You 're the Cream in My Coffee - Wikipedia You 're the Cream in My Coffee This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) `` You 're the Cream in My Coffee '' Song Published 1928 Songwriter ( s ) Composer : Ray Henderson Lyricist : Buddy G. DeSylva Lew Brown `` You 're the Cream in My Coffee '' 1928 recording featuring Annette Hanshaw Problems playing this file ? See media help. `` You 're the Cream in My Coffee '' is a popular song. It was published in 1928. The music was written by Ray Henderson, the lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown and appears in the Broadway musical Hold Everything ! and is featured in the Warner Brothers film version of the musical in 1930. The song was recorded by Annette Hanshaw and by Parker Gibbs with Ted Weems in 1928. The song was later recorded by Les Brown, Chris Connor ( with the Jerry Wald Orchestra ), the Ray Conniff Singers, and many others. Marlene Dietrich sang the song in her screen test for The Blue Angel, her breakthrough role. She later recorded the song on her album `` Dietrich in Rio '' in 1959. The song provided a backdrop for the 1980 television play Cream in My Coffee by English dramatist Dennis Potter. This song was used as the theme song for The Mrs Bradley Mysteries in 2000 and it was recorded by BBC Records and sung by Graham Dalby and The Grahamophones in a re-creation of Jack Hylton 's 1928 version. The song was also recorded by Seth MacFarlane on his debut album, Music Is Better Than Words In addition, it is sung in the musical Good News by Coach Bill Johnson in his romantic pursuit of a female colleague. References Jump up ^ `` Ray Henderson '' `` Songwriters Hall of Fame - ASCAP '' Jump up ^ Lax, Roger & Smith, Frederick The Great Song Thesaurus Oxford University Press 1989 Jump up ^ `` Marlene Dietrich -- Dietrich In Rio ( Recorded In Rio De Janeiro ) ''. Discogs. Retrieved August 24, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Desmond Carrington with The Music Goes Round '' `` BBC Radio '' Ruth Etting Singles `` Thinking of You '' `` ' Deed I Do '' `` It All Depends on You '' `` Back in Your Own Back Yard '' `` Ramona '' `` Happy Days and Lonely Nights '' `` Sonny Boy '' `` Love Me or Leave Me '' `` You 're the Cream in My Coffee '' `` Glad Rag Doll '' `` Mean to Me '' `` Button Up Your Overcoat '' `` Ai n't Misbehavin ' '' `` More Than You Know '' `` Ten Cents a Dance '' `` Exactly Like You '' `` Body and Soul '' `` Reaching for the Moon '' `` Guilty '' `` Good Night, Sweetheart '' `` Try a Little Tenderness '' `` Smoke Gets in Your Eyes '' `` In the Chapel in the Moonlight '' Related articles Martin `` Moe '' Snyder Ziegfeld Follies Love Me or Leave Me Book : Ruth Etting This pop standards - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_the_Cream_in_My_Coffee&oldid=799256682 '' Categories : 1928 songs 1920s jazz standards Songs from musicals Songs with music by Ray Henderson Songs with lyrics by Buddy DeSylva Songs with lyrics by Lew Brown Pop standard stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2009 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 6 September 2017, at 16 : 34. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote you're the cream in my coffee
Answer: Ray Henderson