<Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 1919 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Composer: Ernest Seitz Lyricist: Gene Lockhart </Td> </Tr> <P> "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" is a popular ballad with lyrics by Gene Lockhart and music (Toronto 1918) by the concert pianist Ernest Seitz, who had conceived the refrain when he was 12 . Embarrassed about writing popular music, Seitz used the pseudonym "Raymond Roberts" when the song was first published by Chappell in 1919 . </P> <P> More than 100 recorded versions have been commercially released . Initially, when the song's hopeful sentiment appealed to post-war North America, it was recorded by both singers and instrumentalists, including Morton Downey, Fritz Kreisler, Ted Lewis, and John Steel . Later, as a popular vehicle for improvisation, it was recorded by many jazz musicians, among them Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Mel Powell, Jess Stacy, Jack Teagarden and Cuban mambo master Machito . </P>

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