Ma, She’s Making Eyes At Me (Clare-Conrad) by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra, vocal by Sully Mason
This was the Kyser band’s second recording of “Ma,” previously done in a less swinging version for Brunswick three years earlier. Introduced in 1921 as “Ma! He’s Making Eyes At Me,” the standard was often associated with the career of Eddie Cantor.
THE 1940 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1940 (some were recorded in 1939) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed.