"My Mom" is a

popular Popularity or social status is the quality of being well liked, admired or well known to a particular group. Popular may also refer to: In sociology * Popular culture * Popular fiction * Popular music * Popular science * Populace, the total ...

song written by

Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was an American prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Song ...

and published in 1932. Popular songstress

Kate Smith Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American contralto. Referred to as The First Lady of Radio, Smith is well known for her renditions of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" & "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain". ...

recorded a version that year that reached #10 on the charts. It was also successfully featured by crooner

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...

, but there is no evidence that he recorded it. It was also "successfully featured" by Jimmie Grier and his Orchestra, popular crooner

Rudy Vallée Hubert Prior Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986), known professionally as Rudy Vallée, was an American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Early life Hubert Prior Vall ...

, Jack Miller, George Jessel, and

Irene Taylor Irene Taylor (1906–1988) was an American singer best known for her recorded work with Paul Whiteman. She was married to singer and bandleader Seger Ellis. Career Taylor came from Muskogee, Oklahoma, but seems to have begun her musical caree ...

. Perhaps the most notable version of this song was recorded by

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American retired singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a painter, having created works under his birth ...

for his 1998 album '' Tony Bennett: The Playground''.

Other recorded versions

* Ben Selvin and his Orchestra with Rob Gobey as the featured vocalist, recorded on February 29, 1932 and released on Columbia 2628-D. * George Olsen and His Music with Jerry Baker on vocals , recorded on March 23, 1932 and released on Victor 22967. *

Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his dea ...

and his Orchestra, with Herman on vocals, recorded on April 4, 1941, and released on Decca 3738. *

The Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the Swing music, swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andre ...

with the

Vic Schoen Victor Schoen (March 26, 1916 – January 5, 2000) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer whose career spanned from the 1930s until his death in 2000. He furnished music for some of the most successful persons in show business inclu ...

Orchestra, recorded on January 19, 1951 * Phil Regan with

Jesse Crawford Jesse Crawford (December 2, 1895 – May 28, 1962) was an American pianist and organist. He was well known in the 1920s as a theatre organist for silent films and as a popular recording artist. In the 1930s, he switched to the Hammond organ and b ...

on the organ, recorded on January 24, 1942 and released on

Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...

. *Russ Carlyle and his Orchestra, released in 1955.https://www.discogs.com/release/25638931-Russ-Carlyle-And-His-Orchestra-My-Mom-The-Point-Of-No-Return

References

1932 songs American pop songs Songs with music by Walter Donaldson {{1930s-song-stub