Makin ' Whoopee - wikipedia Makin ' Whoopee This article is about the Donaldson and Kahn song. For Susan Stroman 's 2004 ballet, see Double Feature ( ballet ). `` Makin ' Whoopee '' Song Published 1928 Released 1928 ( 1928 ) Genre Jazz, blues Songwriter ( s ) Gus Kahn Composer ( s ) Walter Donaldson `` Makin ' Whoopee ! '' is a jazz / blues song, first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee !. Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics and Walter Donaldson composed the music for the song as well as for the entire musical. The title is a euphemism for sexual intimacy, and the song has been called a `` dire warning '', largely to men, about the `` trap '' of marriage. `` Makin ' Whoopee '' begins with the celebration of a wedding, honeymoon and marital bliss, but moves on to babies and responsibilities, and ultimately on to affairs and possible divorce, ending with a judge 's advice. Other versions This article contains embedded lists that may be poorly defined, unverified or indiscriminate. Please help to clean it up to meet Wikipedia 's quality standards. Where appropriate, incorporate items into the main body of the article. ( July 2016 ) George Olsen and His Music. Released by Victor on November 12, 1928 as catalog number 21816 - A. Vocal refrain by Fran Frey. The King Cole Trio recorded the song August 7, 1947 in Los Angeles ( 2139 - 3 ( Capitol 10101, 1669 ) ). Bing Crosby recorded the song on December 22, 1928 with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Doris Day recorded the song in a duet with Danny Thomas in November 1951. It was released on the 10 '' soundtrack - LP I 'll See You in My Dreams by Columbia Records as catalog number CL - 6198 on December 14, 1952. Conductor : Paul Weston. She recorded a new version in November 1958. It was released on the LP Cuttin ' Capers by Columbia Records as catalog number CS - 8078 ( stereo ) and CL - 1232 ( mono ) on March 9, 1959. Conductor : Frank De Vol. Frank Sinatra. Released on the LP Songs For Swingin ' Lovers by Capitol Records as catalog number W - 653 in 1956. Louis Armstrong. Released as a bonus track on the CD Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson Dinah Washington. Released on the LP The Swingin ' Miss `` D '' by EmArcy Records as catalog number MG 36104 in 1956. Arranger and conductor : Quincy Jones. Producer : Bob Shad. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Released on the double LP Ella and Louis Again by Verve as catalog number MGV 4006 - 2 and reissued in 2006 on a 2 CD - set as Verve 0602517036918. Ella Fitzgerald. Recorded at the Radio Recorders, Hollywood, on November 24, 1958. It was released on the LP Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers by Verve Records as catalogue number VS - 6072 ( stereo ) and V - 4032 ( mono ) in 1959. Arranger and conductor was Frank De Vol. Bill Doggett recorded an instrumental version on his 1959 album Big City Dance Party, King Records KS - 641. Marlene Dietrich performed the song on her 1959 live album Dietrich in Rio. The McGuire Sisters recorded the song on their 1960 album `` His and Hers. '' Don Lusher, Orchestra directed by Pete Moore. Released on the LP Makin ' Whoopee by CBS Records as catalog number 63021 in 1967. Gerry Mulligan performed a version with Chet Baker in 1953, and then performed it live with Jon Eardley in 1954. Harry Nilsson performed the song on his 1973 album A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night. Hawkeye Pierce. It was played on a gramophone at the Swamp and partially sung by Hawkeye Pierce ( Alan Alda ) at the end of an episode of M * A * S * H titled `` Dear Dad... Three ''. Dr. John and Rickie Lee Jones performed `` Makin ' Whoopee '' on Dr. John 's album In a Sentimental Mood. It was released by Warner Bros. Records as catalog number 9 25889 - 2 ( CD ) and 9 25889 - 1, 1 - 25889 ( LP ) in 1989. Paul Rodriguez performs his rendition for the end credits of the 1986 comedy film The Whoopee Boys. Michelle Pfeiffer sang `` Makin ' Whoopee '', sprawled over a piano in a red evening dress, in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys. Cyndi Lauper covered the song as a duet with Tony Bennett on her 2003 studio album At Last. Rachael MacFarlane ; sister to Family Guy and American Dad ! animator & voice actor Seth released it on her debut album Hayley Sings. Elton John performs on the Best Buy 2004 Christmas CD `` Sweet Tracks '' Amanda Palmer released her version on the 2011 album `` Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under '' Robert De Niro 's character, insult comic Jackie Burke, in `` The Comedian '', sings and leads singalong in a scatological version, `` Makin ' Poopie '', while entertaining at a seniors ' event. In advertising Pepsi used the melody of `` Makin ' Whoopee '' with new lyrics, sung by Joanie Sommers, for its advertising campaign `` Now It 's Pepsi -- For Those Who Think Young '' starting in 1961. References Jump up ^ `` Whoopee ''. Merriam - Webster. Webster.com. Retrieved 2006 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Holden, Stephen ( April 19, 2002 ). `` Crooning About the Woes of Whoopee ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2006 - 10 - 08. A review of a James Naughton cabaret performance. `` Mr. Naughton pounces on the dire warning to men lurking beneath the song 's playful surface : that once the honeymoon is over, marriage can become a trap from which there is no escape. '' Jump up ^ Cool Cole, The King Cole Trio Story, Proper Records, 2001 Jump up ^ Nature Boy, Nat King Cole, Living Era, 2003 Jump up ^ `` A Bing Crosby Discography ''. BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 30, 2017. Jump up ^ 10CD - set Bing Crosby, CD 1 Early Bing Vol. 1, Mebran Music Ltd. ( 2008 ), ISBN 978 - 3 - 86860 - 027 - 8 Jump up ^ `` Music Original Columbia LP `` I 'll See You In My Dreams '' ( 1951 ) ``. DorisDayTribute.com. 1951 - 12 - 14. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Music Original Columbia LP `` Cuttin ' Capers '' ( 1959 ) ``. DorisDayTribute.com. 1959 - 03 - 09. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Frank Sinatra Album List : Release Date Ascending ''. Sinatrafamily.com. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Mercury Records Discography : 1956 ''. Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 25. Jump up ^ `` '' M * A * S * H '' Dear Dad... Three ( TV episode 1973 ) ``. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 25. Jump up ^ `` The Fabulous Baker Boys ( 1989 ) ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 25. Jump up ^ Sony disc, chapter 12, approx. 1 : 29 : 00 - 1 : 31 : 15 Jump up ^ `` Pepsi - Cola Uses Old ' Whoopee ' Hit as Jingle Theme ''. Billboard Music Week. 1961 - 02 - 13. p. 36. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 17. Bing Crosby singles Discography 1920s `` My Blue Heaven '' ( with Paul Whiteman ) `` Ol ' Man River '' ( with Paul Whiteman ) `` Mississippi Mud '' ( with Paul Whiteman ) `` Silent Night, Holy Night '' ( with Paul Whiteman ) `` Makin ' Whoopee '' ( with Paul Whiteman ) `` Let 's Do It '' ( with Dorsey Brothers ) `` Louise '' 1930s `` Three Little Words '' ( with Duke Ellington ) `` I Surrender Dear '' ( with Gus Arnheim ) `` Just a Gigolo '' `` At Your Command '' `` Stardust '' `` Goodnight, Sweetheart '' `` Where the Blue of the Night ( Meets the Gold of the Day ) '' ( Bing 's Theme Song ) `` Waltzing in a Dream '' `` Brother, Can You Spare a Dime ? '' `` I Do n't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You '' `` Temptation '' `` Did You Ever See a Dream Walking ? '' `` June in January '' `` Love Is Just Around the Corner '' `` I Wished on the Moon '' `` It Ai n't Necessarily So '' `` Pennies from Heaven '' `` Silent Night '' `` Adeste Fideles '' `` Sweet Leilani '' `` Blue Hawaii '' `` Never in a Million Years '' `` My Reverie '' `` You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby '' `` God Bless America '' `` Ciribiribin ( They 're So in Love ) '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) 1940s `` Tumbling Tumbleweeds '' `` Only Forever '' `` Deep in the Heart of Texas '' `` Easter Parade '' `` White Christmas '' `` Moonlight Becomes You '' `` Sunday, Monday, or Always '' `` People Will Say We 're in Love '' `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' `` Pistol Packin ' Mama '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) `` I 'll Be Home for Christmas '' `` Jingle Bells '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) `` I Love You '' `` I 'll Be Seeing You '' `` Swinging on a Star '' `` Is You Is or Is You Ai n't My Baby '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) `` Amor '' `` Do n't Fence Me In '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) `` You Belong to My Heart '' `` On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe '' `` If I Loved You '' `` It 's Been a Long, Long Time '' ( w / Les Paul Trio ) `` I Ca n't Begin to Tell You '' `` The Bells of St. Mary 's '' `` McNamara 's Band '' `` Get Your Kicks On Route 66 '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) `` Night and Day '' `` Santa Claus Is Comin ' to Town '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) `` Ballerina '' `` Now Is the Hour '' `` But Beautiful '' `` Careless Hands '' `` Riders in the Sky '' `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` Dear Hearts and Gentle People '' `` Mule Train '' 1950s `` Have I Told You Lately That I Love You ? '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) `` Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy '' `` Play a Simple Melody '' ( w / Gary Crosby ) `` La Vie en rose '' `` All My Love '' `` Beyond the Reef '' `` Harbor Lights '' `` Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer '' `` A Marshmallow World '' `` Sparrow in the Treetop '' ( w / Andrews Sisters ) `` Gone Fishin ' '' ( w / Louis Armstrong ) `` In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening '' ( w / Jane Wyman ) `` The Isle of Innisfree '' `` Zing a Little Zong '' ( w / Jane Wyman ) `` Silver Bells '' ( w / Carol Richards ) `` Down by the Riverside '' ( w / Gary Crosby ) `` Young at Heart '' `` Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep '' `` Stranger in Paradise '' `` In a Little Spanish Town '' ( w / Buddy Cole Trio ) `` True Love '' ( w / Grace Kelly ) `` Now You Has Jazz '' ( w / Louis Armstrong ) `` Well, Did You Evah ! '' ( w / Frank Sinatra ) 1970s `` That 's What Life Is All About '' `` Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy '' ( w / David Bowie ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Makin%27_Whoopee&oldid=801833806 '' Categories : Songs with music by Walter Donaldson Songs with lyrics by Gus Kahn Pop standards Songs from musicals 1928 songs Songs about sexuality Songs about marriage Hidden categories : Articles needing cleanup from July 2016 All pages needing cleanup Wikipedia list cleanup from July 2016 Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Italiano Norsk Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 22 September 2017, at 04 : 35. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where did the term makin whoopee come from
Answer: sexual intimacy