My Sister and I (song)

"My Sister and I"
Single by Jimmy Dorsey
Released	1941
Songwriter(s)	Hy Zaret, Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer
Jimmy Dorsey singles chronology

"My Sister and I" is a song written by Hy Zaret, Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, recorded by Jimmy Dorsey, with vocals by Bob Eberly. It hit number one on the Billboard charts on June 7, 1941. Other chart hits in 1941 were by Bea Wain, Bob Chester (vocal by Bill Darnell) and by Benny Goodman (vocal by Helen Forrest).[1]

Sheet music of the time shows a boy and girl in Dutch clothing, with windmills in the background.[2] Under the title appears the description, "As inspired by the Current Best Seller 'My Sister and I' by Dirk van der Heide."[3] The lyric is in the voice of a child who has—with a sister—left a war zone by boat and begun a new life abroad. The line "the fear/That came from a troubled sky" along with the song's release date implies the evacuation of children from the countries ravaged by World War II, such as the London Blitz the previous winter.

References

Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 556. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
Sheet music from Broadcast Music, Inc. (New York, 1941).
The reference is to Dirk van der Heide (trans. Mrs. Antoon Deventer), "My Sister and I: The Diary of a Dutch Boy Refugee" (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941).

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 556. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

[2] Sheet music from Broadcast Music, Inc. (New York, 1941).

[3] The reference is to Dirk van der Heide (trans. Mrs. Antoon Deventer), "My Sister and I: The Diary of a Dutch Boy Refugee" (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941).