Tonight You Belong to Me

"To-Night You Belong To Me"
Song by Gene Austin
B-side"It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry"
Published1926 by C & J David Music Company, Anne-Rachel Music Corporation,[1] Mills Music Inc.[2]
ReleasedJanuary 14, 1927[3]
RecordedDecember 1, 1926[4]
StudioVictor Studios, New York City
GenreJazz, Pop Vocal
LabelVictor 20371
Songwriter(s)Billy Rose, Lee David
Gene Austin singles chronology
"Bye Bye Blackbird"
(1926)
"To-Night You Belong To Me"
(1927)
"Ain't She Sweet"
(1927)
"Tonight You Belong to Me"
Single by Patience and Prudence
B-side"A Smile and a Ribbon"
ReleasedJuly 1956
GenreTraditional pop
Length1:50
LabelLiberty
Songwriter(s)Billy Rose, Lee David
Producer(s)Mark McIntyre
Patience and Prudence singles chronology
"Dreamers' Bay"
(1956)
"Tonight You Belong to Me"
(1956)
"You Tattletale"
(1957)

"Tonight You Belong to Me" is an American popular song, written in 1926 by lyricist Billy Rose and composer Lee David. The first ever recording was made by Irving Kaufman in 1926 on Banner Records.[5] In 1927 Gene Austin recorded it and the song became a major hit. Another popular recording during this time was by Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orchestra.

  1. ^ "Anne-Rachel Music". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. ^ "Original versions of Tonight You Belong to Me written by Lee David, Billy Rose | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  3. ^ "Cover versions of To-night You Belong to Me by Gene Austin | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  4. ^ 78 Record: Gene Austin - To-Night You Belong To Me (1927), retrieved 2021-08-06
  5. ^ Don Tyler (2 April 2007). Hit Songs 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. ISBN 9780786429462 – via Amazon.com.