Al Bowlly ft Ray Noble The New Mayfair Orchestra Goodnight, Sweetheart ( Victor Records 1931)

Goodnight, Sweetheart is a British popular song written in 1931 by the songwriting team of Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly. The lyrics begin: Goodnight sweetheart, til we meet tomorrow. Goodnight sweetheart, sleep will banish sorrow. It has been performed by Al Bowlly, Kate Smith, Connie Francis (for her 1959 album My Thanks to You), Dick Haymes (for his Imagination album), Gordon MacRae (for his 1957 album Motion Picture Soundstage), Sarah Vaughan (for her 1962 album Sarah + 2) and Dean Martin (for his 1958 album Sleep Warm), among others, and was the theme song for the 1990s BBC timetravel sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, which was named after it. It was recorded in 1931 by the Wayne King Orchestra (vocals by Ernie Birchill), Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Ruth Etting and the Ray Noble Orchestra (vocals by Al Bowlly). Guy Lombardo also recorded his own version of the song in 1931 with vocals by Carmen Lombardo. Lombardo s version re