Graham and music by Spencer Williams, 1915). "Just a Gigolo" is best known in a form recorded by Louis Prima in 1956, where it was paired in a medley with another old standard, " I Ain't Got Nobody" (words by Roger A. "Just a Gigolo"/"I Ain't Got Nobody" medley Origin In this film, the song was performed by Marlene Dietrich, in her last film appearance. The film Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo, directed by David Hemmings in 1979, was titled after the first verse of the original lyrics, but the Just a Gigolo title was used for US distribution. The song was recorded by many musicians of the time, including Louis Armstrong and (in German) Richard Tauber.
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"Just a Gigolo" appeared in a 1931 film, a 1932 Betty Boop cartoon and a 1993 TV series, all titled after the song. Popular versions in 1931 were by Ted Lewis, Ben Bernie, Bing Crosby and Leo Reisman. Thus, the lyrics retained their sentimental side but lost their historic value. Caesar eliminated the specific Austrian references and, in the often-omitted verse (but included in the 1931 recording by Bing Crosby), set the action in a Paris cafe, where a local character tells his sad story. to buy the rights and order an English version from Irving Caesar, a very popular lyricist of the time. The success of the song prompted publishers Chappell & Co.
The music features a simple melodic sequence, but nonetheless has a clever harmonic construction that highlights the mixed emotions in the lyrics, adding a nostalgic, bittersweet effect.
The original version is a poetic vision of the social collapse experienced in Austria after World War I, represented by the figure of a former hussar who remembers himself parading in his uniform, while now he has to get by as a lonely hired dancer. Daniele Serra sang a version entitled "Gigolo" in Italy, followed by Sirio Di Piramo and his orchestra in 1930, while other countries provided their own versions. The song was first published by Wiener Boheme Verlag in 1929 and performed by several orchestras in Germany that year, including Dajos Béla's orchestra with the singer Kurt Mühlhardt.