<Tr> <Th> Written </Th> <Td> 1925 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Irving Berlin </Td> </Tr> <P> "Always" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1925, as a wedding gift for his wife Ellin McKay, whom he married in 1926, and to whom he presented the substantial royalties . Although legend (and Groucho Marx) claims Berlin wrote the song "Always" for The Cocoanuts, he never meant for the song to be included in the play . </P> <Ul> <Li> Henry Burr on February 10, 1926 and released on Victor 19959 . </Li> <Li> Nick Lucas on February 13, 1926 and released on Brunswick 3088 </Li> <Li> George Olsen & his Music (vocal by trio Edward Joyce, Fran Frey & Bob Rice) on February 16, 1926 and released on Victor 19955 . </Li> <Li> Jesse Crawford (organist) on February 25, 1926 and released on Victor 20000 </Li> <Li> Layton & Johnstone released on Columbia UK 4017 in Sep 1926 . </Li> <Li> Deanna Durbin on December 15, 1944 and released on Decca 23397 . Deanna performed the song in the 1944 film Christmas Holiday . </Li> <Li> Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians (with vocal by Kenny Gardner) on January 3, 1947 and released on Decca 23817 </Li> <Li> Frank Sinatra (with orchestra directed by Axel Stordahl) on January 9, 1947 and released on Columbia 38686 </Li> <Li> Tore Faye's Quartet (Victor Molvik, piano - Ole K. Salater, bass - Finn R. Slåtten, bass - Tore Faye, clarinet) in Oslo on December 6, 1954 and released on HMV A.L. 3488 . </Li> <Li> Hank Garland on the album' Jazz Winds From a New Direction' in 1960 </Li> <Li> Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album On the Sentimental Side (1962) and he also recorded the song for his 1965 album Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love </Li> <Li> Peggy Lee on July 17, 1974 and released on Atlantic 3915 </Li> <Li> Barbara Cartland in 1978 with the Mike Sammes Singers and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on "An Album of Love Songs" State Records, ETAT 22 . </Li> </Ul>

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