TANGERINE
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Male vocalist: Bob Eberly
Female vocalist: Helen O’Connell
Words by Johnny Mercer; Music by Victor Schertzinger
#1 from the week of May 9, 1942 through the week of June 13, 1942
(Male singer)
Tangerine,
She is all they claim
With her eyes of night and lips as bright as flame
Tangerine,
When she dances by
Senoritas stare and caballeros sigh
And I’ve seen
Toasts to Tangerine
Raised in every bar across the Argentine