Lulu's Back in Town is a popular song and jazz standard from 1935, written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin. It made its debut in the Warner Brothers musical film Broadway Gondolier, sung by Dick Powell and The Mills Brothers with arrangement by George Roumanis. The tune was released in 1935 and later served as the title song for the Warner Brothers short Buddy the Gee Man. The lyrics describe a man getting ready to look his best for Lulu's return to town, with playful Harlem references and a nod to Miss Otis Regrets. It became a hit through Fats Waller's May 1935 recording for Victor Records and has since been covered by artists like Mel Tormé, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and Leon Redbone. The piece is a jazz standard commonly performed in the key of E-flat major and remains a classic of 1930s American popular music.
