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"All Alone" is a popular waltz ballad composed by Irving Berlin in 1924. It was interpolated into the Broadway show The Music Box Revue of 1924 where it was sung by Grace Moore and Oscar Shaw. Moore sat at one end of the stage under a tightly focused spotlight, singing it into a telephone, while Oscar Shaw sat at the other, doing the same.
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- ↑ "Rodgers & Hammerstein - Julie Andrews, Ben Kingsley, Lea Salonga, Peabo Bryson And Marilyn Horne, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri - The King And I". Discogs.com. 1992. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Max Bygraves - 100 Golden Greats". Discogs.com. 1976. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Barbara Cook, Theodore Bikel, Jeanette Scovotti, Lehman Engel – The King And I (1960, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 1960. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". Bingmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Jane Powell With David Rose & His Orchestra - Something Wonderful". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Dinah Shore - Hello, Young Lovers". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Frank Sinatra Discography". Jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Starlighters: A Discography". Honkingduck.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
