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There’s one legend surrounding the song that tracks its journey from the Parkway Theater in Brooklyn on uptown to Harlem. H. Arlo Nimlo’s biography of the Andrews Sisters, recounts how Cahn adapted the song for swing music after hearing it performed at the Apollo by Black musicians Johnnie and George. (Johnnie and George are said to have learned it at Grossinger’s.) Another version credits bandleader Vic Schoen for discovering it in the more typical Yiddish environment of Second Avenue. In any case, the swing sound and the Andrews Sisters vocals made the song a huge hit. Not just in venues like the Savoy. ....