Miss Otis Regrets by Jay Wilbur, 1934

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Miss Otis Regrets by Jay Wilbur, 1934
From the musical review "Hi Diddle Diddle"
Jay Wilbur And His Band with Sam Browne credited as the vocalist
Written and composed by Cole Porter
"Miss Otis Regrets" is a song about the lynching of a society woman after she murders her unfaithful lover. It was composed by Cole Porter in 1934, and first performed by Douglas Byng in Hi Diddle Diddle, a revue that opened on October 3, 1934, at London's Savoy Theatre.
London, c. October 12, 1934.
JAY WILBUR AND HIS BAND: Jay Wilbur dir. Clinton ffrench-Dennis Ratcliffe-t/Ted Heath-tb/Bob Wise-Stanley Andrews-sometimes Cyril Grantham-v replacing either-cl-as/Reg Pink-cl-ts/Hugo Rignold-vn/Bert Barnes or Pat Dodd-p/? Bert Thomas-g/? Billy Bell-sb/Bob Manning-d/Sam Browne-v
Rex 8301 (8301-B2) 1934
Taken from the original record