When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade)
written by val burton & will jason
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WHEN WE'RE ALONE (PENTHOUSE SERENADE) - McKINNY'S COTTON PICKERS
BETTY BOOP'S PENTHOUSE (BETTY BOOP) 1933
BETTY BOOP'S PENTHOUSE (BETTY BOOP) 1933
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Val Burton and Will Jason were both multi-talented songwriter/ composers that collaborated on several songs. Their wildly popular 1931 tune When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade) was one of the most memorable songs of the decade. The song has maintained it's glamour and popularity since, and is still performed and recorded by many. Independently the two enjoyed numerous successes in screenwriting, directing and producing, and they both went on to become studio executives. In 1933, When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade) was featured in, and was the basis of, the short Betty Boop's Penthouse. The recording for the film is considered to likely be Don Redman's Band - McKinney's Cotton Pickers. The film was the first Fleischer film to feature the voice of Jack Mercer (as the cat, the canary and the monster), Mercer would later go on to become the voice of Popeye.
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1931
SMITH BALLEW |
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1931
TOM GERUN AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1932
ROY FOX AND HIS BAND with AL BOWLLY |
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1932
ARDEN- OHMAN ORCHESTRA |
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1932
D'ORSAY DANCE ORCHESTRA (BEN SELVIN) |
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1932
SYLVIA FROOS |
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1932
DONALD NOVIS & LOYCE WHITEMAN |
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1932
ROY FOX AND HIS BAND |
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1932
RUTH ETTING |
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1932
FRANKIE CARLE |
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1932
CARROLL GIBBONS AND THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS |
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1937
HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1937
COUNT BASIE SIDEMAN |
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1937
HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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1938
BOB HOPE & SHIRLEY ROSS |
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1939
BOB CROSBY AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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194?
AL SACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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19??
JIMMIE GRIER ORCHESTRA |
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1944
ANITA O'DAY WITH THE KING COLE TRIO |
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1946
MARIE GREENE AND HER MERRYMEN |
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1946
TEDDY WILSON |
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1948
SARAH VAUGHAN |
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1948
BUDDY DE FRANCO SEXTETTE |
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1949
ERROLL GARNER |
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1949
RALPH FLANAGAN |
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1952
NAT KING COLE |
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1954
FRANK PARKER |
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1954
PATTI PAGE |
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1954
JOHNNY PARKER |
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1957
DOLORES GRAY |
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1957
LOREZ ALEXANDRIA |
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1958
TONY BENNETT |
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1960
TERESA BREWER |
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1963
STAN GETZ |
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1964
DAVID ALLEN |
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1965
JIMMY ROSELLI |
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1977
PETER MINTUN |
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1977
SUN RA |
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1987
MARIANNE FAITHFULL |
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1991
BO THORPE AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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199?
KIM JI-HOON |
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1997
VIC DICKENSON'S QUINTET |
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1997
TOMMY TUNE |
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2000
MILDRED BAILEY |
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2006
DOUBLE EXPOSURE |
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2011
DAN LEMAIRE- BAUCH |
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2011
SUSAN DE JONG |
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2013
KIMBERLY HAWKEY |
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2014
QUORUM QUARTET |
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2015
WINELAND BANJO BAND |
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WHEN WE'RE ALONE (PENTHOUSE SERENADE)
Picture a penthouse way up in the sky
With hinges on chimneys for stars to go by
A sweet slice of heaven for just you and I
When we're alone
From all of society we'll stay aloof
And live in propriety there on the roof
Two heavenly hermits, we will be in truth
When we're alone
We'll view life's mad pattern
As we view old Manhattan
Then we can thank our lucky stars
That we're living as we are
In our little penthouse we'll always contrive
To keep love and romance forever alive
In view of the Hudson, just over the drive
When we're alone
Picture a penthouse way up in the sky
With hinges on chimneys for stars to go by
A sweet slice of heaven for just you and I
When we're alone
From all of society we'll stay aloof
And live in propriety there on the roof
Two heavenly hermits, we will be in truth
When we're alone
We'll view life's mad pattern
As we view old Manhattan
Then we can thank our lucky stars
That we're living as we are
In our little penthouse we'll always contrive
To keep love and romance forever alive
In view of the Hudson, just over the drive
When we're alone
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