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Music Sigmund Romberg
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II
Sigmund Romberg wrote the music and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the words for thi
s composition for the musical New Moon, which premiered in New York at the Imper
ial Theater on September 19, 1928. Actor Robert Halliday introduced the song in
the show. Another song from the musical, Lover, Come Back to Me, was recorded by a
number of artists and had three recordings in the charts for 1929. Softly... didn t
fare as well, with only this one recording:
Nat Shilkret and His Orchestra (as The Troubadors) (1929, Franklin Baur, vocal,
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Hollywood was the place to be. But New Moon had incredible staying power and has
successfully been revived a number of times on Broadway, the last time in 2004.