What'll I Do ?

Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1924

With Russ Case and His Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recording Time 3:03

Recorded September 25, 1947 ~ Matrix No. D7VB-1277 Take 1 - 1A

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-2662-A ( P 187 )

RCA-45RPM 47-2747 ( 1949 )

Single Flip Side: "Love Me Or Leave Me"

Album issue: RCA Generic 78 "Russ Case Collection Vol. 2" 1940s Folio Release

Notes: ~ One of Irving Berlin's ballad classics. It was published as a non-production song and is listed that way in the Berlin catalog, even though it was interpolated by Grace Moore in the Stage Musical "Music Box Revue" after the opening. The song was sung by a chorus in "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1938; it was sung by Danny Thomas in "Big City", 1948; and was prominently used as the background theme throughout "The Great Gatsby" in 1974. In addition to Perry's recording in 1947, other popular recordings by Paul Whiteman for RCA Victor and Decca, Henry Burr and Marcia Freer, also for RCA Victor, Art Lund for MGM, Nat King Cole and Giselle McKenzie for Capitol, and Frank Sinatra for Columbia.