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Line 5: [[John F. Fitzgerald]], who served as [[mayor of Boston]], represented Massachusetts in Congress and was the maternal grandfather of President [[John F. Kennedy]], made "Sweet Adeline" his theme song in 1909. Over the next four decades, he personally sang it at countless political and social events and on the radio. ==In popular culture== A piece of "Sweet Adeline" was featured in ''[[Broadway Folly]]'', a 1930 [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] cartoon.<ref>{{cite web▼ In June 1926, [[Max Fleischer]] and Red Seal Pictures released an animated version of "Sweet Adeline", made in the sound-on-film [[Phonofilm]] process, as part of his series [[Song Car-Tunes]], featuring "[[follow the bouncing ball]]". ▲A piece of "Sweet Adeline" was featured in ''[[Broadway Folly]]'' (1930), a ~~1930~~ [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] cartoon.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1930.html \|title=The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1930 Line 12 ⟶ 15: }}</ref> The song was performed by [[The Marx Brothers]] in their 1931 film ''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)\|Monkey Business]]''. The song was performed in a key scene in the [[Howard ~~Hawk~~Hawks]]'s ~~1941~~comedy film ''[[Ball of Fire]]'' (1941). The song was featured in a 1952 episode of the TV show [[I Love Lucy]] entitled "Lucy's Show Biz Swan Song," in which Ricky Ricardo's barbershop quartet performs the song at the [[Tropicana Club]] as part of a [[Gay Nineties]] revue. The song was covered by jam band [[Phish]] in several live performances. [[The Seekers]] used the song as a regular part of their live act in the 1960s; lead vocalist [[Judith Durham]] would sit out the song while [[Athol Guy]], [[Keith Potger]], and [[Bruce Woodley]] would perform the song as a barbershop trio. The song was included on their 1968 album, ''The Seekers Live at the Talk of the Town''. Country music pioneer [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)\|Jimmie Rodgers]] references "Sweet Adeline" in his song "My Old Pal". [[Mickey Mouse]] serenades [[Minnie Mouse]] with "Sweet Adeline" in the 1929 short [[The Karnival Kid]]. *"Sweet Adeline" is referenced in the [[barbershop music\|barbershop]] songs, "[[Down Our Way]]" and "[[I Love That Barbershop Style]]" as well as many other popular barbershop songs. ==References==