Back in Your Own Backyard
1928 song
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"Back in Your Own Back Yard" is a popular song with lyrics written by Al Jolson and Billy Rose with music by Dave Dreyer. A popular recording by Ruth Etting, made on January 3, 1928, was issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 1288-D, with the flip side "When You're with Somebody Else".[1][2] Jolson also recorded the song in 1928, on March 8, with Bill Wirges' Orchestra for Brunswick Records (catalog number 3867[2]) with the flip side "Ol' Man River".[3]
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Other recordings
- 1928: Eva Taylor - recorded on June 2, 1928, for Okeh Records (catalog No. 8585).[4]
- 1938: Billie Holiday - recorded January 12, 1938, for Vocalion Records (catalog No. 4029).[5]
- 1959: Sun Ra - released on January 1, 1959 on the album Sound Sun Pleasure. This recording had Hattye Randolph on vocals.
- 1947: Al Jolson - re-recorded on June 9, 1947, for Decca Records (catalog No. 24108).
- 1950: It was subsequently revived by Patti Page in a recording made on June 16, 1950. The Page recording was issued by Mercury Records as catalog number 5463.[6] It entered the Billboard chart on October 7, 1950, at No. 23, lasting only that one week.[7]
- 1954: Bing Crosby recorded the song[8] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954–56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.[9]
- 1955: Margaret Whiting[10]
- 1958: The Andrews Sisters - for their album The Andrews Sisters Sing the Dancing '20s.
- 1958: Eydie Gormé - for her album Eydie Gormé – Vamps The Roaring 20's<
- 1958: Peggy Lee - in her album Jump for Joy[11]
- 1959: Brenda Lee - for her album Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!
- 1959: Vera Lynn - included the album Vera Lynn Sings Songs of the Twenties
- 1962: Nancy Wilson - for her album Hello Young Lovers[12]
- 1963: Sammy Davis Jr. - for his album As Long as She Needs Me[13]
- 1968: Eddie Fisher - for his album You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet
- 2004: Madeleine Peyroux - for the album Got You on My Mind
Film appearances
- 1929: Say It with Songs - sung by Al Jolson
- 1939: That's Right—You're Wrong - played by the Kay Kyser Band at the radio program
- 1943: Silver Spurs - sung by Roy Rogers
- 1949: Jolson Sings Again - performed by Larry Parks (dubbed by Al Jolson)