You Turned the Tables on Me

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"You Turned the Tables on Me"
Single by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra with Helen Ward
B-side "Here's Love in Your Eyes"
Published1936 by Sam Fox Publishing Company
RecordedAugust 13, 1936
Genre
Length2:46
Label Victor 25391
Composer(s) Louis Alter
Lyricist(s) Sidney D. Mitchell

"You Turned the Tables on Me" is a popular song composed by Louis Alter with lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell. It was written for the 1936 film Sing, Baby, Sing , in which it was performed by Alice Faye. [1] The song was soon recorded by Benny Goodman (with vocal refrain by Helen Ward) for Victor Records [2] and topped many charts, reaching No. 3 on Your Hit Parade in November of that year. [3] [4] Goodman later recorded the song again, this time with vocalist Martha Tilton, for the soundtrack of the 1956 biopic The Benny Goodman Story . [5] It has since been covered many times.

References

  1. ↑ "Original versions of You Turned the Tables on Me written by Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell". SecondHandSongs . Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Victor matrix PBS-97710. You turned the tables on me / Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Helen Ward". Discography of American Historical Recordings . Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ Tyler, Don (2007). Hit Songs, 1900–1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland & Company. p. 225. ISBN   978-0-7864-2946-2.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.  617. ISBN   978-0-89820-083-6.
  5. ↑ "Benny Goodman And His Orchestra – The Benny Goodman Story Vol. 1". Discogs . Retrieved July 4, 2022.
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