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Mean to Me (1929 song)

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Mean to Me (1929 song)
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"Mean to Me" is a popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Roy Turk, published in 1929. Hit versions that year were by Ruth Etting and by Helen Morgan.[1] Ben Bernie and the Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra also recorded what might be the first male version in February 1929 with vocals by Scrappy Albert.[2]

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Sheet music cover, 1929

The song is a popular standard, recorded by many artists.[3]

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Other notable recordings

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An instrumental of the song was heard in the first Krazy Kat sound cartoon from 1929, Ratskin.

A brief violin instrumental version is heard in the 1932 Betty Boop cartoon Minnie the Moocher.

The original recording by Annette Hanshaw is used in the 2008 animated film Sita Sings the Blues.

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