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If You Knew Susie

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"If You Knew Susie" is the title of a popular song from the 1920s written by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer. In the largely comic song, a man sings that he knows a certain woman named Susie to be much wilder and more passionate than most people realize.

The song, which was originally written for Al Jolson became banjo-eyed Eddie Cantor's best-known success of the 1920s, recorded on April 6, 1925 and the bestseller for five weeks during the year.

  • A film by the same name, starring Cantor, was released in 1948.
  • The song is sung by Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in the film Anchors Aweigh (1945).
  • Ruth Cracknell sings the song is several episodes of the television series Mother and Son.
  • The melody is used as a musical theme in the film The Affairs of Susan (1945).
  • The song is arranged and performed by John Serry Sr. and his ensemble for RCA Victor on "RCA Thesaurus" (1954).

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