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"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" is a lighthearted song in tribute to Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Its lyrics were written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr., set to music composed by Ernest Ball, for Olcott's production of The Isle O' Dreams, and Olcott sang the song in the show. Chancellor "Chauncey" Olcott ( July 21, 1858 – March 18, 1932) was an American George Graff Jr (1886 - 1973 was a United States Songwriter. He wrote the lyrics to When Irish Eyes Are Smiling along with Chauncey Olcott Ernest R Ball ( July 22 1878 - May 3 1927) was a United States Singer and Songwriter, most famous for composing It was first published in 1912. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting

The song continued to be familiar standard for generations. Decades later it was used as the opening song on the radio show Duffy's Tavern. Radio programming is the content that is broadcast by Radio stations The original inventors of radio such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Duffy's Tavern, an American radio Situation comedy ( CBS, 1941-1942 NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944 NBC, 1944-1952 The song has been recorded on over 200 singles and albums and by many famous singers, including Bing Crosby, Connie Francis, and Roger Whittaker. Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby ( May 3, 1903 &ndash October 14, 1977) was an Academy Award winning American Popular Connie Francis (born December 12, 1938 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Pop singer best known for international hit songs Roger Whittaker (born March 22 1936 in Nairobi, Kenya) is an English - Kenyan Singer / Songwriter and ^[1]

The song in the news

The song gained especial notoriety in Canada after the so-called Shamrock Summit between Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and U. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Shamrock Summit was a name given to the 1985 meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and U Martin Brian Mulroney PC CC GOQ (predominantly known as Brian Mulroney) (born March 20, 1939) was the eighteenth S. President Ronald Reagan held on St. Patrick's Day, 1985. Saint Patrick's Day (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St At the end of the evening, the two leaders jointly performed "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", for which Mulroney was extensively criticized in the Canadian press. ^[2]

In film

"When Irish Eyes are Smiling" has been used in the following movies:^[3]

• "Return to Me," 2000
• "It's A Great Day For The Irish," 1999
• "Husbands," 1970
• "Ducking the Devil," 1957
• "Canary Row," 1950
• "Top o' the Morning," 1949
• "The Time of Your Life," 1948
• "Wild Irish Rose," 1947
• "Irish Eyes Are Smiling," 1944 (This is an actual movie about Ernest R. Ball)
• "My Favorite Blonde," 1942
• "Always a Bride," 1940
• "The Long Voyage Home," 1940
• "Tear Gas Squad," 1940
• "It All Came True," 1940
• "The Fighting 69th," 1940
• "Let Freedom Ring" 1939
• "The Crowd Roars," 1938
• "Roof Tops of Manhattan," 1935
• "The Irish in Us," 1935
• "In Caliente," 1935
• "Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle," 1934
• "Stage Mother," 1933

Copyright dispute

A dispute over Copyright renewal for "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" ended up in the US Supreme Court in 1943. ^[4] (However, today there is no dispute as to its copyright status; it is now in the public domain, since it was published in the USA prior to 1923. )

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