The Object of My Affection (song)
The Object of My Affection is a pop song written by Pinky Tomlin (music), Coy Poe (lyrics) and Jimmie Grier and released in 1934. The song was at the top of the American charts in 1934 and the following year.
The Object of My Affection “is a brisk and cheerful song of total devotion; the suitor is ready to wait while his lover can do what she wants as long as she says she belongs to him. "
The song made the singer and songwriter Truman "Pinky" Tomlin (1907–1987) known nationwide in 1934 . Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra ( Brunswick 7308, vocals Pinky Tomlin) had a number one hit in the United States with The Object of My Affection ; In 1935 the Boswell Sisters (with Jimmie Grier and his Orchestra) succeeded in doing this with their version of the song (Brunswick 7348). Jan Garber and His Orchestra (1934, # 7) and Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra presented other successful cover versions in December 1934 (# 10). Even Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (vocal Buddy Clark ), Chick Bullock , Bert Ambrose , Garnet Clark and His Hot Club Four (u. A. With Bill Coleman and Django Reinhardt ) and the western swing singer Milton Brown coverten 1934/35 the song. The discographer Tom Lord lists 41 cover versions in the field of jazz, from later years also by Lionel Hampton , Fred Böhler , Thore Jederby , Johnny Mercer / Paul Weston , Dick Haymes , Barry Martyn , Kid Thomas Valentine , Ella Fitzgerald , Ralph Sutton , Lars Erstrand and Sammy Rimington .
Web links
- Inclusion in the catalog of the German National Library: DNB 359414931
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series 1962, page 1694
- ↑ In the original: [...] is a breezy song of total commitment, the wooer willing to wait around while his sweetheart does what she likes, as long as she says she is his . Quote after. Thomas S. Hischak The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia . 2002, page 269
- ↑ Joel Whitburn's Pop Hits, 1940-1954: 1994. Page 392
- ↑ Discography of Western Swing and Hot String Bands, 1928–1942, p. 17