All Alone (Irving Berlin song)

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"All Alone"
Song
Published1924
Songwriter(s)Irving Berlin

"All Alone" is a popular waltz ballad composed by Irving Berlin in 1924. It was interpolated into the Broadway show The Music Box Revue of 1924 where it was sung by Grace Moore and Oscar Shaw. Moore sat at one end of the stage under a tightly focused spotlight, singing it into a telephone, while Oscar Shaw sat at the other, doing the same.[1]

There were many successful recordings of it in 1925, including those by Al Jolson, John McCormack, Paul Whiteman, Cliff Edwards, Abe Lyman, Ben Selvin and Lewis James.[2] The song became a standard and has been recorded many times and performed by Lucie Arnaz in the Here's Lucy episode "Mod, Mod Lucy" and Miss Piggy in an episode of The Muppet Show.

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  1. ^ Bergreen, Laurence (1990). As Thousands Cheer. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 224. ISBN 0-340-53486-9.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 469. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "The Plastic Age (1925)". YouTube.
  4. ^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  5. ^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Music: Gabor Records Adds Pop Tunes". Billboard. 54 (13): 19. March 28, 1942.
  7. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
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