<P> `` Smoke Gets in Your Eyes '' is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 musical Roberta . The song was sung in the original 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 , catalog # VE B 24454 , with the B - side , `` Jealousy '' , featuring Isham Jones and his Orchestra . </P>
<P> `` Smoke Gets in Your Eyes '' is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 musical Roberta . The song was sung in the original 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 , catalog # VE B 24454 , with the B - side , `` Jealousy '' , featuring Isham Jones and his Orchestra . </P>
when was the song smoke gets in your eyes written
when was the song smoke gets in your eyes written
1933
1933