50+ Music<p>"Lullaby of the Leaves" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musicalComposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicalComposition</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/composer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BernicePetkere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BernicePetkere</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lyricist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lyricist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JoeYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeYoung</span></a>. A <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TinPanAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TinPanAlley</span></a> song first performed in 1932, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> is considered the biggest critical and commercial success of Petkere's composing career. The song was a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hit</span></a> for#GeorgeOlsenAndHisMusic in 1932. By January 1933, more than 500,000 copies had been sold in the U.S.—ten times more than the usual hit song of the era. <br><a href="https://youtu.be/OyT--K58S0s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/OyT--K58S0s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>