Why Don't You Do Right?
| "Weed Smoker's Dream" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Harlem Hamfats | |
| B-side | "Little Girl" |
| Released | 1936 |
| Recorded | Chicago, October 2, 1936 |
| Genre | Blues, jazz |
| Length | 3:19 |
| Label | Decca |
| Songwriters | Kansas Joe McCoy, Herb Morand |
"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 of Jessica Rabbit.