If You Knew Susie
1925 song performed by Eddie Cantor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the song from the 1920s. For Suzi Quatro's album, see If You Knew Suzi... For the film, see If You Knew Susie (film).
"If You Knew Susie" is the title of a popular song written by Buddy DeSylva[1] and Joseph Meyer.[2] It was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. in 1925. The sheet music included ukulele tabs by Richard Konter.[3] In the largely comic song, a man sings that he knows a certain woman named Susie to be much wilder and more passionate than most people realize.
The song, which was originally written for Al Jolson, became Eddie Cantor's best-known success of the 1920s, recorded on April 6, 1925[4] and the bestseller for five weeks during the year.[5] Years later, Jolson told Cantor "If I knew it was that good, you dog, I'd never have given it to you!".[6]