1936 HITS ARCHIVE: Love Is Like A Cigarette - Duke Ellington (Ivie Anderson, vocal)

A “Hit Parade” song which was one of several cigarette-topical tunes to achieve a degree of popularity during the 1930s.

CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Brunswick 7827 - Love Is Like A Cigarette (Jerome-Kent) by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, vocal by Ivy Anderson, recorded in NYC February 28, 1936

THE 1936 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1936 (some were recorded in 1935) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. .
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