"Goodnight, Sweetheart" (Russ Columbo, 1931)

An accident with an antique pistol cut short the life and career of the "Third" great early crooner, Russ Columbo, at 26...

Along with Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby, Columbo dominated the hit parade of the early 30's...and the heartstrings of millions of adoring fans.

GOOD NIGHT, SWEETHEART
(Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, and Rudy Vallee)

Good night, sweetheart, till we meet tomorrow.
Good night, sweetheart, sleep will banish sorrow.

Tears and parting may make us forlorn,
But with the dawn, a new day is born.

Good night, sweetheart, though I'm not beside you,
Good night, sweetheart, still my love will guide you,

Dreams enfold you in each one I'll hold you.
Good night, sweetheart, good night.

The day is over and its cares and woes,
In peaceful, sweet repose...will fade and die.
A dreamy Dreamland beckons you and me,
How happy life could be, if we could dream forever...

Good night, sweetheart, till we meet tomorrow.
Good night, sweetheart, sleep will banish sorrow.

Tears and parting may make us forlorn,
Ah, but with the dawn, a new day is born.

Good night, sweetheart, though I'm not beside you,
Good night, sweetheart, still me love will guide you,

Dreams enfold you in each one I'll hold you.
Good night, sweetheart, good night.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rudy Vallee's self-parodying performance of the song (serenading Claudette Colbert) in "Palm Beach Story" sparked a 40's revival of the tune.

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• Russ
• Columbo
• 1931
• Shilkret
• Lombardo
• Ray
• Noble
• Jimmy
• Campbell
• Reg
• Connelly
• Rudy
• Vallee

[Victrolaman1]

I have a nice copy of this,but did not post because this was a very good clean post.Now if it were noisy or done on a talking machine and I thought mine was an improvement,I might upload mine.I wondered why my search did not turn up the flip side"Time On My Side",so I uploaded that.

[RReady555]

Thanks, Victrolaman--for that posting. Russ didn't live to record that much material, glad so much is available here on YT.

Regards,

-RR

[xevcosmo]

Very nice, thanks to youtube Russ will live forever with new fans, do you also have his wonderful hard to find version of "Loveletters in the sand"?

[RReady555]

Thanks! No, I don't have Columbo's "Love Letters"--but I'd also love to see in posted here on YT... ;)

Best,

-RR

[pax41]

Don't know if you were aware but this song has been posted several times already on YT. I try not to duplicate them since there seems to be an understanding among some of the YT posters not to duplicate.

[RReady555]

Really, where has this been previously posted? It comes up on no search.

Anyway, there are many overlapping viewer groups on YouTube--I frankly see no problem in posting public domain material in a format which reaches new and different audiences.

No single setting of popular or classical music should be seen as definitive, exclusive or permanent. It belongs to all of us--hence "public domain".

Thanks.

[franklindavid]

Whow! He sounds great , America lost a great crooner,

[edmame]

this reminds me of elvis doing his gospel, and a bit more loose (i.e. song's flow is more important than vocal persona.) gorgeous stuff.

[Jenniferde2007]

His voice was wonderful--no woner he was a rival of Bing Crosby, such a great loss when Russ Columbo died,

[Liverlips03]

my great grandpa love the song

[avdreader1]

I like this. The tunes were sweeter a long time ago. Before they put bad language and awful/ or no melodies in them like todays lousy drivel.

[theMaryAnneR]

I have a lot of Russ Columbo 78s . Just love him

I think Bing would not have been so big if Russ had lived longer.

[theMaryAnneR]

I have a lot of Russ Columbo 78s . Just love him

[paulkate72]

@paulkate72 - A kind YT-er set me straight on this: Russ Columbo wasn't the Canadian Crosby - DickTodd was.

Many thanks to Marty9020.

[SuperHelenJA]

every dance ended with this song in the 40s.