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Among My Souvenirs (Song)

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“Among My Souvenirs”

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By Edgar Lesie (w.), Horatio Nichols (m.) – “Among My Souvenirs” (Sheet music). New York: De Sylva, Brown and Henderson Inc., Public Domain, Link

Sheet music cover, 1927
Single by Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra
B-sideWashboard Blues
PublishedOctober 25, 1927 by De Sylva, Brown, & Henderson Inc., New York
ReleasedFebruary 1928
RecordedNovember 22, 1927
StudioVictor Studios, 952 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois
GenrePopular music
LabelVictor 35877
Composer(s)Horatio Nicholls
Lyricist(s)Edgar Leslie

Among My Souvenirs” is a 1927 song with words by Edgar Leslie and music by Horatio Nicholls (a pseudonym for British composer Frederick Lawrence Wright).

Original version

The earliest known version of “Among My Souvenirs” was recorded by The Kit-Cat Band on September 19, 1927.

Kit Cat Band – Souvenirs

It was first a number one chart hit for Paul Whiteman in 1928. Whiteman’s recording was recorded November 22, 1927, and released by Victor Records as catalog number 35877A.

1928 HITS ARCHIVE: Among My Souvenirs – Paul Whiteman (J Fulton-C Gaylord-A Young, vocals)

In Lullaby of Broadway, by Patricia Dubin McGuire (Secaucus NJ: Citadel Press, 1983) it is stated that Al Dubin sold the song to Edgar Leslie for $25 (page 94).

Other charting versions

  • In 1959, Connie Francis recorded the song peaking at number seven on the Hot 100. The Connie Francis version also peaked at number ten on the R&B charts. In the United Kingdom, the song reached #11. Her version was arranged by Ray Ellis.
“Among My Souvenirs”
Single by Connie Francis
from the album More Greatest Hits
B-sideGod Bless America
ReleasedNovember 1959
GenrePop
Length2:28
LabelMGM 12841
Songwriter(s)Edgar LeslieHoratio Nicholls
Connie Francis singles chronology
“You’re Gonna Miss Me”
(1959)”Among My Souvenirs
(1959)”Mama
(1960)
Among My Souvenirs

In 1976, Marty Robbins had his 16th and last number one on the country charts with his version of the song.

Marty Robbins -Among My Souveneirs

Additional versions

Over the years, the song has been covered by many artists including:

  • Louis Armstrong (Decca catalog number 4327A, recorded April 17, 1942, with the flip side “Coquette”)
Among My Souvenirs
  • Bing Crosby and Russ Morgan‘s Orchestra (Decca catalog number 23745A, recorded August 22, 1946, with the flip side “Does Your Heart Beat for Me?”)
Among My Souvenirs
JUDY GARLAND sings AMONG MY SOUVENIRS , 1957
  • Bob Haring and the Regent Club Orchestra (Brunswick catalog number 3723, recorded November 14, 1927, with the flip side “The Song Is Ended”)
"Among My Souvenirs" (1927) Bob Haring
Among My Souvenirs
1927 Roger Wolfe Kahn – Among My Souvenirs (Scrappy Lambert, vocal)
  • James Melton (Columbia catalog number 1238D, recorded December 14, 1927, with the flip side “Dear, on a Night like This”)
Among My Souvenirs
  • Alvino Rey and his Orchestra (Capitol catalog number 338, recorded 1946, with the flip side “Save Your Sorrow”)
Among My Souvenirs
1928 HITS ARCHIVE: Among My Souvenirs – Ben Selvin (Cyril Pitts, vocal)
Among My Souvenirs – Original
Among My Souvenirs
Joni James "Among My Souvenirs"
Among My Souvenirs
Marie Osmond – Among My Souvenirs
  • Ray Price on his posthumous farewell album Beauty Is… Ray Price: The Final Sessions (Amerimonte, 2014)
Among My Souvenirs
  • The Lennon Sisters – Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs – The Lennon Sisters
  • Vera Lynn – Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs – VERA LYNN – For all World War II Sweethearts
  • Ronnie Aldrich – Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs
  • Ted Brown & Company – Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs
  • Reg Owen – Among My Souvenirs
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Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs
  • Cesar Manalili – Among My Souvenirs
Cesar Manalili – Among My Souvenirs
  • Judy Garland – Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs
  • Billy Vaughn – Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs
  • Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra – Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs
  • Billy Butterfield – Among My Souvenirs
Among My Souvenirs
  • Ben Selvin & His Orchestra – Among My Souvenirs
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  • Dave Monk – Among my Souvenirs
Among my Souvenirs -Connie Francis – instrumental cover by Dave Monk
  • Eva Vivar – Among My Souvenirs
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  • Ethel Nakada – Among My Souvenirs
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  • Mario Lanza – Among My Souvenirs
Mario Lanza – Among My Souvenirs – Clark Gable & Carole Lombard
  • Louis Armstrong – Among My Souvenirs
Louis Armstrong – Among My Souvenirs

In popular culture

The song is referenced by the character Al Stephenson (Frederic March) in the film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). He requests the song and he and his wife Milly (Myrna Loy) dance to it as played by Hoagy Carmichael on the piano, at Butch’s Bar. The music is developed in the movie’s orchestral score by Hugo Friedhofer.

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Hoagy Carmichael Piano Scene

The song is referenced in the 2021 play Among My Souvenirs by Alex Margo Arden and Caspar Heinemann. It first premiered in Malmö on 22 August 2021 for World Pride and was performed at Barnens Scen, Malmö Folkets Park.

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