Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is a pop song, the composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach have written in 1933 for her musical Roberta. Cover versions of the song evolved several times (1934, 1959) to number -one hit; Also the song is a jazz standard.

Genesis

The work was composed of a subject, the core of his musical Show Boat (1927 ) had written, and there initially wanted to use for a tap dance insert between two scenes. Harbach discovered the melody in core documents and asked him to extend the short march-like note values. Core corresponded to this request, and also wrote a B-segment, " the counteracted the harmonically simple A- part with key changes. " The held consistently in major song, the song form A- A'-B -A ', where the A- part of the chord progression I- II7 - V7 - I, then I - I7 ( 5 ) ( V7/IV ) - IV - iv ˚ # 7 - I is based. This creates " an operetta-like melody with long tones on the one and a somewhat solemn attitude that calls for opulent orchestration ". Harbach wrote a text on the Russian proverb "If your heart is on fire, you'll get tears in my eyes " builds.

Reception history

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was originally recorded by Gertrude Niesen for the Victor label; the recording session was on 13 October 1933. November 18, 1933, the premiere of the musical on Broadway, where the play was very successful and has been listed 293 times. 1935 Hollywood filmed the musical; in the film Roberta, the song was sung by Irene Dunne and danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. In 1934 came four cover versions in the American charts, with several times front seats were occupied:

  • Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (vocal: Bob Lawrence, # 1)
  • Leo Reisman and His Orchestra (vocal: Tamara, # 3)
  • Emil Coleman and His Orchestra Riviera (vocal: Jerry Cooper, # 4)
  • Ruth Etting (# 15)

Artie Shaw was with his version of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, which he recorded with the Gramercy Five, also economically successful (1941, # 24). Victor Young recorded the song that same year on Connee Boswell with. Nat King Cole played the song repeatedly since 1946. Also the version of Vic Damone (1956 ) has been observed. Ray Conniff Smoke Gets in Your Eyes used as his Erkennungsmelodie.1958 the song of the doo wop group The Platters was recorded in 1959 had a number -one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with him; in the U.S. R & B charts made ​​it their version of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes only up to third place. In the British charts, the Platters version led to the beginning of 1959 for four weeks on the charts.

The British band Blue Haze, which was formed by Johnny Arthey and Phil Swern, reached in 1972 with their version of the German court 42, 1973 # 27 in the American charts. Bryan Ferry interpreted the song on his album Another Time, Another Place, which came in the British charts in 1974 at number 17.

Use in the film

The song was used several times in movies:

  • Until the clouds pass (Till The Clouds Roll by ) (1946, Cyd Charisse and Gower Champion )
  • Men make fashion (Lovely to Look At) (1952, Kathryn Grayson )
  • American Graffiti (1973, The Platters )
  • Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, Ray Conniff )
  • Always - The Fire Angel by Montana (1989, JD Souther )
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, Nu Colours )
  • Smoke (1995, Jerry Garcia )
  • Tea with Mussolini (1999, Franco Zeffirelli )
  • Hearts in Atlantis (2001, The Platters )
  • (T) spaceship Surprise - Period 1 (2004, The Platters )
  • Three Times (2005, The Platters )

Use in series

Use as a jazz standard

Many jazz musicians have taken up quite early the song, such as Art Tatum, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson. Although also innovators such as Thelonious Monk, Abdullah Ibrahim or Archie Shepp interpreted the song, "radical reinterpretations of flattering, but a little stiff tune the exception" remained. Here is about John Lewis ( 1959) mentioned. Most jazz interpretations chose either " the possibility of a quasi- vocal appropriation of the theme, as she tried to Clifford Brown on his plate With Strings, or a gentle irony, as early as 1940 vorführte Artie Shaw with harpsichord and guitar. " Even singers have adopted the song about Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald. Eartha Kitt recorded the song on a combo to Rolf and Joachim Kühn.

Broadway theatre Roberta (1935 film) John Lewis (Pianist) Ray Copeland (musician) Frank Foster (musician)
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