"Among My Souvenirs": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

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Among My Souvenirs
Written: c. 1925, published, 1927	Music by: Lawrence Wright (under the name Horatio Nicholls)	Words by: Al Dubin credit for lyric sold to Edgar Leslie	Written for: Independent Publication (not for a Broadway show, revue, movie, etc.)
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Frank Sinatra

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"Among My Souvenirs"

arrangement by Axel Stordahl
(1946)
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The Best of the Columbia Years (1943-1952)

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Amazon	According to Patricia Dubin McGuire, Al Dubin's daughter, her father wrote the lyric for "Among My Souvenirs" at about the same time he wrote the words for "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" (1925). Sometime later, at a moment when he needed money fast, he found the words to the song along with its title scribbled on the back of an old gas bill and sold the lyric to Edgar Leslie for $25.00. Leslie got full credit and over the years also received substantial royalties as the song grew into a standard. Such means of raising cash were not unusual for the often hard-pressed songwriter, but according to McGuire, her father "only brooded over 'Among My Souvenirs'." (Patricia Dubin McGuire, Lullaby of Broadway Life and Times of Al Dubin, Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1983, p. 94) (This section is currently in preparation.)
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