Whispering Jack Smith - Ramona (1928)

[RockLives4u]

This guy dies at 51 his wife buries him next to his mother (family name Schmidt), in an unmarked grave in the Bronx..They didnt even give Jack a stone to mark is grave..

[rodstarr2001]

Great song !!! nice singing :)

[nightgrooveruk]

amazing thank u ~*~

[evsynator]

I hope they teach this stuff in music history in schools etc ...

[duckman531]

Wonderful phrasing!

[78timothy]

Even as a kid just starting to collect records in the 60's. I was born in 1953. Whenever I found a Whispering Jack Smith record I bought it. When you play it , it's just like having an old friend singing by the piano, just for you and your firends. This even outdoes Austin's recording of this song. The "talking" I Love You, at the end of the song is really the seller of this song. 5*****

[paulkate72]

@78timothy - Have to say disagree most vehemently re your comments about WJS's version of this song compared to Gene Austin's.

For mine, Gene's is the definitive version of Ramona. Surely no one does it better, and in my view only After You've Gone by Gene Austin surpasses his Ramona.

[utubesucks2003]

Ramona...they're ringing out our song of Love..

[kwassagirl]

Simply beautiful! This song was used as the theme in a french movie 'Hary, He's Here to Help' - my younger sister (17 yrs younger than me) and I (born 1944) went to see film. She was surprised I knew it when I was humming it after and I explained it is a very old song from my childhood. Thanks for posting

[ALYTZANDRA123]

love it!:)

[teacher694]

My mother was just playing this song on the piano a few minutes ago. She said it was a very popular song when she was a teenager. It sounds pretty good to me.

[kspm01]

Exquisite and refined like almost everything by Smith!