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(Herbert Stothart (m) / Gus Kahn (l) )
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
My father was Irish, my mother was English
But the Irish has the upper hand in me
And speakin' of Irish people and things
How'd ya like an Irish melody?
There's a light in your eyes, sweetheart darlin'
And it makes all the world fair and bright
Like the light in the skies, sweetheart darlin'
When the mornin' steals out of the night.
His lovelight is shinin' for someone
Sure I'm wondrin' just who it could be
My darlin'...
There's a light in your eyes, sweetheart darlin'
Tell me darlin', it's shinin' for me.
You're wonderful, you're glorious, and so my heart has air
Your island must be heaven
Because you came from there.
There's a light in your eyes, sweetheart darlin'
And it makes all the world fair and bright
Like a light in the skies, sweetheart darlin'
When the mornin' steals out of the night.
His lovelight is shinin' for someone
Sure I'm wondrin' just who it could be
My darlin'...
There's a light in your eyes, sweetheart darlin'
Tell me darlin', that light is shinin' just for me.
Annette Hanshaw - Sweetheart Darlin' (1933) 3 June, 1933 New York. Lyric by Gus Kahn ; music by Herbert Stothart.
Personnel includes: Annette Hanshaw (vocals); Jimmy Dorsey (saxophone); Jack Teagarden (trombone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Joe Venuti (violin); Eddie Lang (guitar); Manny Klein.
Throughout her recording career, starting in 1926 with thousands of
records sold and millions of fans all over the U.S. and England, Annette
sang with the Original Memphis Five, Willard Robison's Deep River
Orchestra, Sam Lanin's Orchestra, Lou Gold's Orchestra, Frank Ferera's
Hawaiian Trio and Rudy Vallee's Connecticut Yankees. Some
of the artists whose solos were featured on her recordings were Red
Nichols, Miff Mole, Phil Napoleon, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Adrian
Rollini, Vic Berton, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, and Jack
Teagarden Orchestras.
In 1929, Hanshaw began performing on CBS
and NBC network radio. In the early 1930s, she sang on the air with Glen
Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra. From 1932 to 1934, Annette was featured on
the popular Thursday evening NBC's radio program, The Maxwell House
ShowBoat. She made her only film appearance in the 1933 Paramount short Captain Henry's Radio Show,
then was voted the most popular female singer along with male singer
Bing Crosby by a nationwide survey! On December 6, 1937 Hanshaw gave the
final performance of her career on The Chevrolet Musical Moments Revue all of these performances can be found on www.youtube.com for free and on Wikipedia.com or on Google.com by using her name.
