I'll Never Smile Again

I'll Never Smile Again is a composition by Ruth Lowe. The song was written in 1939 and recorded and released in 1940 by Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra.

Genesis of the song

The young Canadian Ruth Lowe, the pianist at Ira Rae Hutton, wrote " I'll Never Smile Again " in memory of her late husband. When the Tommy Dorsey band was staying in the summer of 1939 in Toronto and performed as part of the Canadian National Exhibition, Ruth Lowe came every evening to the stage area, to meet Tommy Dorsey. It would have a demo; the song would fit well with his band, she said to the band members. Finally took pity Carmen Mastren, pianist and arranger of the band and participated in the demo, but could not Dorsey to bring it to listen. Finally, the song that had since been sold, landed at Glenn Miller, who recorded it with moderate success. Eight months after the Toronto performances to Dorsey then decided yet, record the song on May 23, 1940, Frank Sinatra; he became one of his biggest hits. The listeners of the later war period interpreted the lyrics then as an expression of their own loneliness.

" I'll Never Smile Again " was then the first # 1 hit in the weekly Billboard charts of best-selling singles. After the song was interpreted by many artists of popular music such as jazz; the early versions, including by Django Reinhardt / Hubert Rostaing 1947 made ​​him in their Blue Star Session also become a jazz standard, which is then played by Johnny Otis, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, George Shearing, Teddy Stauffer, Oscar Peterson, and many other been.

Others

The title of the song was parodied in 1941 for the short film I'll Never Heil Again the Three Stooges; "salvation " in the title refers to the satirized in the movie National Socialism.