Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 operetta Roberta.
It was performed by Irene Dunne for the 1935 film adaptation, costarring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Randolph Scott.
The song has been covered by numerous artists, possibly the most famous of which was recorded in 1959 by the Doo-wop group The Platters, which became a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Doo-wop is an African American vocal style known emerged from the streets of New York City and Philadelphia, with its smooth harmonies, was the closest rock style to mainstream pop in the mid-1950’s.
