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Ramona (1928 song)

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“Ramona”
Song by Gene Austin
B-side“Girl Of My Dreams”
Published1928 by Leo Feist, Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
ReleasedMay 11, 1928
RecordedApril 2, 1928
StudioVictor StudiosCamden, New Jersey
GenreJazzPop Vocal
LabelVictor 21334
Composer(s)Mabel Wayne
Lyricist(s)L. Wolfe Gilbert
Gene Austin singles chronology
My Melancholy Baby
(1928)”Ramona
(1928)”Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time
(1928)

Ramona” is a 1928 song, with lyrics written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Mabel Wayne.

History

Ramona28.jpg

By Amazon.com scan of Victor 78, copyright by Victor, 1928., Fair use, Link.  1928 Victor 78, 21214-A, by Paul Whiteman featuring Bix Beiderbecke.

It was created as the title song for publicity to the 1928 silent adventure film-romance Ramona (based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson). The song was used again in the 1936 remake of the movie. Ramona was recorded in 1928 by Dolores del Río for the film. Gene Austin‘s 1928 version charted for 17 weeks, with eight weeks at No. 1, and easily topped a million in sales.

Dolores del Río – "Ramona" Vals (1928)

Recordings

  • On record it was a popular hit, usually performed as a romantic ballad, sometimes with a Latin inflection by “Whispering” Jack Smith and, in an idiosyncratic arrangement recorded on 4 January 1928, the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.
Whispering Jack Smith – Ramona 1928
  • he Paul Whiteman version, Victor 21214-A, featuring Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, was No. 1 for 3 weeks on the Billboard charts in 1928. 
1928 HITS ARCHIVE: Ramona – Paul Whiteman (Austin Young, vocal)
  • Gene Austin‘s recording was No. 1 for 8 weeks the same year.
  • Ruth Etting also recorded a version, which reached No. 10.
Ramona (Remastered)
Ramona
  • In 1958, Jim Reeves recorded “Ramona” for his album Girls I Have Known.
Jim Reeves RAMONA
  • It was a German
Ramona (Deutsche Version)
  • and Dutch number one hit in 1960 for the Blue Diamonds, arranged in an upbeat style similar to the Everly Brothers recordings of that period.
The Blue Diamonds – Ramona (1960)
  • In 1964 it was a UK hit for The Bachelors who reached the No. 4 spot in the charts during a 13-week stay.
The Bachelors – Ramona (1968)
  • Singer Billy Walker revived the song for the country market in 1968, reaching the top 10 of the US country charts, peaking at No. 8.
Billy Walker ~ Ramona
Grady Martin and his Paul Bigsby guitar! – Solos & Improvisation NEW!
舒雲 Shu Yun — a1 蕾夢娜 (Ramona)

André Rieu – Ramona

"Ramona" – André Rieu

David Whitfield – Ramona (1961)

David Whitfield – Ramona (1961)

Louis Armstrong – Ramona

Louis Armstrong – Ramona

Ramona

Ramona

DÚO DINÁMICO “RAMONA”

DÚO DINÁMICO "RAMONA"

Ramona

Ramona

Popular culture

Land and Freedom (1995 Ken Loach) [ENG Sub]

and in the BAFTA-nominated Harry un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000).

https://youtu.be/YJk66RnB8Wc

Ramona (1928) Dolores Del Rio, Warner Baxter

https://youtu.be/S-h1s8TPPxE

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