| "A Garden in the Rain" | |
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 Sheet music cover, 1928 | |
| 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 Gibbons with the Savoy Hotel Orpheans and vocals by George Metaxa (later spelled: Georges Metaxa), in July 1928. Gibbons took over as bandleader of the Savoy Hotel Orpheans in 1931, and the tune became his Savoy signature.[3]
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.
- ^ "Original versions of A Garden in the Rain written by Carroll Gibbons, James Dyrenforth | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Gene Austin – Dream Mother / A Garden In The Rain (1929, Shellac), June 1929, retrieved 2021-08-07
- ^ Face the Music and Dance, Savoy Hotel history