details for My Wife Is On A Diet - Eddie Cantor

Written by:
• Charles Tobias/George J. Bennett

Recorded:
• October 29, 1929

Released:
• 1929

Available on (*):
• 1929 78 rpm single Eddie Cantor's Tips On The Stock Market (Victor 22189, December 6, 1929)

Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
• car analogies

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• Before the 1920s, most women liked having extra weight, since it indicated that their husbands could afford to feed them well. In the 1920s, when this song was written, dieting to lose weight became a fad for the first time.

general information about Eddie Cantor

Common misspellings:
• Eddie Canter

General type of music:
• vaudeville

Real name:
• Edward Israel Iskowitz

Born:
• January 31, 1892

Died:
• October 10, 1964

Also recorded with:
• June Clyde
• Ambrose & His Orchestra

Web sites:
• http://www.eddiecantor.com/

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• was a very popular entertainer in various media

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