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Wayne King – Alice Blue Gown / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
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Wayne King – Alice Blue Gown / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Label: Victor – 27453
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country: Canada
Released:
Genre: Pop
A: Alice Blue Gown Waltz
Composers Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney
Album P70-7 Chicago 3/1/1940
The hit song "Alice Blue Gown", inspired by Longworth's signature gown, premiered in Harry Tierney's 1919 Broadway musical Irene. The musical was made into a film in 1940 starring Anna Neagle and Ray Milland.
B: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Composers Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
Album P70-8 New York 7/21/1939
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 musical Roberta.
