Interesting background on one of my favorites from the era, "I'll Never Smile Again":
"The song was written by a young Canadian songwriter, Ruth Lowe. The lyrics came from her heart - she had been married only a year when her husband died suddenly during a routine operation. Devastated, Ruth moved back to her home in Toronto. After telling her sister that she'd never smile again without him, she sat down one night to write a song that expressed her sorrow.
The result was a song that not only launched Frank Sinatra's career, but helped a nation get through the grief and loss of WWII.
Now, the fact that I'll Never Smile Again was written by a Canadian woman is not exactly obscure music trivia. However, few people know that a year before Dorsey and Sinatra got their hands on it, I'll Never Smile Again was heard by thousands of Canadians tuned into CBC Radio.
As far as Lost & Found Sound can tell, there's only one copy of this 1939 broadcast, and it belongs to Ruth Lowe's son, Tom Sandler. He came across the 78 RPM disc in a box of his mother's memorabilia after she died in 1981. This version was arranged by Percy Faith for his CBC program Music by Faith."