7. Till We Meet Again Henry Burr & Albert Campbell (1919) Lyrucs

First posted two/15/2012; updated 2/13/2020.

Till We See Again Henry Burr & Albert Campbell

Writer(s): Richard A. Whiting (music)/ Raymond B. Egan (lyrics) (run across lyrics here)

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First Charted: February 15, 1919

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Tiptop: 1⁹ US, 1³ GA (Click for codes to singles charts.)

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Sales (in millions): 5.0 (sheet music)

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Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming

Review:

Henry Burr was 1 of the almost successful recording artists of the first quarter of the 20th century, landing fifteen songs at #1 every bit a solo artist. Still, he also regularly worked with Albert Campbell (who sent three songs to the elevation on his own) and they landed some other seven songs atop the charts. "Till We Meet Again" was their most successful pairing. ^PM

This "heartfelt good day of a boyfriend who promises to return and wed his love" ^RCG was "the most successful of all the ballads of the First World War," ^RCG selling 5 million in canvass music. The Usa had already entered the state of war when Richard Whiting and Raymond Egan penned this flit. However, they threw it away considering they disliked it. Luckily, their secretarial assistant heard the song, liked it, salvaged it from the trash, and sent it to the publisher. ^RCG

In 1919, five versions of the song charted – Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra and the duo of Charles Hart & Lewis James also went to #ane with information technology, merely Burr & Campbell had the most successful version (ix weeks at #one). Vernon Dalhart & Gladys Rice took their duet to the top 10, as did Prince's Orchestra. ^PM

Earth War 2 saw the song revived and recorded past Kay Starr, Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Mitch Miller, and Jaye P. Morgan. ^RCG Doris Day and Gordon MacRae performed it for the 1951 film On Moonlight Bay. ^JA The song was also played for years at the adjournment of the United States Congress. ^RCG

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Resource and Related Links:

• Download the Burr/Campbell version at archive.org
• the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry for Henry Burr
• the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry for Albert Campbell
• ^JA David A. Jasen. (2002). A Century of American Popular Music: 2000 Best-Loved and Remembered Songs (1899-1999). Routledge: Taylor & Francis, Inc. Folio 197.
• ^RCG RimChiGuy.com The One-time Songs (1900-1929)
• ^PM Joel Whitburn (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, WI; Record Inquiry, Inc. Pages 65-70, 74, 597.

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Source: https://davesmusicdatabase.blogspot.com/2012/02/till-we-meet-again-charts-for-first.html

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