His version began: "I'm forever blowing ballgames". The writer Ring Lardner parodied the lyric during the Black Sox scandal of 1919, when he began to suspect that players on the Chicago White Sox (a United States-based baseball team) were deliberately losing the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The Original Dixieland Jass Band recording of the number is an unusual early example of jazz in 3/4 time. Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra held number one for four weeks late in 1919, and ranked number 6 for the year. The waltz was a major Tin Pan Alley hit, and was performed and recorded by several singers and bands in late 19. James Kendis and James Brockman were partners in the Kendis-Brockman Music Company. James Kendis, James Brockman, and Nat Vincent all had separate contracts with their own publishers, leading them to use the name Jaan Kenbrovin for credit on this song. It was transferred later that year to Jerome H. ![]() The copyright to "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" was registered in 1919 by the Kendis-Brockman Music Co. The number debuted in the Broadway musical, The Passing Show of 1918, and it was introduced by Helen Carrington. ![]() ![]() The lyrics are credited to "Jaan Kenbrovin" - actually a collective pseudonym for the writers James Kendis, James Brockman and Nat Vincent, combining the first three letters of each lyricist's last name. The music was composed by John Kellette in 1918.
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