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{{short description|Original song written and composed by Ruth Lowe}}
{{short description|1939 song by Ruth Lowe}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = I'll Never Smile Again
| name = I'll Never Smile Again
| cover = Ill never smile again.jpg
| cover = Ill never smile again.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| published = {{Start date|1939|11|27}} by Sun Music Co., Inc., New York<ref>{{Cite book |last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office. |url=http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig353libr |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1940 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 35 Pt 3 For the Year 1940 |date=1940 |publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off. |others=United States Copyright Office |language=English}}</ref>
| published = {{Start date|1939|11|27}} by Sun Music Co., Inc., New York<ref name=pub>{{Cite book |last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office. |url=http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig353libr |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1940 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 35 Pt 3 For the Year 1940 |date=1940 |publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off. |others=United States Copyright Office |language=English}}</ref>
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] with [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[the Pied Pipers]]
| artist = [[Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] with [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[the Pied Pipers]]
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{{Infobox song
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"'''I'll Never Smile Again'''" is a [[1940 in music|1940]] [[song]] written by [[Ruth Lowe]].<ref>According to Peter Levinson in the Tommy Dorsey biography, ''Livin In A Great Big Way'', "I'll Never Smile Again" was recorded May 23, 1940.</ref> It has been recorded by many other artists since, becoming a [[pop standards|standard]].
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| name = I'll Never Smile Again
| cover =
| alt =
| published = Sun Music, Inc.
| type = single
| artist = [[The Platters]]
| album = Remember When?
| B-side = You Don't Say

| released = July 7, 1961
| format =
| recorded = 1961
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[R&B]]
| length = 2:53
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| writer = [[Ruth Lowe]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[If I Didn't Care]]
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = You'll Never Know
| next_year = 1961
}}

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"'''I'll Never Smile Again'''" is a [[1940 in music|1939]]<ref name=pub/> [[song]] which became a 1940 ''Billboard'' chart-topper by [[Tommy Dorsey]] written by [[Ruth Lowe]].<ref>According to Peter Levinson in the Tommy Dorsey biography, ''Livin In A Great Big Way'', "I'll Never Smile Again" was recorded May 23, 1940.</ref> It has been recorded by many other artists since, becoming a jazz and pop [[pop standards|standard]].

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The most successful and best-known million selling single version of the song was recorded by [[Tommy Dorsey]] and His Orchestra, with vocals provided by [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[The Pied Pipers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633231/m1/#track/4|title = Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #2|year = 1972}}</ref> Tommy Dorsey has a solo on trombone during the break and as a coda near the end of the song. This recording was released as a Victor 78, 26628A, in 1940. This version was number one on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'''s first "National List of Best Selling Retail Records"—the first official national music chart—on July 27, 1940, staying at the top spot for 12 weeks until October 12, 1940.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Frank|title=Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000|date=May 23, 2016|publisher=Routledge|location=London; New York|isbn=978-0-415-97715-9|page=92|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAI3DAAAQBAJ|access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> The tune was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame|url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#i|website=[[Grammy Award|Grammy.org]]|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626200735/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#i|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra performed the song in the 1941 [[Paramount Pictures]] musical ''[[Las Vegas Nights]]''. The Dorsey and Sinatra recording was also released as a [[V-disc]] in February, 1946 by the U.S. War Department for the armed forces.


Ruth Lowe personally presented the song to Tommy Dorsey.<ref>Jennings, Peter. ''Until I Smile At You: How one girl's heartbreak electrified Frank Sinatra's fame!'' Victoria, BC, Canada: Castle Carrington, 2020</ref><ref>Jennings, Peter. ''Ruth's Wonderful Song.'' Victoria, BC, Canada: Castle Carrington, 2021.</ref> [[Percy Faith]] performed it first live on radio broadcasts on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. [[Glenn Miller]] made the first recording and was the first to release it. The composition had its copyright renewed in 1966, and it will enter the American public domain on January 1, 2035.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/catalogofco1966320512lib/page/2189/mode/1up?view=theater&q=smile|title=Catalog of Copyright Entires Music 1966|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
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The most successful and best-known million selling single version of the song was recorded by [[Tommy Dorsey]] and His Orchestra, with vocals provided by [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[The Pied Pipers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633231/m1/#track/4|title = Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #2|year = 1972}}</ref> This recording was released as a Victor 78, 26628A, in 1940. This version was number one on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'''s first "National List of Best Selling Retail Records"—the first official national music chart—on July 27, 1940, staying at the top spot for 12 weeks until October 12, 1940.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Frank|title=Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000|date=May 23, 2016|publisher=Routledge|location=London; New York|isbn=978-0-415-97715-9|page=92|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAI3DAAAQBAJ|access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> The tune was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame|url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#i|website=[[Grammy Award|Grammy.org]]|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref>


==Versions==
==Versions==
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*[[Glenn Miller]] was the first to record and release the song on RCA Bluebird Records with [[Ray Eberle]] on vocals. He recorded the song on February 19, 1940 and released it on April 12.<ref>[https://secondhandsongs.com/work/39438/all "I'll Never Smile Again", Second Hand Songs. Retrieved August 18, 2024.]</ref>
* [[The Ink Spots]] recorded the song in August 1940,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cover versions of I'll Never Smile Again by Ink Spots {{!}} SecondHandSongs|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/527629/versions?sort=date&reverse=1#versions39438|access-date=2021-01-27|website=secondhandsongs.com}}</ref> which was just a few months after the first release of the song.
* [[The Ink Spots]] recorded the song in August 1940,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cover versions of I'll Never Smile Again by Ink Spots {{!}} SecondHandSongs|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/527629/versions?sort=date&reverse=1#versions39438|access-date=2021-01-27|website=secondhandsongs.com}}</ref> which was just a few months after the first release of the song.
*In 1940, the song was also recorded by [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]]. [[Elton Britt]], [[Ginny Simms]], and [[Oscar Rabin]]
*The song appears on the 1954 [[Dave Brubeck Quartet]] live album ''[[Jazz at the College of the Pacific]].''
*The song appears on the 1954 [[Dave Brubeck Quartet]] live album ''[[Jazz at the College of the Pacific]].''
* [[Sarah Vaughan]] recorded the song on the 1955 ''[[In the Land of Hi-Fi (Sarah Vaughan album)|In the Land of Hi-Fi]].''
* [[Billie Holiday]] recorded the song in 1959, the last year of her life, on the posthumous album ''[[Last Recording]].''
* [[Billie Holiday]] recorded the song in 1959, the last year of her life, on the posthumous album ''[[Last Recording]].''
* [[The Platters]] brought the song back to the top 40 in 1961, where their version went to #25 on the [[Hot 100]] and #17 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B Sides]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=463}}</ref>
* [[The Platters]] brought the song back to the top 40 in 1961, where their version went to #25 on the [[Hot 100]] and #17 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B Sides]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=463}}</ref>
* [[Al Hirt]] released a version in [[1962 in music|1962]] on his ''[[Trumpet and Strings]]''<ref>[http://www.allusic.com/album/trumpet-and-strings-mw0000910613 Al Hirt, ''Trumpet and Strings''] Retrieved April 8, 2013.</ref>
* [[Al Hirt]] released a version in [[1962 in music|1962]] on his ''[[Trumpet and Strings]]''<ref>[http://www.allusic.com/album/trumpet-and-strings-mw0000910613 Al Hirt, ''Trumpet and Strings''] Retrieved April 8, 2013.</ref>
* [[Bill Evans]] on the 1963 ''[[Interplay (Bill Evans album)|Interplay]]''<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/interplay-mw0000188120 Bill Evans, ''Interplay'']. Retrieved November 21, 2014.</ref>
* [[Bill Evans]] on the 1963 ''[[Interplay (Bill Evans album)|Interplay]]''<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/interplay-mw0000188120 Bill Evans, ''Interplay'']. Retrieved November 21, 2014.</ref>
*Frank Sinatra included it on his 1959 ''[[No One Cares]]'' album. He also re-recorded the song in 1965 for the double album ''[[A Man and His Music]]'', complete with faithful reproduction of the [[Celesta|celeste]] and choral accompaniment which characterized the 1940 recording.
*Frank Sinatra included it on his 1959 ''[[No One Cares]]'' album. He also re-recorded the song in 1965 for the double album ''[[A Man and His Music]]'', complete with faithful reproduction of the [[Celesta|celeste]] and choral accompaniment which characterized the 1940 recording that was arranged by Fred Stulce.<ref>Freedland, Michael (1998). ''All the Way: A Biography of Frank Sinatra.'' New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-19108-5.</ref>
*Italian-American crossover artist, [[Sergio Franchi]] covered this song on his 1967 [[RCA Victor]] album, ''From Sergio - With Love''.<ref>http://www.discogs.com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421065208/http://www.discogs.com/ |date=2012-04-21 }} Sergio Franchi</ref>
*The song was also covered by popular Australian rock group [[Daddy Cool (band)|Daddy Cool]]—they scored an Australian Top 20 hit with their version, which was released as a single in July 1972, shortly before the group broke up; they also performed it at their farewell concert in [[Melbourne, Australia]] in August 1972, which was recorded and subsequently released as a [[Daddy Cool Live! The Last Drive-In Movie Show|double-album]] in 1973.
*The song was also covered by popular Australian rock group [[Daddy Cool (band)|Daddy Cool]]—they scored an Australian Top 20 hit with their version, which was released as a single in July 1972, shortly before the group broke up; they also performed it at their farewell concert in [[Melbourne, Australia]] in August 1972, which was recorded and subsequently released as a [[Daddy Cool Live! The Last Drive-In Movie Show|double-album]] in 1973.


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==Sources==
==Sources==
*Peter Jennings, ''Until I Smile At You: How one girl's heartbreak electrified Frank Sinatra's fame!'' (Victoria, BC, Canada: Castle Carrington, 2020).

*Peter J. Levinson, ''Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way: a Biography'' (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2005). {{ISBN|978-0-306-81111-1}}
*Peter J. Levinson, ''Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way: a Biography'' (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2005). {{ISBN|978-0-306-81111-1}}
*Robert L. Stockdale, ''Tommy Dorsey: On The Side'' (Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1995). {{ISBN|978-0-8108-2951-0}}
*Robert L. Stockdale, ''Tommy Dorsey: On The Side'' (Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1995). {{ISBN|978-0-8108-2951-0}}


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Latest revision as of 04:01, 6 November 2024

"I'll Never Smile Again"
Single by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers
PublishedNovember 27, 1939 (1939-11-27) by Sun Music Co., Inc., New York[1]
ReleasedJune 7, 1940
RecordedApril 23, 1940
GenreJazz
Length3:12
LabelVictor 26628
Songwriter(s)Ruth Lowe
"I'll Never Smile Again"
Single by The Platters
from the album Remember When?
B-side"You Don't Say"
PublishedSun Music, Inc.
ReleasedJuly 7, 1961
Recorded1961
GenreR&B
Length2:53
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Ruth Lowe
The Platters singles chronology
"If I Didn't Care"
(1961) 		"I'll Never Smile Again"
(1961) 		"You'll Never Know"
(1961)

"I'll Never Smile Again" is a 1939[1] song which became a 1940 Billboard chart-topper by Tommy Dorsey written by Ruth Lowe.[2] It has been recorded by many other artists since, becoming a jazz and pop standard.

The most successful and best-known million selling single version of the song was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with vocals provided by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers.[3] Tommy Dorsey has a solo on trombone during the break and as a coda near the end of the song. This recording was released as a Victor 78, 26628A, in 1940. This version was number one on Billboard's first "National List of Best Selling Retail Records"—the first official national music chart—on July 27, 1940, staying at the top spot for 12 weeks until October 12, 1940.[4] The tune was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.[5] Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra performed the song in the 1941 Paramount Pictures musical Las Vegas Nights. The Dorsey and Sinatra recording was also released as a V-disc in February, 1946 by the U.S. War Department for the armed forces.

Ruth Lowe personally presented the song to Tommy Dorsey.[6][7] Percy Faith performed it first live on radio broadcasts on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Glenn Miller made the first recording and was the first to release it. The composition had its copyright renewed in 1966, and it will enter the American public domain on January 1, 2035.[8]

Versions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1940). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1940 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 35 Pt 3 For the Year 1940. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ^ According to Peter Levinson in the Tommy Dorsey biography, Livin In A Great Big Way, "I'll Never Smile Again" was recorded May 23, 1940.
  3. ^ "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #2". 1972.
  4. ^ Hoffmann, Frank (May 23, 2016). Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000. London; New York: Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-415-97715-9. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". Grammy.org. The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. ^ Jennings, Peter. Until I Smile At You: How one girl's heartbreak electrified Frank Sinatra's fame! Victoria, BC, Canada: Castle Carrington, 2020
  7. ^ Jennings, Peter. Ruth's Wonderful Song. Victoria, BC, Canada: Castle Carrington, 2021.
  8. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entires Music 1966". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  9. ^ "I'll Never Smile Again", Second Hand Songs. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  10. ^ "Cover versions of I'll Never Smile Again by Ink Spots | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 463.
  12. ^ Al Hirt, Trumpet and Strings Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  13. ^ Bill Evans, Interplay. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  14. ^ Freedland, Michael (1998). All the Way: A Biography of Frank Sinatra. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-19108-5.

Sources

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  • Peter Jennings, Until I Smile At You: How one girl's heartbreak electrified Frank Sinatra's fame! (Victoria, BC, Canada: Castle Carrington, 2020).
  • Peter J. Levinson, Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way: a Biography (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2005). ISBN 978-0-306-81111-1
  • Robert L. Stockdale, Tommy Dorsey: On The Side (Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1995). ISBN 978-0-8108-2951-0
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