"Chinatown, My Chinatown" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1910 |
Composer(s) | Jean Schwartz |
Lyricist(s) | William Jerome |
Audio sample | |
Recording of Chinatown, My Chinatown, performed by the American Quartet (1914). |
"Chinatown, My Chinatown" is a popular song written by William Jerome (words) and Jean Schwartz (music) in 1906 and later interpolated into the musical Up and Down Broadway (1910).[1][2] The song has been recorded by numerous artists and is considered an early jazz standard.