Why Don’t You Do Right - Jazz Lag

“Why Don’t You Do Right?“ (originally recorded as “Weed Smoker’s Dream“ in 1936) is an American blues and jazz-influenced pop song usually credited to Kansas Joe McCoy. A minor key twelve-bar blues with a few chord substitutions, it is considered a classic “woman’s blues“ song and has become a standard. Singer Lil Green recorded a popular rendition in 1941, which Peggy Lee recorded the next year — accompanied by Benny Goodman — and made one of her signature songs. The song appeared in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, performed by actress Amy Irving as the singing voice for Jessica Rabbit. This video is a Jazz Lag™ Production Connect with us: