![]() ![]() ![]() She is better known as the woman who died on Labor Day weekend 1921 while attending a San Francisco hotel party hosted by comedic actor Fatty Arbuckle, who allegedly raped her and caused the fatal injuries. I guess it was a kind of "sweetheart" deal! Note that the model on the common cover (third one down on the left) may be, many sources say is likely (unconfirmed), a 19-year old (birth citations of 1894 or later are incorrect) Chicago model named Virginia Rappe (possibly Rapp at that time). Sweetheart ultimately sold over six million copies over the subsequent decade, which is an awesome figure for any era. Rossiter's brother Harold started his own publishing firm and bought this song, originally published in a vanity edition by Friedman, rewarding the writers with much-deserved royalties. Publisher Will Rossiter bought the first piece outright, and they did not receive royalties for it. He teamed up with the virtually unknown Whitson in 1909 to produce Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland, following it up with this song a year later. Friedman was a competent Tin Pan Alley writer with a few successes to his name. But then again, nobody can argue about its popularity, which has been constant since the tune was first published. Before there were "chick flicks" there were "swoon tunes". Here it is, all dripping with sap, the ultimate Valentine's Day song. ![]()
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