Artist: Jack Denny
Author: Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II
Label: Victor
Year: 1932
In Broadway musical Music In The Air. Vocal: Paul Small. Where Irving Berlin set the standards for Tin Pan Alley pop tunes, Kern excelled in show tunes and film songs. See also: Ol' Man River, Yesterdays and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
Covers:
Linda Scott [top 10 UK; later prominently in David Lynch film Mulholland Drive]
Jean-Paul Mauric [as La Nuit de l'été]
Willeke Alberti [as Toch Ben Ik Dol Op Jou]
Michèle Richard [as Je ne t'en ai rien dit]
Melody possibly inspired by the song of the finch that kept Jerome awake two nights in a row. It also reminds a passage in Ponchielli's Danza Delle Ore (see there).