In the United States this song appeared in 1925 in the Broadway musical Puzzles of 1925,[2][3] and was recorded by tenor Billy Jones.[4][5]
In Poland, the song was initially sung as a cabaret number by Eugeniusz Bodo with original lyrics by Andrzej Włast (signing as Willy on the music sheet), to a major success. A few years later, in 1939, the song was adapted again, into the Wąsik, ach ten wąsik (Oh, what a moustache!) number and performed by Ludwik Sempoliński. This time the lyrics tried to 'decide' who was funnier and who brought more to the world, Chaplin or Hitler. After the outbreak of the Second World War, the Gestapo tried to locate both Sempoliński and the lyricist, who was either Julian Tuwim or Marian Hemar, but failed to find either.
Around 1964, Jacques Brel also wrote a song named Titine, incorporating fragments of the melody and referencing both Daniderff's song and Chaplin.
Other singers were Georgette Plana and Yves Montand.