Just a Gigolo (song)

"Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo"
Song
LanguageGerman
Published1929 in Vienna
GenreTango
Composer(s)Leonello Casucci (in 1928)
Lyricist(s)Julius Brammer (1924 in German)
Irving Caesar (1929 in English)

"Just a Gigolo" is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar into English in 1929 from the Austrian tango "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo", composed in 1928 in Vienna by Leonello Casucci to lyrics written in 1924 by Julius Brammer.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mihaela Petrescu (2007). Vamps, Eintaenzer, and Desperate Housewives: Social Dance in Weimar Literature and Film. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-0-549-44284-4.
  2. ^ Schaal, Hans-Jürgen (2004). Jazz-Standards. Das Lexikon. 3. Auflage (in German). Kassel: Bärenreiter. p. 269. ISBN 978-3-7618-1414-7.