Sweet and Lovely

{{Short description|1931 American popular song}}

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| name = Sweet and Lovely

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| published = 1931

| writer = Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, and Harry Tobias

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| filename = Sweet_and_Lovely,_1931.ogg

| title = "Sweet and Lovely"

| description = Donald Novis with Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra

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"Sweet and Lovely" is an American popular song of 1931, composed by Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, and Harry Tobias.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-1/sweetandlovely.htm|title = Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Sweet and Lovely)}}

Recordings of the song which charted in 1931 are:

• Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with a vocal refrain by Donald Novis – #1 on the charts for 14 weeks
• Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians – #2
• Bing Crosby – #9 – recorded September 14, 1931 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.{{cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1a.html|website=BING magazine|publisher=International Club Crosby|accessdate=August 30, 2017}} (this was reissued in 1944 and briefly charted at No. 27){{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/109 109]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/109}}
• Ben Bernie & His Orchestra – #12
• Russ Columbo – #19