"Back in Your Own Back Yard" is a popular song. Officially the credits show it as written by Al Jolson, Billy Rose, and Dave Dreyer; in fact, Billy Rose was exclusively a lyricist, Dreyer a composer,^[1] and Al Jolson a performer who was often given credits so he could earn some more money, so the actual apportionment of the credits would be likely to be music by Dreyer, lyrics by Rose, and possibly some small contribution by Jolson.

A popular recording by Ruth Etting, made on January 3, 1928, was issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 1288-D, with the flip side "When You're with Somebody Else".^[2]^[3] Jolson also recorded the song in 1928, on March 8, with Bill Wirges' Orchestra for Brunswick Records (catalog number 3867^[3]) with the flip side "Ol' Man River".^[4]

Other recordings

1928: Eva Taylor - recorded on June 2, 1928, for Okeh Records (catalog No. 8585).^[5]
1938: Billie Holiday - recorded January 12, 1938, for Vocalion Records (catalog No. 4029).^[6]
1959: Sun Ra - released on January 1, 1959 on the album Sound Sun Pleasure.
1947: Al Jolson - re-recorded on June 9, 1947, for Decca Records (catalog No. 24108).^[7]
1950: It was subsequently revived by Patti Page in a recording made on June 16, 1950. The Page recording was issued by Mercury Records as catalog number 5463.^[8] It entered the Billboard chart on October 7, 1950, at No. 23, lasting only that one week.^[9]
1954: Bing Crosby recorded the song^[10] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954–56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.^[11]
1955: Margaret Whiting^[12]
1958: The Andrews Sisters - for their album The Andrews Sisters Sing the Dancing '20s.^[13]
1958: Eydie Gormé - for her album Eydie Gormé – Vamps The Roaring 20's^[14]
1958: Peggy Lee - in her album Jump for Joy
1959: Brenda Lee - for her album Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!
1959: Vera Lynn - included the album Vera Lynn Sings Songs of the Twenties^[15]
1962: Nancy Wilson - for her album Hello Young Lovers
1963: Sammy Davis Jr. - for his album As Long as She Needs Me
1968: Eddie Fisher - for his album You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet^[16]
2004: Madeleine Peyroux - for the album Got You on My Mind

Film appearances

1929: Say It with Songs - sung by Al Jolson
1939: That's Right—You're Wrong - played by the Kay Kyser Band at the radio program
1943: Silver Spurs - sung by Roy Rogers
1949: Jolson Sings Again - performed by Larry Parks (dubbed by Al Jolson)

References

^ "Biography of Dave Dreyer on the Songwriters' Hall of Fame site". Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
^ Columbia Records in the 1000D to 1499D series
^ ^a ^b Gardner, Edward Foote (2000). Popular Songs of the 20th Century: Chart Detail & Encyclopedia, 1900–1949. St. Paul, Minnesota: Paragon House. p. 1928. ISBN 1-55778-789-1.
^ Brunswick Records in the 3500 to 3999 series
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "Discogs.com". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ Mercury Records in the 5000 to 5497 series
^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940–1955. Record Research.
^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "Margaret Whiting Discography". margaretwhiting.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1968. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

Ruth Etting

Singles