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WHERE THE BLUE OF THE
NIGHT (MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY)
(Roy Turk / Bing Crosby / Fred E.
Ahlert)
Bing helped write the lyrics for
this song in 1931, and by year's end had adopted
it as his theme
song. He recorded the song 3 times
for commercial release: first for Brunswick
on Nov. 23, 1931,
accompanied by Bennie Krueger and
his Orchestra; next for Decca on July 20,
1940, accompanied
by the Paradise Island Trio; and
again for Decca on July 17, 1945, accompanied
by the John Scott
Trotter Orchestra. Russ Columbo,
an early rival of Bing, also recorded the song
in 1931 and beat
Bing's version onto the charts in
Dec. 1931. Bing's recording entered the charts
in Jan. 1932, where
it remained for 7
weeks, reaching as high as No. 4. Bing's 1940 rendition also
charted for one week
at No. 27. His mellifluous 1945 version,
however, is probably the more famous
today.
Where the blue of
the night
Meets the gold of the day
Someone waits for me
And the gold of her hair
Crowns the blue of her eyes
Like a halo, tenderly
If only I could see her
Oh how happy I would be
Where the blue of the night
Meets the gold of the day
Someone waits for me
----- instrumental
break and whistling -----
Where the blue of
the night
Meets the gold of the day
Someone waits for me
