"Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)" is a
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
song written by
Ruth Lowe
Ruth Lowe (August 12, 1914 – January 4, 1981) was a Canadian pianist and songwriter. She composed the first ''Billboard'' top 80 song "I'll Never Smile Again".
Early life
Born in Toronto but raised in Glendale, California, Lowe returned to h ...
, Paul Mann, and Stephan Weiss.
Frank Sinatra first recorded the song for commercial release by
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
on May 1, 1945, having previously recorded it for a
V-Disc
V-Disc ( "V" for Victory) was a record label that was formed in 1943 to provide records for U.S. military personnel. Captain Robert Vincent supervised the label from the Special Services division.
Many popular singers, big bands, and orches ...
and his radio show on May 24, 1944. It was during this period that Sinatra used "Put Your Dreams Away" as the closing theme song for his radio series.
He recorded the song again for
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
on December 11, 1957, and again for
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels.
Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael ...
on April 30, 1963 (for the album ''
Sinatra's Sinatra
''Sinatra's Sinatra'' is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1963.
Ten of the album's twelve tracks are re-recorded versions of songs that Sinatra had previously released, with "Pocketful of Miracles" and "Call Me Irresponsib ...
'', a set of re-recordings of songs he originally recorded for Columbia and Capitol.) For the 1965 album ''
A Man and His Music
''A Man and His Music'' is a 1965 double album by Frank Sinatra. It provides a brief retrospective of Sinatra's musical career. The album won the 1967 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Instead of using the original recordings, which were mad ...
'', a spoken-word introduction was overdubbed by Sinatra onto the 1963 recording, in which the singer praised his theme song for having come a long way with him - "all the way from nowhere to somewhere."
The song was played at Sinatra's funeral. Lowe had also written Sinatra's first hit (as a vocalist with the
Tommy Dorsey
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombo ...
orchestra), "
I'll Never Smile Again
"I'll Never Smile Again" is a 1939 song written by Ruth Lowe. It has been recorded by many other artists since, becoming a standard.
The most successful and best-known million selling single version of the song was recorded by Tommy Dorsey a ...
".
Other recordings
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The Hi-Lo's
The Hi-Lo's were a vocal quartet formed in 1953, who achieved their greatest fame in the late 1950s and 1960s. The group's name is a reference to their extreme vocal and physical ranges (Bob Strasen and Bob Morse were tall, Gene Puerling and Cla ...
- for their album ''The Hi-Lo's, I Presume'' (1955).
*
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...
- ''
Manilow Sings Sinatra
''Manilow Sings Sinatra'' is an album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1998. It is a compilation of Manilow singing songs originally made notable by Frank Sinatra, who had recently died. The album also featured two new compositions, ...
'' (1998)
*
Carol Kidd
Carol Kidd MBE (born 19 October 1945) is a Scottish jazz singer.
Kidd was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She came to prominence in the mid-1970s, as the vocalist in the band led by vibraphonist / saxophonist Jimmy Feighan. In 1990, she released ...
- ''A Place in My Heart'' (1999).
References
* Albert I. Lonstein. ''The Revised Complete Sinatra: discography, filmography, television appearances, motion picture appearances, radio appearances, concert appearances, stage appearances.'' 1979.
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1945 songs
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Songs written by Ruth Lowe