USA, 1937: The song "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" (To Me You Are Beautiful) composed in 1932 by Sholom Secunda with lyrics written in Yiddish by Jacob Jacobs, became in 1937 an enormous success of young Andrew Sisters. Of course, before that, Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin made it more attractive for radio broadcasting; they wrote the English lyrics and put a little bit of swing in arrangement. It was the first great hit of the Andrews Sisters. My favourite one is "Rum and Coca-Cola”", hit from 1945. Some people have remarks that could be a song about alcohol and prostitution on the beautiful, but poor island of Trinidad during the time American soldiers were there, because of the words: 

"Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar”

The next line: ”"It's a fact, man, it's a fact" confirms my impression that both mother and daughter are underpaid, nothing else. They could be waitresses or cleaning women in a restaurant for American Soldiers.