Who first recorded Ma He's Making Eyes at Me?

Answer 1

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I'm pretty sure it was Marie Adams. I know I had the 78, but it was a while ago now!

That was my first record and it was - Jonny Otis and the Three Tons of Joy

Answer 2

I've been researching the same question today. The song was written in 1921 by Sidney Clare and Con Conrad, and the earliest reference to a recording that I can find is by Isham Jones and his Orchestra (early Chicago jazz), the B-side of his 1921 hit "Wabash Blues." Eddie Cantor also performed the song as early as 1921 on one or more of his radio programs. In 1940, the song became a hit by Dick Robertson, but was also performed by Constance Moore in the movie by the same name. Since then, it has been performed and recorded by several artists, including a young Lena Zavaroni in 1974.