Louis Davids (1883-1939, né Simon David) was a Dutch cabaret performer and revue artist, and is widely considered one of the Netherlands biggest names in performing arts. Louis Davids was born in Rotterdam as a son of the comedian and pub owner Levie David and Francina Terveen, in a poor Jewish family of eight children. His parents were performing artists and Louis sang from the age of eight years at all the state fairs with his brother Hakkie who played the piano. Until he was 13 years old he also performed with his sister Rika in Rotterdam ouside of the fair. After an argument with his father he left for England to be an assistant to a magician. Returning to Rotterdam a year later, with his sister Rika he managed to secure a job ouside of the fair, working at the Pschorr Theater. Louis and his sister then moved to Amsterdam to work with theater director Frits van Haarlem at the Carré Theater, creating successful revues in English fashion. He furthered his success in revue in 1909 working with Henri ter Hall. After Rika's marriage to English magician John Weil and her move to England the successful duo broke up. Louis then formed another duo, this time with his younger sister Henriëtte (colloquially aka Heintje). The second Davids duo was yet another massive success. Henriëtte's husband, Philip Pinkhof, wrote the roles that Davids and his sister would play. In 1906 Louis married Rebecca Kokernoot with whom he had a daughter. However, it turned out to be an unhappy marriage. While on tour Davids made the acquaintance of Margie Morris who had moved to the Netherlands in 1913. Up until 1922 Louis and Margie formed the duo "He, She and the piano", in which Margie would take on the role as composer. A famous song from this period is 'De Jantjes' which was also released as a silent film in 1922, and as a full motion picture in 1934. Between 1922 and 1926, Davids was the director of the Casino Theater in Rotterdam, but this post did not hold his attention for a long time. In 1929 Louis Davids appeared in the revue 'Lach en vergeet' that included the song which would probably become his most popular title, 'De kleine man'. It was written by Jacques van Tol, with whom Davids would work closely until his death in 1939. Van Tol and Davids agreed that Tol would remain anonymous as the songwriter till 1929. Although Davids was born in Rotterdam, Despite Davids being from Rotterdam, he was a popular performer of the repertoire in local Amsterdam dialect. Davids launched the career of well-known Dutch artists like Wim Kan and Corry Vonk, Wim Sonneveld and Cabaret Ping Pong. In 1937 Louis Davids had to give up his work at the Kurhaus of Scheveningen-cabaret due to asthma. His early passing at the age of 55 was largely due to that condition. This outstanding Dutch version of a 1931 English song was recorded the same year. Sadly, I could not identify the accompanying dance band.