10 November 2012

I Still Suits Me

"I Still Suits Me" (a.k.a. "Ah Still Suits Me") was written by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) and published in 1936.
This song was was added to Showboat for the 1936 movie adaptation, where it was sung by Paul Robeson and Hattie McDaniel.
Paul Robeson also recorded this song for phonograph records.

The recording heard here is performed by Bing Crosby and Lee Wiley, with orchestra directed by Victor Young.