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Artist: Dennis King & Mary Ellis
Author: Otto Harbach/Oscar Hammerstein II/Rudolf Friml
Year: 1924
In musical comedy Rose-Marie (see also there) as Jim Kenyon and Rose-Marie LaFlamme respectively. At first published separately as The Call. Rudolf Friml was a Czech composer who'd been one of Antonin Dvorak's students while in Prague.
Covers:
Leo Reisman Orch. [oldest recording (Columbia); top 10 US]
Paul Whiteman [top 3 US]
Olive Kline [first vocal version]
Edith Day & Derek Oldham [in West End cast]
Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy [in first film version; top 10 US]
Artie Shaw [top 10 US]
Slim Whitman [top 3 C&W & top 10 US]
Ann Blyth & Fernando Lamas [in second film version]
Carl Denver [hit UK]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Belgium