"A Garden in the Rain" | |
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Song by George Metaxa, with Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans | |
Published | 1928 |
Recorded | July 1928 |
Composer(s) | Carroll Gibbons |
Lyricist(s) | James Dyrenforth |
"A Garden in the Rain" | ||||
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Song by Gene Austin | ||||
B-side | "Dream Mother" | |||
Published | 1928 Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd. [1] | |||
Released | May 3, 1929 | |||
Recorded | March 13, 1929 [2] | |||
Genre | Jazz, Pop Vocal | |||
Label | Victor 21915 | |||
Composer(s) | Carroll Gibbons | |||
Lyricist(s) | James Dyrenforth | |||
Gene Austin singles chronology | ||||
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"A Garden in the Rain" is a popular song. The music was composed by Carroll Gibbons, the lyrics by James Dyrenforth. The song was published in 1928. The song was first recorded by the composer, Carroll Gibbons with the Savoy Hotel Orpheans and vocals by George Metaxa (later spelled: Georges Metaxa), in July 1928.
In 1942 Garden In The Rain was used as part of the score for the Marlene Dietrich movie Pittsburgh , also played throughout the films trailer.
The song had two periods of great popularity: in 1929 and in 1952. [3]
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