I'm 70 now, but I remember my Mother said this phrase in my earliest memories. She baked cakes for Dad, and I thank them both for my idyllic perfect childhood ❤️
In the US, the best known version of the song was recorded by original artist, Eileen Barton in January 1950. The recording was released by National Records. When the song became too big a hit for National to handle, it arranged with Mercury Records to help with distribution. The record reached the Billboard charts on March 3, 1950 and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. In the UK, a version was recorded by Gracie Fields in 1950, and was used on a British television advertising campaign. Another version was recorded by Georgia Gibbs on February 16, 1950 and released by Coral Records. The record reached the Billboard charts on March 17, 1950 and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at #21. Yet another version was recorded by Betty Harris and a choir, with Art Mooney's Orchestra. The recording was made on February 15, 1950 and released by MGM Records. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope recorded a version together that expanded on the standard lyrics to include verses about making a meal and preparing a goose. This was on the CBS radio program, ‘Welcome Back Baseball’ broadcast on 15 April 1950. Two versions of the song were recorded for Sesame Street, the first in 1969, and then again in 1976. In 1988, children's entertainment trio Sharon, Lois & Bram recorded the song that appeared on both their hit television series, The Elephant Show as well as their 10th Anniversary album, Happy Birthday. Baker Bob sang it before Piella Bakewell murdered him at the beginning of the Wallace and Gromit cartoon A Matter of Loaf and Death. The song also appeared on M*A*S*H during the season one episode "Henry, Please Come Home" Two Tokyo-based geisha girls performed the song, along with acoustic guitar accompaniment, to Hawkeye Pierce, Henry Blake and Trapper John McIntyre. Lastly, the song appeared in the 1978 film adaptation of Same Time, Next Year.
Recently my great grandma died of alzheimer’s Disease. she would forget to eat and drink and even started to forget her own family. She would forget my name. then one night around 2 am she sadly passed away. at her funeral they played this song because it was one of her favorite songs. rest in peace :(
So sorry for your loss. I hope this song always brings you good memories of her. By the way, it’s called Alzheimer’s Disease (not all timers). Take care.
My late mother use to sing this song to me as a child. She passed away from Alzheimer’s and dementia in 2021. They are all baking cakes, dancing, and rejoicing in heaven now!!! God bless you ❤️🙏🏼
Come in! Well, well, well. Look who's here. I haven't seen you in many A year. If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, baked a cake, baked a cake If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do? Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band, grandest band in the land Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band And spread the welcome mat for you Oh, I don't know where you came from 'Cause I don't know where you've been But it really doesn't matter Grab a chair and fill your platter And dig, dig, dig right in If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, hired a band, goodness sake! If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do? If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, baked a cake, baked a cake If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do? Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band, grandest band in the land Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band Spread the welcome mat for you Oh, I don't know where you came from 'Cause I don't know where you've been But it really doesn't matter Grab a chair and fill your platter And dig, dig, dig right in If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, hired a band, goodness sake! If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do? Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do? Howdya do-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
@Aaliyah 3 I used to day the same growing up in the early 2000s. I was born in 1997, songs are more about sex now than growing old with someone. Edit: that isn't to say that some romantic songs don't exist. Ed Sheeran and Lukas Graham make beautiful songs
When I was a girl my Mother got a old house built in 1901 and the last owners had left a stack of 78s and a record player. I loved this one. The flip side was "poco loco in the coco". 30 yrs later, I miss those old records. Thank you for posting a happy memory.
Singing this to my 8 mo. old grandson this a.m. My mother sang a lot as I was growing up...hearing it here took me back many years to cakes in the oven with my mom singin and dancin in the kitchen. Now my grandson will have a similar memory.
On this day in 1950 {April 1st} "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake" by Eileen Barton peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles chart... For the two weeks prior to reaching #1 it was at position #2, then for the four weeks it succeeded at #1 it once again was at position #2... Between 1950 and 1954 the Brooklyn, NY native had ten records on the Billboard's national charts, two made the Top 10 with the above "If I Knew You Were Comin I'd've Baked A Cake" being her biggest hit... Besides "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Have Baked A Cake", her other Top 10 record was "Cry", it peaked right at #10 in 1951... She also had one Top 20 record, "Pretend" at #17 in 1953... Eileen Barton passed away at the age of 81 on June 27th, 2006... May she R.I.P. * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Best-Selling Pop Singles' Top 10 on April 1st, 1950: At #2. "Music! Music! Music!" by Teresa Brewer #3. "The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas #4. "It Isn't Fair" by Sammy Kaye, with vocals by Don Cornell #5. "Peter Cottontail" by Gene Autry #6. "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley #7. "There's No Tomorrow" by Tony Martin #7. "My Foolish Heart" by Gordon Jenkins, with vocals by Sandy Evans #9. "Sentimental Me" by the Ames Brothers #10. "Peter Cottontail" by Mervin Shiner
I don't recall ever hearing a recording of the song. I was two when this version was released. All through my life, I heard people singing a bit of it. I was watching "MASH," and it was sung. That led me here. I also looked up the lyrics.
I hadn’t heard this song in years and then I was listening to some 50’s music a couple days ago and I heard it. I loved this song as a little girl and still do. It’s so fun
We had this played yesterday morning ie Thursday 18th November '21 bbc r3 approx 10:30 am .... an absolute burst of sunshine ... much appreciated! I'm so glad I found it here on youtube.
I heard it too. The lady who suggested it didn't think it would get played. I'm glad it was because I had never heard it before and I think it's great. It's now on my playing.
Well, well, well, look who's here. I haven't seen you in many a year. If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake, baked a cake, baked a cake. If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake. How-ja do. How-ja do, How-ja do. Had you dropped me a letter I'd 've hired a band, grandest band in the land. Had you dropped me a letter I'd 've hired a band and spread the welcome mat for you. Now I don't know where you came from 'cause I don't know where you've been. But it really doesn't matter grab a chair and fill your platter and dig dig dig right in. If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake, hired a band, goodness sake. If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake. How-ja do. How-ja do. How-ja do. If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake, baked…
When I was just getting 'into short pants', this was a top-playing song on AM radio! I heard it in our house and my favorite aunt loved to sing a line or two!
Another Real Gem of A Golden Oldie from 1950 as it is by Eileen Barton as it is Called If I Knew You Were Comin' I'D'VE Baked A Cake as it Gave Her a US Number 1 Hit single in 1950
My history teacher played this song at the beginning of our lesson(just the audio,not the video). It was a lesson about the causes of the industrial revolution.
I first heard this song in a couple of episodes of MASH. In Henry Please Come Home a couple Japanese girls were singing it while Hawkeye, Trapper, and Blake were in Tokyo. Then an instrumental version of the song was playing over the PA system in Your Hit Parade.
I was playing piano at "The Place Night Club," a cabaret run by Bill and Josephine in Kenosha, WI (one of the few places that, as late as the 1990s, still maintained an actual acoustic piano--a grand piano, at that). There was a different act every week--a singer or a stand-up comic or a magician or hypnotist--with only one rehearsal for "the band" (consisting of piano, bass and drums; or simply piano and either a drummer or bass player). Often, the act didn't appear for that hour-long rehearsal preceding the engagement, so Friday night, in effect, became the rehearsal for Saturday night of what was a two-night engagement. Eileen Barton appeared at "The Place" in the 1970s (probably the first half). She didn't show for the rehearsal--so it was a "talk-through" in her dressing room, lasting no more than 5-10 minutes. I remembered her big hit and had even seen her 20 years earlier on TV. She's reported to have been a friend of Frank Sinatra, who had supported her career early on. She was a true professional, but she chose not to rely on her singing talents alone. I'm sure the crowd would have been happy simply hearing her do a collection of "standards." Instead, she told a lot of stories and jokes, like a "show biz trouper" who's more into vaudeville and entertaining than displaying her musical artistry. Usually, there's "risk" when performing the Great American Songbook, attempting to work together as one team while doing justice by America's classical music--the works of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Ellington, Gershwin, Arlen, Cole Porter, VanHeusen, Styne, etc. Eileen had "good pipes" but was not keen on interpretation. Her act was practically "self-contained." (No doubt, like many experienced entertainers, she had encountered bands that had never heard of her and were unfamiliar with the standards of the GAS.) She certainly left an indelible impression when she got around to "Bake a Cake" as her finale. During the part that's a piano solo (mixing 1920s Dixieland with 1930s boogie-woogie) she did a strip tease! (All in good fun. Topless dancing and nudity had not hit the Midwest--yet.) For good measure, her encore consisted of a couple of patriotic George M. Cohan tunes--"It's a Grand Old Flag," etc., finishing with the release of several dozen helium-filled balloons (red, white and blue, of course). As I recall, she elected not to do the customary first set, followed by dancing music by the band, followed by a 2nd set (usually, looser and raunchier).. Instead, she did a single, extended set--which was enough to make the locals feel they'd gotten their money's worth (a $5 cover at the door--which never changed--and was enough to turn away new visitors every week. Compare that $5 to the price of a Tony Bennett ticket today--$250 and up; or of a Bruno Mars ticket--$500 and up). Today, entertainers and musicians are "retired" before they choose to retire. Making a living as a musician has become a myth. Still, there's phenomenal talent out there--Roberta Gambarini is, as Hank Jones said, the "new Ella Fitzgerald." Monty Alexander is, as more than one reviewer has written, "the most hard-swinging pianist" since Oscar Peterson. But when's the last time you heard a jazz artist play on television?" What network would devote even a single minute to the music of a living giant like Sonny Rollins? Now you know why jazz is dying--and Ryan Gosling has done absolutely nothing to save it!
My dad used to sing this to my bro sis n me over 25 years ago ...for some reason I still remember it , but I can't do long division without a calculator
Grandma used to sing this to me when I'd visit. Now, I know what she was hearing in her head when she'd sing away. It's very different to what I heard, LoL
När jag var så liten att jag inte förstod engelska. Jag spelade mina föräldrars stenkakor på sjöng jag som texten lät. Sökte på orden som jag förstod hittade Eileen Bartons låt som jag tror inte så många i min generat generation har hört förut. Nu har du chansen! Hälsar Britt 71 vårar.
My older sister would play the piano, and we would all gather around and sing this. But it's been a while since I thought of it, and started signing it. One of my fondest childhood memories.
i always loved this song even before i was in school. it was a favorite of mine as a little kid. the first two things i wanted were a record player and a radio. i heard this on the radio.
Actually 25 when she recorded this. Youth culture was alive well before the '60s, and performers, especially females, were often promoted as being younger than they really were, going way back.
Whenever I bake a cake, my grandpa sings this to me! :)
that so sweet
That is so cute!
🙂
If I knew you were coming I'd baked a cake cooked, some fries my oh my. I did not learn it all.
何で！！何でこの曲こんなに探すの大変だったの！！もーどうして！ママ悲しいーー！Oh my got !
You are so cute !!!
Whenever someone likes this , it will remind me of the nicest grandpa I have ever had. This was his favorite song before he passed unexpectedly ❤
Meanwhile, where's Grandma
@@NormAppletonwow.
What a happy way to remember his life!! It makes me feel like baking a cake for him!!!
🎂
I am watching a cookery programme, nothing to do with carrots but ...
One of the happiest songs there is! Classic!
It's no Sunshine Lollipops but I get your point.
I'm 70 now, but I remember my Mother said this phrase in my earliest memories. She baked cakes for Dad, and I thank them both for my idyllic perfect childhood ❤️
Was from 🎉what show if anyone y
If I knew we're coming I would have baked a cake is from what show
Was if I knew you coming I would have baked a cake from A show? Who sang it first?
In the US, the best known version of the song was recorded by original artist, Eileen Barton in January 1950. The recording was released by National Records. When the song became too big a hit for National to handle, it arranged with Mercury Records to help with distribution. The record reached the Billboard charts on March 3, 1950 and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.
In the UK, a version was recorded by Gracie Fields in 1950, and was used on a British television advertising campaign. Another version was recorded by Georgia Gibbs on February 16, 1950 and released by Coral Records. The record reached the Billboard charts on March 17, 1950 and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at #21. Yet another version was recorded by Betty Harris and a choir, with Art Mooney's Orchestra. The recording was made on February 15, 1950 and released by MGM Records.
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope recorded a version together that expanded on the standard lyrics to include verses about making a meal and preparing a goose. This was on the CBS radio program, ‘Welcome Back Baseball’ broadcast on 15 April 1950.
Two versions of the song were recorded for Sesame Street, the first in 1969, and then again in 1976. In 1988, children's entertainment trio Sharon, Lois & Bram recorded the song that appeared on both their hit television series, The Elephant Show as well as their 10th Anniversary album, Happy Birthday. Baker Bob sang it before Piella Bakewell murdered him at the beginning of the Wallace and Gromit cartoon A Matter of Loaf and Death.
The song also appeared on M*A*S*H during the season one episode "Henry, Please Come Home" Two Tokyo-based geisha girls performed the song, along with acoustic guitar accompaniment, to Hawkeye Pierce, Henry Blake and Trapper John McIntyre.
Lastly, the song appeared in the 1978 film adaptation of Same Time, Next Year.
Eileen Brown turned 70 in 1994 and if Eileen was still alive, she would turn 100 this November.
My grandad passed roughly a month ago, and he always whistled this tune. I never knew what the song was, but now I do, a happy song for a happy man
I remember my Grandma singing and playing this on her piano, no lessons just natural talent.
Thanks for the reminder.
Now that you mentioned it - well, I bet your grandma used to listen to this song all the time back when she was a kid.
never heard of this lady, but, wow, she is beautiful!
This was played at my dads funeral yesterday 💖 he always wanted it.
Let them eat cake. God rest his soul. I sure miss my daddy too. Sending cake kisses to u xxx
@@juliaclapton1141 thank you! God bless you and your family. May your dad rest in peace Xx
Hope your doing well😊
I hope you guys had cake! ❤️
He went out in style
Eileen Barton:
Born November 24, 1924 -- Brooklyn, NY.
Passed away June 27, 2006 -- West Hollywood, CA.
R.I.P. (Rest In Peace)
Damn, she lived a good long life.
Yes Ray, if Eileen Barton was still living, she would turn 100 this November.
This is just the incarnation of happiness in song form
フワちゃんやらかしてANN0聴けなくなった(涙)
この歌、天真爛漫なフワちゃんらしい歌詞で歌声もフワちゃんの声質に合ってて、無性に聞きたくなって、探しまくった
味玉デスマッチ入場曲とこの曲を毎日聴いて、フワちゃんを偲びます
I miss my Grandmother soon much, she would sing this song to me.
Recently my great grandma died of alzheimer’s Disease. she would forget to eat and drink and even started to forget her own family. She would forget my name. then one night around 2 am she sadly passed away. at her funeral they played this song because it was one of her favorite songs. rest in peace :(
So sorry for your loss. I hope this song always brings you good memories of her. By the way, it’s called Alzheimer’s Disease (not all timers). Take care.
Damn
Rip
❤❤❤
My late mother use to sing this song to me as a child. She passed away from Alzheimer’s and dementia in 2021. They are all baking cakes, dancing, and rejoicing in heaven now!!! God bless you ❤️🙏🏼
Come in!
Well, well, well. Look who's here.
I haven't seen you in many
A year.
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, baked a cake, baked a cake
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake
Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do?
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band, grandest band in the land
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band
And spread the welcome mat for you
Oh, I don't know where you came from
'Cause I don't know where you've been
But it really doesn't matter
Grab a chair and fill your platter
And dig, dig, dig right in
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, hired a band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake
Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do?
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, baked a cake, baked a cake
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake
Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do?
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band, grandest band in the land
Had you dropped me a letter, I'd a-hired a band
Spread the welcome mat for you
Oh, I don't know where you came from
'Cause I don't know where you've been
But it really doesn't matter
Grab a chair and fill your platter
And dig, dig, dig right in
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake, hired a band, goodness sake!
If I knew you were comin' I'd've baked a cake
Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do?
Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do?
Howdya do-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I hate it when someone comes over without telling me beforehand...cuz then I feel bad that I hadn't baked a cake!
Came 'round here lookin for music from the 50's for a character and hot damn I found a banger
What a fantastic recording. I have never heard of Eileen before. Kind of swing, rock´n roll boogie woogie.
AND A BID OF JAZZY TOO !!!!!
I was born in '43 - and lucky enough to grow up with this kind of music. Romantic songs were really romantic. And fun songs were really fun.
@Aaliyah 3 I used to day the same growing up in the early 2000s. I was born in 1997, songs are more about sex now than growing old with someone.
Edit: that isn't to say that some romantic songs don't exist. Ed Sheeran and Lukas Graham make beautiful songs
I agree. Being born in 57, I either never heard it -- or I don't remember it. Either way, this is quite the good song.
My grandmother had this 45 & my aunts would sing this with us & dance. Great memories.
tonlo72 Alan Alda sang the song in same time next year
What a great memory to have 🥰
I have the 78. The flip side is pretty fantastic too. Poco Loco in the Coco.
Richelle Flores so did Tokyo Rose on M*A*S*H*.
完全にフワちゃんの影響で聞きに来てしまった。行動が安直すぎてママ悲しい！OMG ユーソーキュート！
When I was a girl my Mother got a old house built in 1901 and the last owners had left a stack of 78s and a record player. I loved this one. The flip side was "poco loco in the coco". 30 yrs later, I miss those old records. Thank you for posting a happy memory.
My teacher played this for us in kindergarten. 35 years later it’s still in my head.🖤
You don't see nice songs like these make the #1 on US charts nowadays.
You didn't even see them in the 60s. It's from the 40s.
Singing this to my 8 mo. old grandson this a.m. My mother sang a lot as I was growing up...hearing it here took me back many years to cakes in the oven with my mom singin and dancin in the kitchen. Now my grandson will have a similar memory.
my mom too 🙂
On this day in 1950 {April 1st} "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake" by Eileen Barton peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles chart...
For the two weeks prior to reaching #1 it was at position #2, then for the four weeks it succeeded at #1 it once again was at position #2...
Between 1950 and 1954 the Brooklyn, NY native had ten records on the Billboard's national charts, two made the Top 10 with the above "If I Knew You Were Comin I'd've Baked A Cake" being her biggest hit...
Besides "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Have Baked A Cake", her other Top 10 record was "Cry", it peaked right at #10 in 1951...
She also had one Top 20 record, "Pretend" at #17 in 1953...
Eileen Barton passed away at the age of 81 on June 27th, 2006...
May she R.I.P.
* And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Best-Selling Pop Singles' Top 10 on April 1st, 1950:
At #2. "Music! Music! Music!" by Teresa Brewer
#3. "The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas
#4. "It Isn't Fair" by Sammy Kaye, with vocals by Don Cornell
#5. "Peter Cottontail" by Gene Autry
#6. "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley
#7. "There's No Tomorrow" by Tony Martin
#7. "My Foolish Heart" by Gordon Jenkins, with vocals by Sandy Evans
#9. "Sentimental Me" by the Ames Brothers
#10. "Peter Cottontail" by Mervin Shiner
Two "Peter Cottontail" songs!
I was today years old when I learned this wasn't a sesame street original.
Joe, wake up. Let's go. It's a beautiful day.
The only reason Joe will keep wailing up every single day, to ensure she doesn't become a person like him
Why did he shoot himself at the end? To show no one cares?
dude.
@@nougatflush1805 he only dreamed that he killed himself
What’s this is reference in to?
My favourite song ever !!! - Dominic
Wow what a cheery song for 2023.
We need it.❤❤
My mom used to say this when company would show up...now I know where it came from! 🥰 I miss my mom 😢
I don't recall ever hearing a recording of the song. I was two when this version was released. All through my life, I heard people singing a bit of it. I was watching "MASH," and it was sung. That led me here. I also looked up the lyrics.
I love this song, it's a classic.
drop it some night when you're djing
my great aunt used to sing this when I'd visit with my mom. she passed at 93 a few years ago. whenever I hear this song I think of her.
This song was in my head when I woke up😀
You too? It must be making the rounds😊
I hadn’t heard this song in years and then I was listening to some 50’s music a couple days ago and I heard it. I loved this song as a little girl and still do. It’s so fun
We had this played yesterday morning ie Thursday 18th November '21 bbc r3 approx 10:30 am .... an absolute burst of sunshine ... much appreciated! I'm so glad I found it here on youtube.
I heard it too. The lady who suggested it didn't think it would get played. I'm glad it was because I had never heard it before and I think it's great. It's now on my playing.
*playlist
I most remember this song from season 1 episode of MASH, "Henry, Please Come Home!" Now mama-san, give me another blast of that sake.
The photography of these gorgeous gals back in the is an art form on its own - happy songs happy days.
A lovely bouncy happy song sung by a lovely sunny sounding lady Auckland New Zealand 2022
Listened to this tune when I was 4 years old while mom did house work in the early 50s! Comfort MUSIC !
Well, well, well, look who's here.
I haven't seen you in many a year.
If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake,
baked a cake, baked a cake.
If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake.
How-ja do. How-ja do, How-ja do.
Had you dropped me a letter I'd 've hired a band,
grandest band in the land.
Had you dropped me a letter I'd 've hired a band
and spread the welcome mat for you.
Now I don't know where you came from
'cause I don't know where you've been.
But it really doesn't matter
grab a chair and fill your platter
and dig dig dig right in.
If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake,
hired a band, goodness sake.
If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake.
How-ja do. How-ja do. How-ja do.
If I knew you were comin' I'd 've baked a cake,
baked…
Thx!
Literally looked this up to play (and sing) when my daughter arrives in a few minutes...cuz I’m baking a cake! 🤪
A pop song ahead of it's time. Sirius radio 50s inclusion of beauty. The instrumental drives this to greatness.
This is pure fun! Never heard this until now, what a classic bop. Love when the big band comes in a minute in
Spoiler alert!
They've got a bit of everything in this song, Dixie Land Jazz, Boogie Woogie, Folk singalong, and Swing.
When I was just getting 'into short pants', this was a top-playing song on AM radio! I heard it in our house and my favorite aunt loved to sing a line or two!
My mother used to sing this lol
What a great voice, a beautiful woman, and all completely natural. You just don't get that anymore.
wat
She's literally wearing makeup bestie @BigMC-J
Another Real Gem of A Golden Oldie from 1950 as it is by Eileen Barton as it is Called If I Knew You Were Comin' I'D'VE Baked A Cake as it Gave Her a US Number 1 Hit single in 1950
from Japan. Thank you.
To Japan, Thank you.
Adigato 🙏🏻
Here from The Swing Kids 2018 (Starring D.O from EXO) and I just fell in love with Park Hye-su's voice singing this song so here I am ❤
Haven’t heard this in years!! I always loved it! ❤❤❤
I hadn't heard this years. It still has zip in it. I didn't know the full song. It is fun hear it again. 🤗
I remember hearing this on the radio.
Excellent - not heard this for years
Always reminds me of M*A*S*H!! I watch mash all the time, LOVE IT!
One of my favorite sayings! Love this!
My grandmother used to sing this song 🎵 Miss her so much!
Heard this in “You Were Never Really Here” with Joaquin Phoenix. Anyone else?
Wow!! They Don't Make Em Like This Any More.
My history teacher played this song at the beginning of our lesson(just the audio,not the video).
It was a lesson about the causes of the industrial revolution.
Interesting. What was the connection between this song and cause?
love this song!!!
Playing this on my birthday today
I first heard this song in a couple of episodes of MASH. In Henry Please Come Home a couple Japanese girls were singing it while Hawkeye, Trapper, and Blake were in Tokyo. Then an instrumental version of the song was playing over the PA system in Your Hit Parade.
I am doing a ballet dance to this song. I’m 17.
This sounds like the type of song my grandma would have listened to. I miss her
Oh hang around and fill the platter, keepa coming I feel safe with two together vs living alone!
Como amo essa música! Tempos de ouro esse. Nos tempos atuais não fazem músicas tão gostosas de escutar ❤
This was a backing track for a UK TV advert 10 + years ago and is still in my head.
I first heard this song on Sesame Street. Had no idea it was an old classic.
Every time I would go to my great grandma's house she would play this song now I play it every time my friend brings his kids over 😊
my Grandad used to randomly sing this song around the house
i didnt knew there was song like this at past!
I was playing piano at "The Place Night Club," a cabaret run by Bill and Josephine in Kenosha, WI (one of the few places that, as late as the 1990s, still maintained an actual acoustic piano--a grand piano, at that). There was a different act every week--a singer or a stand-up comic or a magician or hypnotist--with only one rehearsal for "the band" (consisting of piano, bass and drums; or simply piano and either a drummer or bass player). Often, the act didn't appear for that hour-long rehearsal preceding the engagement, so Friday night, in effect, became the rehearsal for Saturday night of what was a two-night engagement.
Eileen Barton appeared at "The Place" in the 1970s (probably the first half). She didn't show for the rehearsal--so it was a "talk-through" in her dressing room, lasting no more than 5-10 minutes. I remembered her big hit and had even seen her 20 years earlier on TV. She's reported to have been a friend of Frank Sinatra, who had supported her career early on.
She was a true professional, but she chose not to rely on her singing talents alone. I'm sure the crowd would have been happy simply hearing her do a collection of "standards." Instead, she told a lot of stories and jokes, like a "show biz trouper" who's more into vaudeville and entertaining than displaying her musical artistry. Usually, there's "risk" when performing the Great American Songbook, attempting to work together as one team while doing justice by America's classical music--the works of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Ellington, Gershwin, Arlen, Cole Porter, VanHeusen, Styne, etc. Eileen had "good pipes" but was not keen on interpretation. Her act was practically "self-contained." (No doubt, like many experienced entertainers, she had encountered bands that had never heard of her and were unfamiliar with the standards of the GAS.)
She certainly left an indelible impression when she got around to "Bake a Cake" as her finale. During the part that's a piano solo (mixing 1920s Dixieland with 1930s boogie-woogie) she did a strip tease! (All in good fun. Topless dancing and nudity had not hit the Midwest--yet.) For good measure, her encore consisted of a couple of patriotic George M. Cohan tunes--"It's a Grand Old Flag," etc., finishing with the release of several dozen helium-filled balloons (red, white and blue, of course). As I recall, she elected not to do the customary first set, followed by dancing music by the band, followed by a 2nd set (usually, looser and raunchier).. Instead, she did a single, extended set--which was enough to make the locals feel they'd gotten their money's worth (a $5 cover at the door--which never changed--and was enough to turn away new visitors every week. Compare that $5 to the price of a Tony Bennett ticket today--$250 and up; or of a Bruno Mars ticket--$500 and up).
Today, entertainers and musicians are "retired" before they choose to retire. Making a living as a musician has become a myth. Still, there's phenomenal talent out there--Roberta Gambarini is, as Hank Jones said, the "new Ella Fitzgerald." Monty Alexander is, as more than one reviewer has written, "the most hard-swinging pianist" since Oscar Peterson. But when's the last time you heard a jazz artist play on television?" What network would devote even a single minute to the music of a living giant like Sonny Rollins? Now you know why jazz is dying--and Ryan Gosling has done absolutely nothing to save it!
Such a fun song!
If anyone ever bakes me a cake, I hope Elaine Barton pops out of it
Yummy😏
Me coming back at 3 am, aged 26.
My mom:
First time I ever heard this was on a early mash episode. Listening to the Koreans sing it is delightful
My dad used to sing this to my bro sis n me over 25 years ago ...for some reason I still remember it , but I can't do long division without a calculator
I love this song
Grandma used to sing this to me when I'd visit. Now, I know what she was hearing in her head when she'd sing away. It's very different to what I heard, LoL
I remember that song from when I was a tiny girl!!!
Happy, cheerful, perfect👍
Ahh I remember this song when I was a little boy
Such a great song!
När jag var så liten att jag inte förstod engelska.
Jag spelade mina föräldrars stenkakor på sjöng jag som texten lät.
Sökte på orden som jag förstod hittade Eileen Bartons låt som jag tror inte så många i min generat generation har hört förut.
Nu har du chansen!
Hälsar Britt 71 vårar.
My older sister would play the piano, and we would all gather around and sing this. But it's been a while since I thought of it, and started signing it. One of my fondest childhood memories.
My mom taught me this song when I was younger, I’m 12 now
i always loved this song even before i was in school. it was a favorite of mine as a little kid. the first two things i wanted were a record player and a radio. i heard this on the radio.
This song was my tap dance a long time ago and I’m nine years old
Wow!!! The true essence of femininity. She is gorgeous and a great voice. Love this song. Fantastic example of (sadly) by-gone era.
Exactly!
Now the 'music' is about as nice to listen to as a car smash!
yea now all female artists talk about is how wet their pussy is
Coming from a 21yr old? She was truly beautiful 😍😍 I wish I was alive when she was
Actually 25 when she recorded this. Youth culture was alive well before the '60s, and performers, especially females, were often promoted as being younger than they really were, going way back.
My boss would sing this song. She passed May 29th, but I miss her and her singing
I just love baking cake with this song
Such a classic piece but underated🙂
Under-rated? It was the #1 song for an entire nation for a year. That's kind of a big deal. :)
What a gorgeous woman !
What happened to music like this ! ? I can actually under it .
I can't under you.
All this world needs is a little more undering
Love her voice
My grandmother always sings this to people that haven't been by in a while 😂 Never realised the sarcasm as a kid 🤣🤣
More songs like this in todays pop 😎❤️😃🎶🎷🎤 so feelgood, simple and cute
I wish there were I mean
my brother loves this song he even sings it
I heard this on the radio when I was 7 or 8. No TV then.