When did the Platters do smoke gets in your eyes?
1958
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” was recorded in 1958 by The Platters for their album Remember When?. The group’s version became a number one hit in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart.
What is Smoke gets in your eyes about?
In the first part of the song, the singer describes how he was in love, but his friends just told him he was blind to the truth; “When your heart’s on fire [a metaphor for being in love] / You must realize / Smoke gets in your eyes”. The fire in the singer’s heart is creating smoke which is making him blind.
Who wrote lyrics to smoke gets in your eyes?
Jerome KernSmoke Gets in Your Eyes / ComposerJerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in Wikipedia
Who sang Smoke gets in your eyes for the platters?
The PlattersSmoke Gets in Your Eyes / Artist
What genre is Smoke Gets in Your Eyes book?
Biography
Autobiography
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory/Genres
Who originally sang when smoke gets in your eyes?
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 musical Roberta. The song was sung in the original Broadway show by Tamara Drasin.
Who sang Smoke gets in your eyes in the movie always?
Hollywood’s 1935 movie version of Roberta, from the RKO studio, starred the excessively talented Irene Dunne, who sang “Smoke” beautifully and — in their third film together — Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, who danced to it just as beautifully.
Who was the lead singer of The Platters?
Tony Williams1953 – 1960
Sonny Turner1960 – 1970Monroe Powell1970 – 1995Cornell Gunter1953 – 1953
The Platters/Lead singers