the chorus in German. The rest of "Happy Feet" sequence contains the latter's dance show along with the Russell Markert Girls. A memorable "rubber legs" solo was danced by Al Norman. According to the labels on the shellac records, the target dance for the song was a foxtrot...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Feet_(song)