1936 Benny Goodman - Smoke Dreams (Helen Ward, vocal)

This tune was performed on-screen in the 1936 mystery “After the Thin Man” by Dorothy McNulty, who would later achieve fame as ‘Penny Singleton’ in the long-running “Blondie” film series.

CD audio source, originally issued on 78rpm: Victor 25486 - Smoke Dreams (Freed-Brown) by Benny Goodman & his Orchestra, vocal by Helen Ward, recorded in NYC December 9, 1936 .
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