Roy Turk

Another approach now that would take another proper rock star to finally put it on the map.

A song written by a couple of guys named Roy Turk and Lou Handman all the way back in 1926.

First recorded by other guys whose names you'll never remember.

Then it's a duet by a pair in the same boat.

And of course, they could have been a very well-dressed couple from the countryside, by the way.

Roy Turk was the lyricist and Fred E.

Alert composed the music.

Both were native New Yorkers, but had quite different backgrounds before they collaborated together as songwriters.

The only other British recording of the tune was by Victor Sylvester & His Ballroom Orchestra, but it became very popular here in the US around 1940 with recordings by Dick Robertson, Sammy Kaye, Dinah Shore, The Ink Spots, Kate Smith, and Harry James.

Before that was Dolly Kaye with The Georgians under the direction of Frank Guarente, with The Maybe written by Fred Ahlert, Ted Snyder, and Roy Turk.

The full title of the song on the Waterson, Berlin, and Snyder sheet music is Maybe (With She'll Write Me, She'll Phone Me).

However, the label of Columbia 70D, recorded January 11th, 1924, shows the title as simply Maybe.