"(What Do We Do on a) Dew-Dew-Dewey Day" was a popular song dating from1927. It was recorded by Clyde Doerr and his Orchestra. The song is aFox Trot which contains a vocal refrain, hence the unconventional length of the record (4 minutes, 2 seconds). It was written byTin Pan Alley tunesmithsAl Sherman,Howard Johnson andCharles Tobias. It was also recorded byIrving Kaufman and the Manhattan Dance Makers. Nearly 20 years after its release,Republican candidateThomas Dewey revived the song for his campaign in the1948 election. It was sung at the party's convention held in the summer of that year.
"Dew-Dew-Dewey Day" is the last ofEdison's acoustically recorded selections. It was recorded on July 1, 1927, in theNew York City studio. While most recording companies embraced electrical recording in the mid-1920s, Edison continued to perfect and embrace the acoustical techniques. Edison's first electrically recorded selection is generally believed to be "I'm Gonna Settle Up (Then I'm Gonna Settle Down), recording matrix number 11778. The"Dew-Dew-Dewey Day" recording matrix number is 11777.
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