( The ) Blue Room ~ 1948 RCA Version

~ from the 1948 M-G-M film "Words and Music"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, 1926

 

With Chorus and Orchestra directed by Henri René

Produced by Charles Grean and J. Burgess

 

Recorded at NBC Studio 3, New York City

Recording Time 3:30

 

Recorded December 17, 1948   ~  Matrix No. D8VB-4080 Take 1 +

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-3329-A

Single release: RCA-45RPM-47-3329-A

Single Flip Side: "With a Song In My Heart"

US Chart Position No. 18

 

 

 

Notes: ~ introduced by Eva Puck and Sammy White in the original 1926

Broadway musical "The Girl Friend," with music by Richard Rodgers and

lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Other songs included were "The Simple Life"

and "Why Do I." Mr. Como sang it in the 1948 Hollywood musical

"Words and Music" which was a Rodgers and Hart biography.

This was one of only four movies in which he appeared.

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