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This version is sung by Bing Crosby
The artistic highlight of "Gold Diggers of 1933" is the lilting, swirling "Shadow Waltz." The Al Dubin lyrics are poetic, but hardly ever sung today. What survives is Warren's beatifully constructed waltz theme, a superior piece of composition that takes its place among the handful of great american waltzes. In "Gold Diggers of 1933" Buzby Berkely put the music to striking and tasteful effect, with a group of girls waltzing while playing the violin. With a variety of camera angles, and cuts skillfully matching the rhythm, Berkely whirls his girls to an engaging pattern of sight and sound, including blackout shots in which the violins are edged with neon lighting. Few seqences in movie musicals would ever equal the charm and grace of this beguiling "Shadow Waltz."
Credit Tony Thomas-The Hollywood Musical-Citadel Press

Songwriters: Harry Warren, Al Dubin

Show(s)

Forty-Second Street (1980)
Cast Album : RCA Performer(s): Tammy Grimes

Movie(s)

Gold Diggers Of 1933 (Warner Bros. Pictures : 1933)
Soundtrack : United Artists Performer(s): Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell

US Hit Record(s)

Bing Crosby - (Brunswick Records : 1933) - (# 1 Pop 1933)
Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees - (Columbia Records : 1933) - (# 6 Pop 1933)
Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - (Brunswick Records : 1933) - (# 11 Pop 1933)

Other Recording(s)

Dick Powell - (Brunswick Records, Decca Records)
Zoot Sims - (Pablo Records)
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra - (Capitol Records, Inc.)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir - (Columbia Records)
The Hi-Lo's - (DRG Records)
Sonny Rollins - (Riverside Records)
Joe Loss And His Orchestra - (EMI Records Group North America)
Morton Gould - (RCA Records)
Warren Covington, Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra - (Decca Records)
Wayne King - (MCA Records, Inc.)
Herbie Harper - (Sea Breeze Records)
Mantovani - (London Records)
Larry Adler
Jerry Fielding And His Orchestra
Ronnie Aldrich, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - (Audio Fidelity Records)