"
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a
show tune written by American composer
Jerome Kern and lyricist
Otto Harbach for their 1933
musical Roberta. The song was sung in the original
Broadway show by
Tamara Drasin. Its first recorded performance was by
Gertrude Niesen, who recorded the song with orchestral direction from
Ray Sinatra,
Frank Sinatra's second-cousin, on October 13, 1933. Niesen's recording of the song was released by
Victor, catalog# VE B 24454, with the
b-side, "Jealousy", featuring
Isham Jones and his Orchestra. The song was later reprised by
Irene Dunne, who performed it in the original 1935
film adaptation of the musical, co-starring
Fred Astaire,
Ginger Rogers and
Randolph Scott. The song was also included in the 1952 remake of
Roberta,
Lovely to Look At, in which it was performed by
Kathryn Grayson. It is perhaps best known today from its chart-topping 1958 hit recording by
The Platters (see below).