The Frim-Fram Sauce

{{Short description|Song performed by Nat King Cole}}

"The Frim-Fram Sauce" is a jazz song written by Redd Evans and Joe Ricardel.{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/frim-fram-sauce-mt0017405470 |title=Diana Krall: Frim Fram Sauce |website=AllMusic |accessdate=April 13, 2020}} In 2002, journalist William Safire said frim-fram sauce was a variant of flim-flam or deceit{{cite news |author=William Safire |title=Our lyrical language: William Safire on the symbiosis between the spoken and the sung |date=2002-05-03 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/may/04/books.guardianreview1 |publisher=The Guardian (originally published in The New York Times 2002) |accessdate=2012-01-13}} and "ussin-fay" was pig Latin for "fussing", meaning "playing about fretfully". Safire quoted singer Diana Krall on the meaning of "shafafa": "'It's all about sex,' she replied innocently."

The song was made famous by The King Cole Trio whose recording on October 11, 1945 (Capitol 224){{cite web |title=45worlds.com |url=https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/nc183982us |website=45worlds.com |accessdate=July 8, 2020}} reached the Billboard charts with a peak position of No. 19.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=37}} "The Frim-Fram Sauce" was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong in 1946 and many other artists have also made recordings{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-frim-fram-sauce-mt0015380174|title = The Frim Fram Sauce - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald | Song Info | AllMusic|website = AllMusic}} including Diana Krall who recorded the song for her albums Stepping Out (1993) and All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996).