Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
| "Let Me Sing – and I'm Happy" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Al Jolson | |
| Released | 1930 |
| Label | Brunswick 4721 |
| Songwriter | Irving Berlin |
| "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Al Jolson | |
| B-side | "If I Only Had a Match" |
| Released | 1948 |
| Label | Decca 4721 |
"Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" is a song written by Irving Berlin and introduced by Al Jolson in the 1930 film Mammy.[1][2][3]
Reception
The Commonweal magazine opined upon the film's release: "[Mr. Jolson] can make such songs as "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" [...] seem to have an importance quite beyong their mildly tuneful worth."[4] The New Movie Magazine called the song "the best of [...] Mammy numbers".[3]
The song became a hit and one of Jolson's signature tunes.[5]
Steven Suskin called the song "warm" and "genuine" in his 1990 song catalogue.[6]
In their book Irving Berlin: A Life in Song, Philip Furia and Graham Wood name "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" as one of Berlin's most buoyant songs.[7]
References
- ↑ Shapiro, Nat (1968). "Popular Music: 1930–1939".
- ↑ "Show Music". 2001.
- 1 2 "The New Movie's Service Department, Reviewing the Newest Phonograph Records of Film Musical Hits". The New Movie Magazine. Vol. 1. 1929. p. 6.
The best of these Mammy numbers by Berlin is "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy"
- ↑ "page 716". Commonweal. Vol. 11. 1930.
- ↑ Leopold, David (25 October 2005). Irving Berlin's Show Business: Broadway – Hollywood – America. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-5891-3.
- ↑ Suskin, Steven (1990). Berlin, Kern, Rodgers, Hart, and Hammerstein: A Complete Song Catalogue. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-471-1.
- ↑ Furia, Philip (1998). Irving Berlin: A Life in Song. Schirmer Books. ISBN 978-0-02-864815-6.