<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Jeepers Creepers" is a popular song and jazz standard . The music was written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the 1938 movie Going Places . It was premiered by Louis Armstrong and has been covered by many other musicians . The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1938 but lost to "Thanks for the Memory". </P> <P> This song was featured in the 1938 film Going Places starring Dick Powell, Anita Louise, and Ronald Reagan . Louis Armstrong appears in the role of Gabriel, the trainer of a race horse named Jeepers Creepers . Jeepers Creepers is a wild horse and can only be soothed enough to let someone ride him when Gabriel plays the song "Jeepers Creepers" on his trumpet or sings it to him . Gabriel wrote the song specifically for the horse . The phrase "jeepers creepers", a slang expression and minced oath euphemism for Jesus Christ, predates both the song and film . </P> <P> The lyrics of the song are under copyright; the most famous pair of lines is: </P>

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