Ramona

Ramona is identified in the book’s accompanying note as a waltz written for the 1928 film of the same title. The note supplies its authorship and records its popularity, giving the song a brief but specific place in the period’s popular music.

Identification and Origin

The song was written for the film Ramona, released in 1928. Its connection to a film places it within commercial popular entertainment of the period; the evidence does not describe the film’s story or the song’s lyrics.

Authorship and Form

Mabel Wayne wrote the words, and L. Wolfe Gilbert composed the music. The note identifies the piece as a waltz, specifying its musical form as well as its film origin.

Reception

The note says Ramona became a very popular hit song. It gives no sales figures or further account of the song’s circulation, but establishes that it achieved broad popularity.