What'll I Do

What'll I Do is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1923.

It was introduced by singers Grace Moore and John Steel late in the run of Berlin's third Music Box Revue and was also included in the following year's edition.

"What'll I Do"
What'll I Do
Sheet music cover, 1923
Single by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Written1923
Published1923 Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
ReleasedMay 1924
RecordedMarch 18, 1924 take 8
StudioNew York City
VenueMusic Box Revue 1923
GenreShow tune
Length2.46
LabelVictor 19299
Songwriter(s)Irving Berlin

Background

"What'll I Do" is one of the few songs by Berlin that is clearly autobiographical. His fiancée, a society beauty named Ellin Mackay, had been sent to Europe by her disapproving father, a very wealthy Long Island magnate, in the hopes that MacKay would forget Berlin. (She did not and eventually they married.) The song was written during McKay's "tour" of Europe. In the lyrics, the singer longs disconsolately for his love, imagining how he can go on without her.

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