Hit tune introduced by Ethel Merman in the 1931 edition of “George White’s Scandals” and often associated with Rudy Vallee’s popular recording of that year (listen here: https://youtu.be/hoDjMMMqWT4 ). ‘Ted Wallace’ was one of the pseudonyms used on record by bandleader-vocalist-organizer Wallace T. “Ed” Kirkeby, remembered as manager of the California Ramblers and Fats Waller.
From 78rpm Columbia 2523-D - Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries (Brown-Henderson) by Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys with vocal trio, recorded in NYC August 21, 1931