who sang smoke gets in your eyes first
Gertrude Niesen Tamara Drasin
title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes text: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical "Roberta". The song was sung in the Broadway show by Tamara Drasin. Its first recorded performance was by Gertrude Niesen, who recorded the song with orchestral direction from Ray Sinatra, Frank Sinatra's second cousin, on October 13, 1933. Niesen's recording of the song was released by Victor, with the B-side, "Jealousy", featuring Isham Jones and his Orchestra. Paul Whiteman had the first hit recording of the song on the record charts in title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes text: "Night and Day". During the mid-to-late 1930s Larry Adler and Henry Hall recorded live radio performances of the song on BBC Radio. Adler's rendition was a syncopated, harmonic arrangement. Hall's was with the BBC orchestra with vocals by Dan Donovan. Hall's version was released as a 10" single. Pianist Art Tatum said in an introduction in 1955 that he performed "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in the 1930s. In 1941 the Benny Goodman Orchestra played the song on the radio with Helen Forrest. Forrest left the ensemble during the early part of 1941. Goodman replaced her with Peggy Lee. Her title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes text: recording for a Mutual broadcast was released on the album "Benny and Sid Roll 'Em". Glenn Miller conducted his rendition of the song at Abbey Road Studios in 1944, but due to his death later that year, his version was unreleased until 1995. On October 30, 1946 Nat "King" Cole recorded the song in his trio with Oscar Moore on guitar and Johnny Miller on double bass during a live broadcast from New York City. Cole performed it on television in 1957 for "The Nat King Cole Show". Harry Belafonte made a recording of the song in 1949 with jazz title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes text: song, Polly Bergen performed the song during the series premiere of her variety show "The Polly Bergen Show", originally airing September 21, 1957. In 1958 Sarah Vaughan released her rendition on her album, "No Count Sarah". Eartha Kitt recorded "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" with the Henri Rene Orchestra in 1952. These sessions also yielded her hit single "Santa Baby". "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" was recorded in 1958 by The Platters for their album "Remember When?". The group's version became a number one hit in the U.S. on the "Billboard" Hot 100 music chart. In 1959 it peaked at title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes text: 1934. The song was reprised by Irene Dunne, who performed it in the 1935 film adaptation of the musical co-starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott. The song was also included in the 1952 remake of "Roberta", "Lovely to Look At", in which it was performed by Kathryn Grayson, and was a number 1 chart hit in 1958 for The Platters. Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra performed the song with vocals by Bob Lawrence. This version of the song topped music charts in 1934. The Tommy Dorsey orchestra released their version in 1938. The B-side to Dorsey's single was