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"Say It with Music" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin.[1] It was introduced in the Music Box Revue of 1921, where it was the de facto theme song and sung as a duet.[2] The song was popularised by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra on 30 August 1921; this recording debuted on the charts on 12 November of that year, remained there for 14 weeks and peaked at number 1.[3][4] Other popular versions in 1921/22 were by John Steel and by Ben Selvin.[5]

"Say It with Music" became the theme song of all subsequent Music Box Revues. Ethel Merman sang it in the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime Band.[6]

Other artists who have recorded versions of the song include Jack Payne, who made it his signature tune,[1] Pat Boone (1957)[7] and Dick Haymes (with Carmen Cavallaro in 1947 for Decca No. 24420).[8]

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• Recording by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
• Recording by John Steel
• Recording by Jack Payne and his BBC Dance Orchestra

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