When I Lost You
written by irving berlin
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WHEN I LOST YOU
WHEN I LOST YOU (SONG CAR-TUNES) 1926
WHEN I LOST YOU (SONG CAR-TUNES) 1926
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When I Lost You was the first hit ballad written by Irving Berlin. The 1912 song was unlike his previous upbeat compositions that had been driving the dance craze of the times. Berlin wrote this moving and deeply personal song after his wife of five months, the former Dorothy Goetz, died of typhoid fever - she had contracted it on their honeymoon. After taking a break from writing after his tragic loss, he eventually found the strength to write this song, which helped him to return to songwriting. In 1913, When I Lost You was a #1 hit song for Henry Burr. In 1926 the song was used for an installment of Max Fleischer's Song Car-Tunes series.
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1913
HENRY BURR |
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1913
MANUEL ROMAIN |
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1940
BING CROSBY |
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19??
KEN GRIFFIN |
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1958
THE MILLS BROTHERS |
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1960
KAY STARR |
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1962
FRANK SINATRA |
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1963
PERRY COMO |
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1964
JIM REEVES |
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1964
JIMMY DURANTE |
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19??
JIMMY ROSELLI |
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1987
TONY BENNETT |
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WHEN I LOST YOU
The roses each one
Met with the sun
Sweetheart when I met you
The sunshine had fled
The roses were dead
Sweetheart when I lost you
I lost the sunshine and roses
I lost the heavens of blue
I lost the beautiful rainbow
I lost the morning dew
I lost the angel who gave me
Summer, the whole winter through
I lost the gladness that turned into sadness
When I lost you
The birds ceased their song
Right turned to wrong
Sweetheart when I lost you
A day turned to years
The world seemed in tears
Sweetheart when I lost you
The roses each one
Met with the sun
Sweetheart when I met you
The sunshine had fled
The roses were dead
Sweetheart when I lost you
I lost the sunshine and roses
I lost the heavens of blue
I lost the beautiful rainbow
I lost the morning dew
I lost the angel who gave me
Summer, the whole winter through
I lost the gladness that turned into sadness
When I lost you
The birds ceased their song
Right turned to wrong
Sweetheart when I lost you
A day turned to years
The world seemed in tears
Sweetheart when I lost you
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