Ruth Etting, Ben Selvin - "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1930)
Details
| Title | Ruth Etting, Ben Selvin - "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1930) |
| Author | bsgs98 |
| Duration | 3:28 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=ulrEwSEIgko |
Description
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Words by Al Dubin, music by Joe Burke
Performed by Ben Selvin and His Orchestra, Vocal refrain by Ruth Etting
Recorded May 15, 1930
Ben Selvin (1898 - 1980) was the recording director at Columbia records. Still in his thirties, Selvin already had nearly two decades in the music business as a violinist, an orchestra leader, a songwriter, a music contractor, a radio conductor and a recording artist. His 1918 rendition of "Dardenella" is said to be the first record to sell more than a million copies. As recording director for Columbia Selvin organized sessions for popular singers like Ruth Etting, Ethel Waters and Kate Smith and produced dates by studio groups that were sometimes released under his own name, sometimes under pseudonyms as The Columbia Photo Players and The Midnight Minstrels. He was also supervised many of Benny Goodman's early recording sessions, featuring Tommy Dorsey, Manny Kline, Adrian Rollini, Rube Bloom and Eddie Lang.
Ruth Etting (1897 - 1978) was born in David City, Nebraska. She attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts; originally intended to be a fashion designer; At 17 she got a job in a Chicago night club working on costumes. Debut in chorus of revue at the Marigold Gardens Theatre, Chicago, 1925. She sang on early radio eventually winning title of "Chicago's Sweetheart." New York stage debut in the 1927 edition of Ziegfeld Follies (New Amsterdam), August 16, 1927. Appeared in the same theatre, December 4, 1928, in "Whoopee" with Eddie Cantor. Several other reviews including the "Ziegfeld Follies of 1931." Debut in London in "Transatlantic Rhythm" at the Adelphi, October 1, 1934. Made several films, the best-remembered being "Roman Scandals", 1933. Composed several popular songs, "Wistful and Blue" and "When You're With Somebody Else' and "Maybe, Who Knows," being among them. Doris Day played the role of Etting in the 1955 movie "Love Me or Leave Me." James Cagney co-starred.
