They...asked me how I knew...

The Platters took their mellow doo wop version of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" to the top of the Billboard chart in 1958. The song was originally written in the 1930s and recorded by several artists before the Platters' hit #1.

While modern ears may not hear it as a rock and roll song, it has several hallmarks that qualify it as such. As a side note, the widow of one of its writers was dismayed that one of her late husband's songs would be turned into a rock song. Ooh! The horror!

Anyway, you can hear the lump in the throat as the song is sung. Our singer isn't crying, his eyes are reacting to the smoke in the air. Yet, the lyric also tells us where that smoke comes from.

Kick back and enjoy this 1950s' song for the lovelorn.