Gene Austin - Love Letters In The Sand (1931)

[39smokinjoe]

In the 60's I used to travel to Joplin MO & stay in a motel that had a piano bar. One time I found a pianist playing old songs. I sang with him & we started trying to stump each other. He played My Blue Heaven. I said I bet he didn't know what was on the back of Gene Austin's record of it. He did & I told him how surprised I was. He then told me that he had been Austin's accompanist for some years. Strange who you can meet in bars!

[TheGraywolf661]

Great lovley old tune.....

from the time where the music was gentle and nice.

Thanks for sharing:-)

[perkammersgaard]

Check out the Gay Lumpkin & Connie Lee Stich version from '92, which has the forgotten first verce.

[BRG1942]

I never heard this, which I suppose was the original, before. I'm not as happy with it as Pat Boone's revival, I guess because I'm not used to the pre-crooner style, but I like that you hear the verse.

[TheKennyC13]

It was 1957 when I heard the Pat Boone version of this song. I was vacationing with my parents. We were in a restaurant in Belfountain, Ohio and I had heard it on a jukebox. Dad was quick to say, "This song was popular when we were kids."

[judithmoi]

Quelle douceur, merci !

[xevcosmo]

Very nice!! Russ Colombo also had a nice version the same year.

[NouveauPasse]

Verse:

THE SUNBEAMS KISSED THE SANDS

MY FATE WAS IN YOUR HANDS

THE DAY I MET YOU DEAR

AND THOUGH I FIND YOU GONE

YOUR MEMORY LINGERS ON

I CAN'T FORGET YOU DEAR

[thechinadesk]

Does anyone have the verse to Love Letters in the Sand?

The part Pat Boone didn't sing, but Gene Austin did?

I searched for it on the Net but didn't find it.

I would simply transcribe it from the video but unfortunately I can't quite make out all the words.

[panzerick]

Unfortunately, they do not make songs ( and Singers) like this lovely rendition any more.

[jimmyjawjack]

great

[Windowb]

This was my dear departed grandparents courting song. Makes me cry every time I hear it. Thanks for posting.

[odinea67]

@Windowb you make me cry too. Hugs 

[starletdempsy]

Great dancing music

[MickeyVanGelder]

Beautiful. The verse is lovely. Thank you posting this recording.

[78timothy]

Pat Boone revived this song, but never sang the Verse, what a powerful profession of love. Austin knew how to sell a song. He continued to sing up to the time of his death. When you do what you love, it's amazing! You live longer, and are more fulfilled, by the respose of others who enjoy what you are doing. That was Austin.

[jd03150]

Like most of us, I first discovered this song with Pat Boone. I know the Austin version, but for my money perhaps the best of all is the version by Lee Morse, a mostly forgotten but fantastic female artist of the 1920s and 30's.

[Moseslawgiver]

What a beautiful little ballad.

Had me singing and dancing round the computer desk, and my dog Ben loved it too!

[Corrie121]

Ah! This is just wonderful!

What more can I say, other than a heartfelt "Thank you" for sharing this gem.

[ochunjimenez56]

so great, so big. i love it.