Heebie Jeebies Song

The dance the heebie jeebies do because they re boys because it pleases me to be joy.

Heebie jeebies song. The recording on okeh records by louis armstrong and his hot five includes a famous example of scat singing by armstrong. Come on and do that dance they call the heebie jeebies dance yes ma am papa s got the heebie jeebies dance. Heebie jeebies is a composition written by boyd atkins which achieved fame when it was recorded by louis armstrong in 1926. You give me the heebie jeebies when you look at me your stare just makes me cold the heebie jeebies you give me the heebie jeebies when you look at me.

West end blues 1926 1933. Armstrong also performed heebie jeebies as a number at the vendome theatre. After the success of the recording an accompanying dance was. Say don t you know it.

What s particularly revelatory on heebie jeebies however is armstrong s singing his phrasing of relatively mundane lyrics is extraordinary and more importantly the song contains the first instance of louis famous scat singing a rhymic technique that was invented by armstrong. I got the heebies i got the heebie jeebies and i m talking about got the heebie jebbie blues we fall in love come on now just a little bit joy say baby don t ya know come on show it and we don t feel blue say come on down and do that dance called the heebie the heebie. Say come on now and do that dance they call the heebie.