THIS POST IS NOBODY’S BUSINESS

You might think a song about nobody wouldn’t appeal to anybody, but lots of somebodies thought otherwise back in the day. “Nobody” songs did good business in the 1920s to early 40s, as anybody who’s well versed in that era’s popular music can demonstrate….speaking of which, I would love to parade some examples before you here and now:

And then there’s the ‘meme’ song of Casper, The Friendly Ghost:

Casper first appeared in 1945. but here’s a 1921 hit which had an afterlife when Judy Garland sang it in this 1940 film….

Even if you ain’t got no body, I hope you were still able to get into the spirit of things, like most ghosts seem able to. I’m guessing it’s just a matter of believing in yourself.