Smoke Gets in Your Eyes No. 3 on the Rhythm and Blues chart. The song spent 20 weeks on the UK charts, peaking at Number 1 for one week on 20 March of that same year. Buck Ram, the producer, said that Harbach praised them "for reviving his song with taste." But the widow of composer Jerome Kern disliked the recording so much she considered legal action to prevent its distribution. Margaret Whiting released the song on her 1960 album "Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook". On February 2, 1964, Judy Garland performed the song comically on "television show". She sat at a small
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes table, singing longingly while the house burns and firefighters break down the door. While they carried her out, she continued singing. Bryan Ferry, of the band Roxy Music, released a cover version on his album "Another Time, Another Place" in 1974. A remake of the song by British band Blue Haze, formed by Johnny Arthey and Phil Swern, Penny McLean, of the West German band Silver Convention, released a solo version in 1975 on her album "Lady Bump"; her version reached No. 6 on the "Billboard" Disco Singles chart. In 1994, the Ralph Dunnegan All Stars with the Adam Mansell