Subject: RE: Forgotten writers of well-remembered songs From: Q - PM Date: 09 Sep 09 - 03:14 PM 'Herman Hupfeld served in the U. S. Armed Services in WW1, and entertained in camps in WW2. He is known for that unforgettable hit, "When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba." [...]" The Comedian Harmonists sang this song in German under the title "Der Onkel Bumba aus Kalumba", (Hupfeld/Rotter/Robinson), 1932. "Rotter" will have been the Fritz Rotter, mentioned above. There are a couple of Warner Bros. cartoons using this song. They were one-offs without repeated characters, so no longer often seen.
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