My Melancholy Baby

Music by Ernie Burnett 

with lyrics by George A. Norton and Maybelle E. Watson, 1912 

Shapiro-Bernstein & Co., Inc.  ~ ASCAP

 

With Russ Case and His Orchestra

 

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recording Time 2:59

 

Recorded November 04, 1947, Matrix No. D7VB-1982 Take 1 - 1A

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-3066 ~ Recording Time 2:57

Single Flip Side: "When You're Smiling"

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With Russ Case and His Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recorded November 4, 1947

 

Notes: ~ this all-time standard was the only hit written by the composer.

Often recorded and used in motion pictures. It was sung by Bing Crosby

in the Hollywood musical "The Birth of the Blues" (1941) and by Judy Garland

in "A Star is Born" (1954) and Gogi Grant, dubbing for Anne Blyth, in "The Helen Morgan Story" (1957).

A Perry Como Discography 

& Digital Companion

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Second Edition Christmas 1993

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25th Anniversary Revision November, 2017

Digital Upgrade August, 2018

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