I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
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"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" is a popular
song
. The music was written by Joseph E. Howard
and Harold Orlob, the lyrics by Will M. Hough and Frank R. Adams. The song was published in 1909
. It was first introduced in the 1909 musical The Prince Of Tonight. The chorus:
The song is now considered a pop standard, recorded by many artists.
Popular music
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Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
. The music was written by Joseph E. Howard
Joseph E. Howard
Joseph E. Howard was a Broadway composer, lyricist, and librettist. His Broadway credits include The District Leader, The Land of Nod and The Song Birds, The Time, the Place and the Girl, The Flower of the Ranch, The Girl Question, Stubborn Cinderella, The Goddess of Liberty, Maurice Chevalier in...
and Harold Orlob, the lyrics by Will M. Hough and Frank R. Adams. The song was published in 1909
1909 in music
-Events:*November 28 - Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 is premièred in New York City-Albums Released:*Tchailkovsky's Nutcracker Suite - Mark Hamburg And The Royal Albert Hall Orchestra-Published popular music:...
. It was first introduced in the 1909 musical The Prince Of Tonight. The chorus:
- I wonder who's kissing her now,
- I wonder who's teaching her how,
- Wonder who's looking into her eyes,
- Breathing sighs, telling lies;
- I wonder who's buying the wine,
- For lips that I used to call mine.
- I wonder if she ever tells him of me,
- I wonder who's kissing her now.
The song is now considered a pop standard, recorded by many artists.
Recorded versions
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