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Ruth Etting
Songs Ruth Etting had
over 60 hit recordings and recorded hundreds of other songs. The song list below, arranged
chronologically, or alphabetically is by no means complete.
We'll add to it as new information becomes available!
1921
No One's Fool (Furman and Rose)
1923
No No Nora (Kahn, Fiorito, Erdman)
1924
How I love That Girl!
1925
What Do We Care If It's One O'Clock (or Two or Three or Four)
Will You Wait In The Valley For Me?
(Hirsch, Burke)
1926
Breezin’
Along With The Breeze
Blue River
But I Do, You Know I Do! (Donaldson, Kahn)
Could I? I Certainly Could (Yellen, Ager)
Deed I Do
Hello Baby (Simons, Whiting)
Her Beaus Are Only Rainbows
I Ain't Got Nobody
I've Lost All My Love For You
Just A Bird's Eye (Kahn, Donaldson)
Just Once Again
Let's Talk About My Sweetie
Lonesome and Sorry (Davis, Conrad)
Love Is Just A Bit Of Heaven
Nothing Else to Do
Precious
Stars (Are The Windows Of Heaven)
So Is Your Old Lady
That's Why I Love You
There Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes
There's Nothing Sweeter Than A Sweet Sweet Sweetie
Thinking of You
What a Man
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry? (Donaldson, Lyman)
When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbing Along
(Woods)
Wistful and Blue
You've Got Those 'Wanna Go Back Again' Blues
1927
After You've Gone
At Sundown
Back In Your Own Backyard (Jolson, Dreyer,
Rose)
Blue River
Bluebird Sing Me A Song
Dew-Dew-Dewy Day
Don't Leave Me Daddy
For My Baby
Hoosier Sweetheart
I Ain't Got Nobody
I Must Be Dreaming
I'm Nobody's Baby (Davis, Agar, Santly)
It All Belongs To Me (Irving Berlin) (charted at #17 in 1927)
It All Depends On You
Just
Once Again
Keep Sweeping The Cobwebs Off The
Moon (Levant, Lewis, Young)
Lonely Little Bluebird
Love is Just a Little Bit of Heaven
My Man (Mon Homme)
Sam, the Old Accordion Man (Donaldson)
Shaking the Blues Away (Irving Berlin) (from Ziegfeld Follies) (charted at #4 in 1927)
Sing Me A Baby Song (Donaldson, Kahn)
The Song Is Ended (Irving Berlin) (charted at #7 in 1928)
Together We Two (Irving Berlin) (charted at #12 in 1928)
Varsity Drag (B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown)
What Do We Do on a Dew-Dew-Dewy Day? (Johnson)
When You're With Somebody Else
Wherever You Go, Whatever You Do
You Don't Like It - Not Much
1928
Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now (Donaldson)
Beloved
Bluebird, Sing Me a Song
Get Out and Get Under the Moon (Shay,
Tobias and Jerome)
Happy Days and Lonely Nights (Fisher, Rose)
High Up On A Hilltop
I Ain't Got Nobody
I Must Be Dreaming
I Remember You From Somewhere
I Still Keep Dreaming Of You
I’m Bringing You a Red, Red Rose (Kahn, Donaldson)
I'm Nobody's Baby (Davis, Agar, Santly)
Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
Lonely Little Bluebird
Love Me Or Leave Me (Kahn, Donaldson)
(charted at #2 in 1929)
My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now (Friend, Caesar)
Ramona
Say "Yes" Today
Sonny Boy
When You're With Somebody Else
You're In Love And I'm In Love
You've Got Me Crying Again (Newman, Jones)
1929
A Place To Call Home
Ain't Misbehavin'
All I want Is Y-O-U (from Glorifying the Popular Song)
At Twilight (Pinkhard, Tracey)
Button Up Your Overcoat (De Sylva, Brown, Henderson)
Cryin' for the Carolines
Deep Night
Glad Rag Doll
I Want To Meander In The Meadow
I'll Get by (As Long as I Have You) (charted at
#3 in 1929)
I'm Walking Around In a Dream
If He Cared
Maybe! Who Knows? (Tucker, Schuster, Etting)
Mean To Me (Turk, Ahlert)
More Than You Know (Rose, Eliscu, Youmans)
Now I'm In Love (Shapiro, Yellen)
Pretty Little You (Ryan and Violinsky) (from Glorifying the Popular Song)
That Wonderful Boyfriend of Mine (Ryan and Violinsky) (from Glorifying the Popular Song)
The One in the World
The Right Kind of Man (Baer, Gilbert)
To Know You Is To Love You
Walkin' Around In A Dream (Lewis, Yoell, Spence)
What Wouldn't I Do For That Man? (Gurney,
Harsburg)
You're The Cream in My Coffee (De Sylva,
Brown, Henderson)
1930
Body And Soul (Green, Heyman, Eyton, Sour)
A Cottage For Sale (Robison, Conley)
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Dubin,
Burke)
Don't Tell Him What Happened
To Me (De Sylva, Brown, Henderson) (from One Good Turn) (charted at #6
in 1930)
Exactly Like You
(charted at #11 in 1930)
From the Bottom of My Heart (from Broadway's Like That)
Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do - (Bennet, Little, Straight)
Get Happy
Here Comes the Sun (Arthur Freed and Harry Woods)
He's Not Worth Your Tears
I Hate Myself for Falling in Love with You
I Never Dreamt (You'd Fall in Love With Me) (Ellis, Parons)
I Remember You From Somewhere (Warren and
Selvin)
If I Could Be With You (One Hour To-Night)
(Johnson, Creamer) (from One Good Turn)
I'll Be Blue (charted at #14 in 1930)
I'm Alone Because I Love You (J
Young, J Siras)
I'm Yours - (Green, Harburg)
It Happened in Monterey
Just a Little Closer (Johnson) (charted at #10 in 1930)
The Kiss Waltz (Dubin, Burke) (from One Good Turn)
Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
Laughing At Life (N&C Kenny, Cornell, Todd)
Love For Sale
More Than You Know (Rose, Eliscu,
Youmans) (charted at #9 in 1930)
Now That You've Gone
Say A Little Prayer For Me
The Right Kind of Man (Gilbert, Baer) (from Broadway's Like That)
Ten Cents A Dance (Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers)
(from Simple Simon)(charted at #5 in 1930)
Were You Sincere
When It's Springtime in the Rockies
Without That Gal
1931
All Of Me (Simons, Marks)
Can't We Talk It Over
Cigarettes, Cigars!
Cuban Love Song (Fields, McHugh, Stothart)
A Faded Summer Love (Baxter)
Falling In Love Again
Faithfully Yours
Good Night Sweetheart (Noble, Campbell, Connelly)
Guilty (Kahn, Akst, Whiting)(charted at #7 in 1931)
Have You Forgotten?
Home (VanStreeden, Clarkson, Clarkson)
I'm Falling in Love Again (Etting, Schwartz, Ward)
I'm Good For Nothing But Love (Martin, Ballard)(charted
at #7 in 1931)
If I Didn't Have You
In the Gloaming by the
Fireside
Just One More Chance (Coslow, Johnston)
Kiss Me Goodnight (A. Gottler; H. Nicholls)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Slater, Whitson,
Freidman)
Love Is Like That (charted at #5 in 1931)
Love Letters In The Sand
Love You Funny Thing
Many Happy Returns of the Day (A. Dubin; J. Burke)
Me! (Irving Berlin)
Moonlight Saving Time
Nevertheless
Now That Your Gone (charted at #13 in 1931)
Out Of Nowhere (Green, Heyman)
Overnight (I Found You) (charted at #18 in 1931)
Reaching For The Moon (Irving Berlin) (charted at #6 in 1931)
Save the Last Dance For Me
Shine On Harvest Moon (Norworth, Bayes) (from
Ziegfeld Follies)
Such Is Life
That's Something To Be Thankful For
Too Late
Were You Sincere?
When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade)
The Voice In The Old Village Choir
You Made Me Love You (Monaco, McCarthy)
You're the One I Care For
1932
A Boy and a Girl Were Dancing (M. Gordon, H. Revel)
A Little Street Where
Old Friends Meet
A Million Dreams
Crazy People
Cuban Love Song (charted at #10 in 1932)
Dancing In The Moonlight
Happy Go Lucky You
Holding My Honey's Hand (Bernie, Goering, Hirsch)
I'll Follow You (Recorded 10/25/32)
I’ll Never Have To Dream Again (Newman, Jones) (Recorded 10/25/32)
I'll Never Be the Same
I'm Still Without A Sweetheart With Summer Coming On (Turk, Ahlort)
It Was So Beautiful (Barris, Freed)(charted
at #13 in 1932)
Kiss Me Goodnight
Lazy Day
Loveable (Kahn, Woods) (from Artistic Temper)
My Heart's at Ease
Some Day We'll Meet Again (Recorded 12/5/32)
Take Me In Your Arms (Recorded 12/5/32)
That's Something to be Thankful For
That's What Heaven Mean To Me (Yellen, Akst) (from Artistic Temper)
The Night When Love Was Born (charted at #14 in 1932)
The Voice in the Old
Village Choir
We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
What a Life (Kent, Alter) (from Artistic Temper)
When Were Alone (charted at #8 in 1932)
Willow Weep For Me (Ronell)
1933
Am I To Blame? (Lewis, Baer)
Build a Little Home (Warren, Dubin)
Close Your Eyes
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Donaldson, Kahn)
Everything I Have Is Yours (Adamson, Lane)
Hey Young Fella (Recorded 02/08/33)
Hold Me (Little, Oppenheim, Schuster) (Recorded
3/29/33)
How Can I Go On Without You (Recorded 3/1/33)
Just A Year Ago Tonight (Billy Rose and Lee David)
Keep On Doin' What You're Doin' (Ruth Etting w/Wheeler & Woolsey)
Keep Romance Alive
Linger A Little Longer In The Twilight (Woods, Campbell, Connelly) (Recorded
3/1/33)
No More Love (Warren, Dubin) (from Roman Scandals)
Shine On, Harvest Moon (Norworth, Bayes) (from California Weather)
Stay on the Right Side Sister
Stay Out Of My Dreams
Summer Is Over
The Song That Broke My Heart
Try A Little Tenderness (Woods, Campbell,
Connelly)(charted at #16 in 1933)
What Is Sweeter (Jasmyn, Jerome)
Why Can't This Night Go On Forever?
You're My Past, Present and Future
You’ve Got Me Crying Again (Newman, Jones) (Recorded 3/29/33)
1934
A Needle In A Haystack (Magidson, Conrad)
After You've Gone
Am I to Blame? (Lewis, Baer)
Don't Let This Waltz Mean Good-Bye (from Gift of Gab)
Easy Come, Easy Go (Heyman, Green)
I've Always Wanted to Call You Sweetheart (Haxby)
I've Got an Invitation to a Dance
Just A Fair Weather Friend (Malneck, Matt (m); Mercer, Johnny (w);Weirick,
Paul)
Keep Romance Alive (Kalmar, Ruby) (From Hips Hips Hooray)
Let's Call It All A Dream
Lost In a Fog
Mother's Crazy Quilt
Old Roses
Out in the Cold Again
Riptide (Kahn, Donaldson)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Stay As Sweet As You Are (Gordon, Revel)
Talking to Myself (From Gift of Gab)
There'll Be Some Changes Made
Tired Of It All
Tomorrow Who Cares (From Gift of Gab)
True (Samuels, Whitcup)
Were Your Ears Burning Baby?
What About Me (Dietz, Schwartz)
Wild Honey
With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming (Gordon,
Revel)
1935
Chasing Shadows (Davis and Silver)
Clouds
I Wished On The Moon
I'm Facing The Music
It Never Dawned On Me
It’s Easy To Remember (Hart, Rodgers)
Life Is A Song (charted at #1 in 1935)
March Winds And April Showers (Powell, Samuels, Whitcup)
Shine On Harvest Moon (Norworth,
Bayes)
Things Might Have Been So Different
Thrilled
Whose Honey Are You? (Coots, Gillespi)
Why Dream (Robin, Whiting, Rainger)
Zing! Went The Strings of My Heart
1936
Holiday Sweetheart
A Star Fell Out of Heaven
Goodnight My Love (Gordon, Revel)
In the Chapel in the Moonlight (Hill)(charted
at #20 in 1937)
It Had To Be You (Jones, Kahn) (from Melody in May)
It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie
It’s Been So Long (Adamson, Donaldson)
It's Swell of You
Lost
May I Have the Next Romance with You?
Shine On Harvest Moon (Norworth,
Bayes)
St. Louis Blues (Handy) (from Melody in May)
There’s Something In The Air
(McHugh-Harold)
Tormented
Who'll Buy My Song of Love?
You
1937
A Message from the Man in the Moon
It's Swell Of You
On a Little Dream Ranch
There’s A Lull In My Life (Gordon, Revel)
You
1947
All Of Me (Simons, Marks)
By the Light Of the Silvery Moon
Do You Ever Think Of Me?
Funny That Way
Somebody Loves Me (DeSylva, Macdonald, Gershwin)
This Is The Night
You Took Me Out Of This World
1958
Nothing Else To Do
Hawaiian Paradise
Date Unknown
Footloose and Fancy Free
Good Evenin' Mr. Nightingale
I Saw Stars
Rain
A Sweet Beginning Like This
Take My Heart
Twas Only A Summer Night's Dream1
View the song list in an alphabetical format.

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