I'll Never Smile Again
1939 song by Ruth Lowe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"I'll Never Smile Again" is a 1939[1] song written by Ruth Lowe.[2] It has been recorded by many other artists since, becoming a standard.
"I'll Never Smile Again" | |
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Single by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers | |
Published | November 27, 1939 (1939-11-27) by Sun Music Co., Inc., New York[1] |
Released | June 7, 1940 |
Recorded | April 23, 1940 |
Genre | Jazz |
Length | 3:12 |
Label | Victor 26628 |
Songwriter(s) | Ruth Lowe |
"I'll Never Smile Again" | ||||
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Single by The Platters | ||||
from the album Remember When? | ||||
B-side | "You Don't Say" | |||
Published | Sun Music, Inc. | |||
Released | July 7, 1961 | |||
Recorded | 1961 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 2:53 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ruth Lowe | |||
The Platters singles chronology | ||||
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The most successful and best-known million selling single version of the song was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with vocals provided by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers.[3] This recording was released as a Victor 78, 26628A, in 1940. This version was number one on Billboard's first "National List of Best Selling Retail Records"—the first official national music chart—on July 27, 1940, staying at the top spot for 12 weeks until October 12, 1940.[4] The tune was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.[5] Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra performed the song in the 1941 Paramount Pictures musical Las Vegas Nights. The Dorsey and Sinatra recording was also released as a V-disc in February, 1946 by the U.S. War Department for the armed forces.
Ruth Lowe personally presented the song to Tommy Dorsey. Percy Faith performed it first. Glenn Miller made the first recording and was the first to release it. The composition had its copyright renewed in 1966, and it will enter the American public domain on January 1, 2035.[6]