Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Smoke Gets in Your Eyes "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical "Roberta". The song was sung in the 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, with the B-side, "Jealousy", featuring Isham Jones and his Orchestra. Paul Whiteman had the first hit recording of the song on the record charts in
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Orchestra recorded the song. That version appears on "70 Years of Broadway, Vol. 1: 1924–1935". Kurt Elling covered the song on his 2000 live album "Live in Chicago"; the album was nominated for a Grammy the following year for Best Vocal Jazz Album. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" was translated to Lithuanian by around 2003; in Lithuanian the song is ""Žiedų Pūga"". Alison Jiear recorded a version of the song with orchestral arrangements by Mychael Danna in 2004 for the film "Being Julia". Smoke Gets in Your Eyes "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American