Jeepers Creepers (song)

"Jeepers Creepers" is a popular song and jazz standard. The music was written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the 1938 movie Going Places.[1] It was premiered by Louis Armstrong and has been covered by many other musicians.[2] The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1938 but lost to "Thanks for the Memory".[3] The song was included in the 1984 Smithsonian collection American Popular Song: Six Decades of Songwriters and Singers[4] and in the 1998 album The Songs of Harry Warren.[5]

  1. ^ Furia, Philip; Patterson, Laurie (2010). The Songs of Hollywood. Oxford University Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0-19-533708-2.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference musa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The 11th Academy Awards: 1939". oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Various; Adele Astaire; Al Jolson; Aretha Franklin; Barbara Cook; Barbra Streisand; Benny Goodman And His Orchestra; Bessie Smith; Billie Holiday (1984), American Popular Song: Six Decades Of Songwriters And Singers, Internet Archive, Smithsonian Collection, retrieved 2021-01-03
  5. ^ Various; Al Jolson; Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & Orch.; Bing Crosby; Bobby Darin; Buddy Clark; Dick Haymes; Dinah Shore; Doris Day (1998), The Songs Of Harry Warren, Internet Archive, Warner/ Chappell Music, Inc., retrieved 2021-01-03

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