You're the Cream in My Coffee
You're the Cream in My Coffee is a pop song written by Ray Henderson (music), Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown (lyrics) and released in 1927.
background
The songwriting team Henderson, DeSylva and Brown wrote the song for the short-lived revue Hold Everything , which premiered on October 10, 1928 at New York's Broadhurst Theater . The song was presented by Jack Whiting and Ona Munson.
Marlene Dietrich sang You're the Cream in My Coffee in the role of Lola-Lola in Joseph von Sternberg's UFA film The Blue Angel (1930).
First recordings and later cover versions
The musicians who covered the song from 1928 included Ruth Etting , Ben Selvin (Columbia) as well as Ted Weems (Victor), Jack Blue (Kristall), Annette Hanshaw (Harmony), the California Ramblers (Okeh), Al Foster ( Pathé ), Emmett Miller (Okeh), in Paris Jack Hamilton and His Entertainers and Ray Ventura (Odeon), in London Bert Ambrose (Decca) and Jim Kelleher's Piccadilly Dance Band (Edison).
The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 78 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Bob Crosby , Stéphane Grappelli , Nat King Cole , Mel Tormé / Page Cavanaugh , Hank D'Amico , Mary Lou Williams , Les Brown , Joe turner , Jerry Wald , Earl Hines , Jonah Jines , Bobby Troup / Russ Garcia , Francis Bay , Freddie Gambrell / Chico Hamilton , Cat Anderson , Doc Evans , Joe Venuti , Kenny Baker , Ove Lind , the Pasadena Roof Orchestra and Teresa Brewer with The World's Greatest Jazz Band .