"Ramona" | ||||
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Song by Gene Austin | ||||
B-side | "Girl Of My Dreams" | |||
Published | 1928 by Leo Feist, Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc. | |||
Released | May 11, 1928[1] | |||
Recorded | April 2, 1928 | |||
Studio | Victor Studios, Camden, New Jersey[2] | |||
Genre | Jazz, Pop Vocal | |||
Label | Victor 21334 | |||
Composer(s) | Mabel Wayne | |||
Lyricist(s) | L. Wolfe Gilbert | |||
Gene Austin singles chronology | ||||
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"Ramona" is a 1928 song with lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Mabel Wayne. Composed for the 1928 feature film Ramona, it was the first theme song written for the movies.[3]
The original lyrics and music of the song entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.[4]
It was created as the title song for publicity to the 1928 silent adventure film-romance Ramona (based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson). The song was used again in the 1936 remake of the movie. Ramona was recorded in 1928 by Dolores del Río for the film. Gene Austin's 1928 version charted for 17 weeks, with eight weeks at No. 1, and easily topped a million in sales.[5]