Remember is a ballad composed by Irving Berlin in 1925, sometimes subtitled Remember (I'm All Smiles Tonight). It was first recorded by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra for Victor Records with a vocal by Franklyn Baur. Written during Berlin's peak Tin Pan Alley years, the song is a tender waltz in 3/4 time with a 32-bar AABA form, featuring a lilting melody built on ascending and descending phrases over straightforward major-key harmony with gentle chromatic touches. Its Viennese-inflected elegance distinguishes it from Berlin's earlier ragtime-oriented material and points toward the more sophisticated ballad writing that would characterize his later Broadway work. The tune holds a place in the Great American Songbook, though it is less widely performed than Berlin's biggest hits. Nat King Cole recorded an intimate vocal jazz version in the 1950s, and Mildred Bailey brought swing-era warmth to the song in the 1930s. In jazz circles, the tune gained particular currency through Hank Mobley's 1960 recording on his album Soul Station for Blue Note, where Mobley, Wynton Kelly, and Paul Chambers delivered extended improvisations over its changes in a medium-tempo swing setting. On AllSolos, transcriptions are available from that Soul Station session, featuring solos by Mobley on tenor saxophone, Kelly on piano, and Chambers on bass.
