1950 ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT 78 AL JOLSON -PRE-ELVIS E
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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS RARE 1950 (PRE-ELVIS) VERSION OF THE 1926 CLASSIC SONG
"ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT"
BY AL JOLSON
"Are You Lonesome To-night?," now often known as "Are You Lonesome Tonight?," is a popular song with music by Lou Handman and lyrics by Roy Turk. It was first published in 1926, and most notably covered by Elvis in 1960.
A number of artists recorded "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" in 1927. Composer Lou Handman himself played piano while his sister Edith provided the vocals for a recording released on the Gennett label. Vaughn DeLeath (also known as "The Original Radio Girl") recorded the song twice, first on June 13, as solo and later on September 21, as vocalist for The Colonial Club Orchestra. Around August 1927, another version was released by famed tenor Henry Burr.
The first charting version of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" was recorded by Blue Barron for MGM Records as catalog number 10628. The record first reached the Billboard pop chart on April 7, 1950 and lasted eight weeks there, peaking at number nineteen.
Only a few weeks after Barron's recording, Al Jolson recorded a version of the song on April 28 1950.
In 1959 American songstress Jaye P. Morgan had a Billboard #65 hit with it on the MGM label, backed by "Miss You". Elvis Presley must have heard it while he was in the army in Europe, as he also heard and was inspired by other songs like "O Sole Mio" and "Return To Sorrento", which he made into hits on his return in 1960.
DISC DETAILS
UK BRUNSWICK 04559 10" 78rpm
A SIDE:- ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
B SIDE: NO BAD SONGS FOR ME
CONDITION EX+
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