Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time

"Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time"
Sheet music cover featuring Colleen Moore, 1928
Song by Gene Austin
B-side"Then Came The Dawn"
Published1928 by Leo Feist, Inc., Rose Gilbert Music Company[1]
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1928[2]
RecordedJune 26, 1928[3]
StudioVictor Studios, Camden, New Jersey
GenreJazz, Pop Vocal
LabelVictor 21564
Composer(s)Nathaniel Shilkret[4]
Lyricist(s)L. Wolfe Gilbert
Gene Austin singles chronology
"Ramona"
(1928) 		"Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time"
(1928) 		"Carolina Moon"
(1929)

"Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" is a 1928 song composed by Nathaniel Shilkret with lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert. It is the theme song of the silent film Lilac Time, starring Gary Cooper and Colleen Moore. The song sold almost two million copies of sheet music and was recorded by over a hundred top artists, including Louis Armstrong, Erroll Garner, Skitch Henderson, Guy Lombardo, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, John McCormack, Mitch Miller, Hugo Montenegro, The Platters, and Lawrence Welk.[5]

The version by Gene Austin was released on September 7, 1928,[6] and rose to number 1 for five weeks.[7]

It is part of the soundtrack of the 1962 motion picture Tender Is the Night and was used in an episode of the television series Miss Marple.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Original versions of Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time written by Nathaniel Shilkret, L. Wolfe Gilbert | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. ^ Gene Austin – Jeannine I Dream Of Lilac Time / Then Came The Dawn (1928, Shellac), 7 September 1928, retrieved 2021-08-06
  3. ^ 78 Record: Gene Austin - Jeannine I Dream Of Lilac Time (1928), retrieved 2021-08-06
  4. ^ "Striking a Chord with "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time," 1928". The Homestead Blog. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  5. ^ Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5128-8
  6. ^ Gene Austin – Jeannine I Dream Of Lilac Time / Then Came The Dawn (1928, Shellac), 7 September 1928, retrieved 2021-08-06
  7. ^ "Striking a Chord with "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time," 1928". The Homestead Blog. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-06.