“I’m like a book covered up with dust. Wish I was a hunk of pie with plenty of crust.”
A catchy tune performed by Jack Pettis & his band – which included Eddie Lang on guitar, Joe Venuti (who contributes a violin solo heard in clip two) and Al Goering on piano. Vocal duet by Harold “Scrappy” Lambert and Billy Hillpot.
Recorded in New York City on January 7, 1927. The day before, on January 6, 1927, Sam Lanin recorded the song for Okeh with Red Nichols and Tommy Dorsey. A month later, Annette Hanshaw would record her version.
In addition to being released on the Banner, Domino, Regal, and Oriole labels, the Pettis band version was also released on Broadway, Paramount, Puritan and Silvertone under the pseudonym “The Badgers”.