The song was written by
Mack Gordon, lyrics, and
Harry Warren, music. The song is lip-synched by
Lynn Bari in the movie
Sun Valley Serenade.
Pat Friday sang the vocals with
John Payne and The Modernaires. The single, RCA Bluebird B-11230-A, reached no. 18 on the
Billboard pop singles chart in a one-week chart run. The single release featured vocals by
Paula Kelly and The Four
Modernaires. The B side of the single was "
Chattanooga Choo Choo" which, de facto, was treated as the A-side. The tune was the one being rehearsed in the film,
The Glenn Miller Story, when
Jimmy Stewart, as Glenn Miller, was trying to invent a new sound; then the trumpeter hurt his lip, which caused Miller to substitute a clarinet, creating the new sound. Covers of the song have been recorded by numerous artists, including
The Manhattan Transfer,
Mel Torme,
Richard Himber And His Orchestra with Johnny Johnston and the
Joseph Lilley Ensemble on vocals,
Ray Anthony,
Anne Shelton with
Ambrose & his Orchestra,
June Christy,
Frankie Sardo on 20th Fox Records,
Lionel Hampton, Jean Peters, Joan Regan,
Michael Feinstein and
George Shearing, Babik Reinhardt,
Dick Smothers, the Red Garland Trio, Orchestra Coco, the Michael Rose Orchestra, Teddy Petersen, Falconaires, US Air Force Band of the Rockies, Max Greger,
Syd Lawrence, the Dino Olivieri Orchestra with refrain by Bruno Pallesi, David Pell,
Diana Panton with Red Schwager on the album
Red, and
Robert Clary. The 1941 Glenn Miller recording was featured in the 1990 Warner Bros. movie
Memphis Belle and the 2017 film
The Shape of Water which was nominated for 13 Academy Awards. It also was played at Ginger Rogers' party early in the 1954 movie "
Black Widow. ''It's also featured in a film called The Magnificent Dope (1942) starring Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche and Edward Everett Horton''. ==Personnel==