1927 Henry Burr - Are You Lonesome Tonight?

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  • Early 20th Century recording star Burr sings one of several 1927 releases of this new ballad. The familiar added narrative passage didn’t appear on record until 1928 (by Stanley Kirkby) and was later included in the Blue Barron (1950) and Elvis Presley (1960) hit versions.
    The original 78rpm was issued on Victor 20873 - Are You Lonesome To-Night? (Turk-Handman) by Henry Burr, orchestra conducted by LeRoy Shield, recorded in NYC August 5, 1927
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  • @Asphaltsquadron
    @Asphaltsquadron 2 роки тому +32

    I was today years old (57) when I found out this was actually the original.

    • @courtneycook7910
      @courtneycook7910 3 місяці тому +2

      Charles Hart did the original

    • @Jamesfrancosdog
      @Jamesfrancosdog 6 днів тому

      Yeah Elvis literally just stole music for his whole career.

  • @dennisferrara6940
    @dennisferrara6940 2 роки тому +19

    Henry Burr was indeed The "The Greatest of Ballad Tenors! After losing his Victor recording contract, he appeared on Brunswick and Columbia discs as well as at least one OKEH disc - (1929); a great and well-trained voice.

  • @philippesauvie639
    @philippesauvie639 3 роки тому +19

    Where have I heard this before?😉 no seriously, creativity and art does not occur in a vacuum. This song is beautiful!

  • @cristofarosaraceno1313
    @cristofarosaraceno1313 3 роки тому +8

    I like this version too

  • @thetickedoffpianoplayer4193
    @thetickedoffpianoplayer4193 2 місяці тому +1

    Well it looks like I get to be the 57 billionth person to say that I had no idea this was a cover. My mind is blown.

  • @michaeloleary1867
    @michaeloleary1867 4 роки тому +13

    I have the record-I love it!!

  • @Digalog
    @Digalog 4 роки тому +12

    Beautiful song

  • @user-ec8yx3gq7z
    @user-ec8yx3gq7z 6 місяців тому +2

    Omg I love this. Found the music in my grammar piano music....am learning on piano thanks for posting original.

  • @georgedabrowski6900
    @georgedabrowski6900 Рік тому +5

    This is beautiful. Burr was trained to be a church singer, but he did credit to Irving Berlin's songs. "Stay down here where you belong" is a lot of fun for an anti-war (WWl) song, and though I have "Old Pal", a touching song (which Googling only brings up "Old Pal, Why Don't You Answer Me"), I hope someone will put it on a site soon.

  • @GuruRasaVonWerder
    @GuruRasaVonWerder 4 роки тому +24

    Are you lonesome tonight,
    Do you miss me tonight?
    Are you sorry we drifted apart?
    Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day
    When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
    Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
    Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
    Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
    Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
    I wonder if youre lonesome tonight
    You know someone said that the worlds a stage
    And each must play a part.
    Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart.
    Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance
    You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
    Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange
    And why Ill never know.
    Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
    And I had no cause to doubt you.
    But Id rather go on hearing your lies
    Than go on living without you.
    Now the stage is bare and Im standing there
    With emptiness all around
    And if you wont come back to me
    Then make them bring the curtain down.
    Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
    Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?

  • @erikcarmichael3300
    @erikcarmichael3300 Рік тому +4

    Original song 💯

  • @chicahippie6053
    @chicahippie6053 3 роки тому +2

    Ya 94 años de esta canción

  • @KuznVinny
    @KuznVinny Рік тому +9

    I'm very surprised this was so good. He was one artist Tiny Tim highly valued, and I was ready not to take Mr. Burr seriously. But he was excellent!

  • @ruje6058
    @ruje6058 6 місяців тому +1

    Yes, I am.

  • @WorthlessDeadEnd
    @WorthlessDeadEnd 2 роки тому +8

    *Lyrics:*
    Verse 1:
    Tonight I'm downhearted
    For though we had parted,
    I love you and I always will
    And while I'm so lonely,
    I'm writing you only
    To see if you care for me still
    *Chorus:
    Are you lonesome tonight?
    Do you miss me tonight?
    Are you sorry we drifted apart?
    Does your memory stray
    To a bright, summer day
    When I kissed you and called you "sweetheart"?
    Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
    Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
    Is your heart filled with pain?
    Shall I come back again?
    Tell me, Dear: Are you lonesome tonight?*
    Verse 2:
    I hold with affection
    The fond recollection
    The romance of days now gone by
    And often I wonder
    If I made a blunder
    By letting you bid me good-bye
    (Repeat chorus)

  • @user-oq3qf7im6x
    @user-oq3qf7im6x Місяць тому

    ... !!

  • @rickeyzinn5135
    @rickeyzinn5135 2 роки тому +2

    See! Elvis was right! Are You Lonesome Tonight?really was recorded in 1927 ORIGINALLY.1.

  • @Mimi2087
    @Mimi2087 25 днів тому

    The very first version was by Charles Hart

  • @jasonnstegall
    @jasonnstegall 6 днів тому

    So, like Stardust, this song has an opening lyric (almost) no one sings anymore.

  • @unlud792
    @unlud792 4 роки тому +2

    püh püh ilk yorum

  • @karlsonkab51
    @karlsonkab51 7 місяців тому +1

    You must be using "Victor Needles" to extract so much music and to suppress surface noise. What amplifiers and typically now much power did they have in those early days of cutting lathes ? I assume they were "single-ended" and not terribly powerful compared to cutting systems of the 1950s. (oh - imo Jolson did that song best)

  • @canman5060
    @canman5060 Рік тому +2

    This song is dated back to the American Civil War.

  • @Lesbosac
    @Lesbosac 4 роки тому +15

    I love Henry burr's better Elvis is okay I just love the original it has the longer lyrics

    • @Cyrus_got_verified
      @Cyrus_got_verified 3 роки тому +6

      @@Billy219 only if you ask nicely

    • @nickdryad
      @nickdryad 3 роки тому +4

      There was a trend in the fifties and sixties to take the older Tin Pan Alley songs and omit the pre verse. The Everly Brothers did that with Don’t Blame me and there are versions of September song and The Very Thought of You with pre verses omitted

    • @MichaelJ44
      @MichaelJ44 3 роки тому

      @@Cyrus_got_verified ha!

    • @Cyrus_got_verified
      @Cyrus_got_verified 3 роки тому

      @@MichaelJ44 yeah roasted

    • @chrismulwee4911
      @chrismulwee4911 2 роки тому +1

      @@nickdryad Pat Boone did that with Love letters In The Sand, which was written in 1931

  • @dimiterstefanov2543
    @dimiterstefanov2543 3 роки тому

    X

  • @zechking4936
    @zechking4936 Рік тому +7

    Clearly this time traveler has stolen Elvis's classic hit song

  • @christymcdaniel3906
    @christymcdaniel3906 2 роки тому +1

    Elvis did not do this first

    • @Naldo4real
      @Naldo4real Рік тому

      Clearly 😒 it's says 1927 and if I'm correct Elvis was born in 35. That's a 8 year gap

  • @jaredvaughan1665
    @jaredvaughan1665 7 місяців тому +1

    Elvis sings it better

    • @thetickedoffpianoplayer4193
      @thetickedoffpianoplayer4193 2 місяці тому +4

      That's probably because you're used to hearing it with the Elvis singing style instead of the classical style they used in the 20s. It sounded weird to me at first too, but actually I think it's cool that one piece of music can be interpreted in different ways.