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(Victor 18828)
Recorded 11/1/1921 Camden, New Jersey.
John Steel (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Rosario Bourdon (instrumentalist : cello)
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
Howard Rattay (instrumentalist : viola)
Irving Berlin (composer)
Irving Berlin (lyricist)
Music Box revue (Work title)
"Say It with Music" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin. It was introduced in the Music Box Revue of 1921, where it was the de facto theme song and sung as a duet. The song was popularized by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra on 30 August 1921; this recording debuted on the charts on 12 November of that year, remained there for 14 weeks and peaked at number 1. Other popular versions in 1921/22 were by John Steel and by Ben Selvin.
John W. Steel (January 11, 1895 – June 25, 1971; sometimes referred to as John Steele) was an American tenor. He was featured in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 and 1920 and Irving Berlin's Music Box Revues of 1922 and 1923.
(Victor 18828)
Recorded 11/1/1921 Camden, New Jersey.
John Steel (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Rosario Bourdon (instrumentalist : cello)
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
Howard Rattay (instrumentalist : viola)
Irving Berlin (composer)
Irving Berlin (lyricist)
Music Box revue (Work title)
"Say It with Music" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin. It was introduced in the Music Box Revue of 1921, where it was the de facto theme song and sung as a duet. The song was popularized by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra on 30 August 1921; this recording debuted on the charts on 12 November of that year, remained there for 14 weeks and peaked at number 1. Other popular versions in 1921/22 were by John Steel and by Ben Selvin.
John W. Steel (January 11, 1895 – June 25, 1971; sometimes referred to as John Steele) was an American tenor. He was featured in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 and 1920 and Irving Berlin's Music Box Revues of 1922 and 1923.
