Back in Your Own Backyard

Sheet music cover

"Back in Your Own Back Yard" is a popular song. Officially the credits show it as written by Al Jolson, Billy Rose, and Dave Dreyer; in fact, Billy Rose was exclusively a lyricist, Dreyer a composer,[1] and Al Jolson a performer who was often given credits so he could earn some more money, so the actual apportionment of the credits would be likely to be music by Dreyer, lyrics by Rose, and possibly some small contribution by Jolson.

A popular recording by Ruth Etting, made on January 3, 1928, was issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 1288-D, with the flip side "When You're with Somebody Else".[2][3] Jolson also recorded the song in 1928, on March 8, with Bill Wirges' Orchestra for Brunswick Records (catalog number 3867[3]) with the flip side "Ol' Man River".[4]

  1. ^ "Biography of Dave Dreyer on the Songwriters' Hall of Fame site". Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  2. ^ Columbia Records in the 1000D to 1499D series
  3. ^ a b Gardner, Edward Foote (2000). Popular Songs of the 20th Century: Chart Detail & Encyclopedia, 1900–1949. St. Paul, Minnesota: Paragon House. p. 1928. ISBN 1-55778-789-1.
  4. ^ Brunswick Records in the 3500 to 3999 series