Gene Austin - Yes Sir! That's My Baby (1925)

Charted at #1 in September 1925. Ukulele and jazz-effects [scat singing also known as 'eefin] by Billy ('Yuke' or Uke) Carpenter (very similar to what Cliff Edwards was doing at the time). Here's what the Victor catalog said about the record: "Gene Austin, in these two numbers, is aided and abetted by an artist new to Victor records - Billy Carpenter, known to the profession as "Uke". Gene sings, and Uke produces other vocal and instrumental sounds - new combinations of the uke and human larynx to bring joy to the irrepressible heart. Both records are good strong ones, for both artists are men of energy ... Half the country will be trying to imitate Gene and Uke before these records are twenty-hours old." Incidentally, this is also the very first recording of "Yes Sir, That's My Baby". The song also charted at #2 for Blossom Seeley in October 1925 (which I've also posted), #5 for Ben Bernie in December 1925, #10 for Ace Brigode and his 14 Virginians in November 1925 (which I've also posted), #11 for the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra in December 1925, #15 on the R&B chart for the Sensations in 1956, and #34 for Ricky Nelson in October 1960. Also recorded by Frank Sinatra and Eddie Cantor, among many others. Recorded April 24, 1925. Written by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. A-side is "Everything is Hotsy Totsy Now" which itself charted at #9. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" was the B-side but the song really caught on with the public.