"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." Composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Otto Harbach, for their musical "Roberta" (1933). Recorded by Elsie Carlisle in London on October 31, 1934. Decca F. 5289. www.elsiecarlisle.com/smoke-ge...
What a lovely, interesting voice! You can hear she straddles the genre of the 1920s/30s broad Vaudeville style and the smoother, more sonorous Jazz style of the late 30s and 40s.
@@larryjohnson6385 Quite right. A few examples such as The Beatles-Ain´t She Sweet, Tiny Tim-Tiptoe Thru the Tulips with me, Herman´s Hermits- I´m Henry the Eight I Am plus scores more ...
I love the songs of the 1930s- the British dance bands remain my favorites - wonderful singers and music - if was pushed to name its two greatest talents - simple - Al Bowlly and Elisie Carlisle
Haven't heard this recording. I do remember Irene Dunn Singing it in a movie.... Robeta's, I believe with Fred and Ginger. They performed Loveky to Look At and others. Smoke Gets I'm Your Eyes was my favorite Jerry Kern song.
WOW thanks so much for the upload. RU-vid is such a beautiful thing that allows us to listen to this music. There is no other version of this song that exists besides on ol' 78s.
It was a huge hit for the Platters in 1959, and a very young (well, about 27, which is young for her, considering she'll be 90 this year!) Nana Mouskouri recorded it (rather nicely IMO) in 1962: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0yA0fWBZwdk.html
Every time I listen to a recording by Elsie, I sometimes think "is this the very best one that she ever made?". Well, on mature reflection, I'm pretty well sure that this one is! Thanks so much for posting this. You are doing a grand job!
This reminds me of the end of the "Great Gatsby" Era. The idealistic fantasy of love begins with a whirl only to end in a whimper. The smoke getting in our eyes after years of life realities hitting us daily.
Да, есть с чем сравнить на сегодня. Лидия Роберти, например, на голову сильнее Стоцкой в Чикаго. И песня прям под ее энергетику. Жаль, что она прожила так мало.
@@PhaaschhThanks - hence the “orchestral accompaniment” on the record label. Al Bowlly had similar anonimity (“vocal accompaniment”) on quite a number of his recordings.
Unfortunately the great Australian singer Judith Durham never recorded this song, since it would be perfect for her wide range voice and bell like resounding power.
See the notes to this clip! Jerome Kern (music) and Otto Harbach (words), for their show Roberta 1933; this recording 1934; Platters 1959; Nana Mouskouri 1962; many others …
Hmm. This is pretty good quality for 1934, but the recorded voice goes back a lot further, and I'm not talking just novelties like the spoken Edison. I have a 1916 Florrie Forde, and if you've ever heard the original (Charles Penrose) "Laughing Policeman", you may not have realised that's from 1926. Gracie Fields 1931 and '4 …
