"You're a Sweetheart": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

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You're a Sweetheart
Written: 1937	Music by: Jimmy McHugh	Words by: Harold Adamson	Written for: You're A Sweetheart (movie, 1937)
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Lee Wiley

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"You're a Sweetheart"

with arrangement is by Ralph Burns and featuring Nick Travis and Billy Butterfield (trumpets), Urbie Green and Lou McGarity (trombones), and Peanuts Hucko (clarinet solo)
(1957) -- from the album West of the Moon.

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About the Movie You're a Sweetheart / Origins of the Song

Other songs written for title currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook: none.

For a complete listing of songs used in this movie, see IMDB Soundtrack.

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"You're a Sweetheart" is introduced in the movie You're a Sweetheart by Alice Faye and George Murphy. On the video below, Alice, on a 1937 NBC radio broadcast, explains how the movie You're A SweetHeart got its name from the song of the same title. She then proceeds to sing the song for the radio audience.

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Posted Comments on "You're a Sweetheart":

Clem (11/14/2015 20:32:09): How many artists recorded this song?

Cafe Songbook: Although the following is not a definitive answer to your question, The website CDUniverse.com lists 94 recordings for this song.

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Lee Wiley: ThomShelford
Alice Faye, radio: danny sharples

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