Last Night on the Back Porch

"Last Night on the Back Porch (I Loved Her Best of All)" is a popular song with music by Carl Schraubstader and lyrics by Lew Brown, published in 1923. It was introduced in the Broadway revue George White's Scandals{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production-songs.php?ShowNo=10045&ProdNo=8345 |title=Song list — George White's Scandals 1923 |work=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=24 November 2011}} where it was performed by Winnie Lightner.{{cite book |title=American songwriters: an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary |last=Ewen |first=David |year=1987 |publisher=H. W. Wilson Company |isbn=978-0-8242-0744-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/americansongwrit00ewen |url-access=registration |access-date=24 November 2001}}

File:Last Night on the Back Porch (I loved her best of all)-Victor 19139-Paul Whiteman Orchestra.mp3

The song was popularized in 1924 by Paul Whiteman (recorded for Victor on September 4, 1923, vocals by the American Quartet);{{cite web|title=THE ONLINE DISCOGRAPHICAL PROJECT|url=http://www.78discography.com/vic19000.html|website=78discography.com|access-date=June 6, 2017}} and by a recording by Ernest Hare and Billy Jones, both of which reached the charts of the day.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/504 504]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/504}}