“Jeepers Creepers” was a 1938 song written for the movie Going Places. It was originally performed by Louis Armstrong, who sang the song to a racehorse to encourage him to run his best race.
The song was included in the 1984 Smithsonian collection American Popular Song: Six Decades of Songwriters and Singers. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1938. However, it lost to “Thanks for the Memory” from The Big Broadcast of 1938.
SongFacts revealed the inspiration behind the lyrics. Johnny Mercer, who created the song, said, “My wife and I went to see a movie one night at Grauman’s Chinese Theater and Henry Fonda played a farm boy in it…. And in the movie he saw something, something impressed him, and he said ‘Jeepers creepers,’ and that just rang a little bell in my head, and I wrote it down when I got out of the movie.”
The movie that the song was written for was about a sporting goods salesman posing as a jockey to increase sales. As one reviewer on Rotten Tomatoes said, “Better than a lot of the films where Louis Armstrong appeared earlier in his film career. This one is helped by the presence of the effervescent and highly talented (and likable) Dick Powell.”
Over the years, this song has been covered by several major artists. They include Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday, and Frank Sinatra.
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Armstrong had many other hit songs throughout the years. They included “What a Wonderful World,” “La Vie en rose,” “Hello, Dolly!” “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” “When You’re Smiling,” and “When the Saints Go Marching In.” He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. He also had several songs that were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Armstrong died from a heart attack in 1971. He was 69.
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