The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [Americana] Remastered 4K 1

Written by Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical “Roberta“, this song was first covered by Tamara Drasin, Gertrude Niesen, Paul Whiteman, Irene Dunne, Kathryn Grayson, Tommy Dorsey, Larry Adler and Henry Hall, Dan Donovan, Art Tatum, Andre Kostelanetz, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Nat “King“ Cole, Harry Belafonte, Charlie Parker, Jo Stafford, Eartha Kitt, Dinah Washington, Jeri Southern, Polly Bergen, Sarah Vaughan, before “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes“ was recorded in 1958 by the Platters for their album Remember When? The Platters’ version became a number one hit in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart. In 1959 it peaked at No. 3 on the Rhythm and Blues chart. The song spent 20 weeks on the UK charts, peaking at Number 1 for one week on March 20 of that same year. Buck Ram, the producer, said that Harbach praised them “for reviving his song with taste.“ The widow of composer Jerome Kern disliked the recording so much she considered legal action to prevent its distribution.