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When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade)
- val burton & will jason




WHEN WE'RE ALONE (PENTHOUSE SERENADE)  -  McKINNY'S COTTON PICKERS
BETTY BOOP'S PENTHOUSE    (BETTY BOOP)   1933


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 the basis of the Max Fleischer short film Betty Boop's Penthouse. The recording for the short 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), who would later become the voice of Popeye.



1931

SMITH
​BALLEW

1931

TOM
GERUN
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA

1932

ROY FOX
AND HIS BAND
with
​AL BOWLLY

1932

​ARDEN-
OHMAN
​ORCHESTRA

1932

D'ORSAY
DANCE
​ORCHESTRA
​(BEN SELVIN)

1932

SYLVIA
​FROOS

1932

DONALD
NOVIS &
LOYCE
​WHITEMAN

​

1932

​ROY FOX
AND HIS
​BAND

1932

RUTH
​ETTING

1932

FRANKIE
​CARLE


1932

CARROLL
GIBBONS
AND THE
SAVOY HOTEL
​ORPHEANS

1937

HARRY
JAMES
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA


1937

COUNT BASIE
​SIDEMAN


1937

HARRY
JAMES
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA

1938

​BOB
​HOPE &
SHIRLEY
​ROSS

1939

BOB
CROSBY
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA


194?

AL SACK
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA

19??

JIMMIE
GRIER
​ORCHESTRA

1944

​ANITA
O'DAY
WITH THE
KING COLE
​TRIO

1946

MARIE
GREENE
AND HER
MERRYMEN

1946

TEDDY
​WILSON

1948

SARAH
​VAUGHAN

1948

​BUDDY
DE FRANCO
SEXTETTE

1949

ERROLL
​GARNER

1949

RALPH
​FLANAGAN

1952

NAT KING
​COLE

1954

FRANK
​PARKER

1954

PATTI
​PAGE

1954

​JOHNNY
PARKER

1957

DOLORES
GRAY

1957

LOREZ
​ALEXANDRIA

1958

TONY
​BENNETT

1960

TERESA
​BREWER

1963

STAN
​GETZ

1964

DAVID
​ALLEN

1965

JIMMY
ROSELLI

1977

PETER
MINTUN

1977

​SUN RA

1987

​MARIANNE
FAITHFULL

1991

BO
THORPE
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA

199?

KIM
JI-HOON


1997

VIC
DICKENSON'S
​QUINTET

1997

TOMMY
​TUNE

2000

MILDRED
BAILEY

2006

DOUBLE
​EXPOSURE

2011

DAN
LEMAIRE-
​BAUCH

2011

SUSAN
​DE JONG

2013

KIMBERLY
​HAWKEY

2014

QUORUM
​QUARTET

2015

WINELAND
BANJO
​BAND

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

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