| "My Blue Heaven" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sheet music cover featuring Harry Richman, 1927 | ||||
| Song by Gene Austin | ||||
| B-side | "Are You Thinking Of Me To-night?" | |||
| Published | October 10, 1927 by George Whiting Publishing Company, Donaldson Publishing Co[1] | |||
| Released | November 4, 1927[2] | |||
| Recorded | September 14, 1927 | |||
| Studio | Victor Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Pop Vocal | |||
| Label | Victor 20964 | |||
| Composer(s) | Walter Donaldson | |||
| Lyricist(s) | George A. Whiting | |||
| Gene Austin singles chronology | ||||
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"My Blue Heaven" is a popular song written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by George A. Whiting. The song was used in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927.[3] It has become part of various fake book collections.[4][5] Its musical composition entered the public domain on January 1, 2023.[6]
In 1928, "My Blue Heaven" became a huge hit on Victor 20964-A for crooner Gene Austin, accompanied by the Victor Orchestra as directed by Nat Shilkret. It charted for 26 weeks, stayed at number one for 13, and sold over five million copies worldwide.[7] Victor 20964-A was recorded on September 14, 1927[8] and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978. The recording was reissued as Victor 24573 and has been reissued on several commercially available CDs.[9]
- ^ "Gene Austin | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ Gene Austin – My Blue Heaven / Are You Thinking Of Me To-night? (1927, Shellac), retrieved 2021-08-05
- ^ "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Fake Book Index". Music Library. University at Buffalo Libraries. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ "Fake Book Index". Stan Getz Library. Berklee College of Music. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Public Domain Day 2023
- ^ CD liner notes: Chart-Toppers of the Twenties, 1998 ASV Ltd.
- ^ "Matrix BVE-39179. My blue heaven / Gene Austin". Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005, pp 75, 237, 257, 265 and 272. ISBN 0-8108-5128-8