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==Discography== "[[Lovely to Look At]]" was the only song Dunne performed in a non-musical movie that entered the Billboard charts, peaking at number 20 in early June 1935.{{sfnp|Schultz|1991|p=171}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Irene Dunne Songs β’β’β’ Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography β’β’β’ Music VF, US & UK hits charts |url=https://www.musicvf.com/Irene+Dunne.art |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417105556/http://musicvf.com/Irene+Dunne.art |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Single !! Credits !! Format !! Labels (serial number) !! Ref. |- |1935 || "[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]"/"Lovely to Look At" || {{bulleted list|Performed with [[Nat Shilkret]]'s orchestra|Recorded April 4 in New York|Top 20 single}} || [[78 rpm]] || {{bulleted list|[[Brunswick Records]] (7420, 02048)|[[Columbia Records]] (DB-1805)|[[Epic Records]] (SN-6059)}} || {{sfnp|Schultz|1991|p=171}} |} [[Decca Records]] released Dunne's only album, titled ''Irene Dunne in [[Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern]]'',{{refn|group=Note|Also known as ''Songs by Jerome Kern'',<ref>{{cite news |title=[advertizing section] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53729862/the-evening-times/ |work=The Evening Times |date=1946-11-27 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622082225/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53729862/the-evening-times/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Jerome Kern Songs'',<ref>{{cite news |title=[advertizing section:] Investments in Pleasure |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53729626/the-morning-call/ |work=The Morning Call |date=1947-03-19 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621142554/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53729626/the-morning-call/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Irene Dunne in Songs by Jerome Kern'',<ref>{{cite news |title=The Billboard Popularity Charts: Advanced Information |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ERoEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+irene+dunne&pg=PT26 |work=The Billboard |date=1946-11-02 |page=27}}</ref> and ''Irene Dunne Souvenir Album''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ruppli |first1=Michel |title=The Decca labels: A Discography |date=1996 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=0313299846 |page=216 |url=https://archive.org/details/deccalabelsdisco06rupp/page/216/}}</ref>}} which contained recordings of six [[show tune]]s composed by [[Jerome Kern]]. It was recorded between July 16 and August 24, 1941, with [[Victor Young]]'s orchestra,<ref name=amount>{{cite web |title=Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Irene Dunne (vocalist)" |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/156657/Dunne_Irene_vocalist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424122312/https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/156657/Dunne_Irene_vocalist |archive-date=April 24, 2019 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> making Dunne another singing movie star to create a Jerome Kern album.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woodward |first1=Leroy |title=Platter Clatter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53729595/jerome-kern-albums/ |work=The Owensboro Messenger |date=1947-03-09 |quote=INTERSTATE stands ready with the musical highlights on record, offering both albums and records. The albums include the following : ''[[Bing Crosby|BING CROSBY]]'S JEROME KERN SONGS'', ''JEROME KERN SONGS'' [by] ([[Fred Waring|FRED WARING]]), ''JEROME KERN SONGS'' (IRENE DUNNE), ''JEROME KERN'' ([[Al Goodman|AL GOODMAN]]), ''JEROME KERN'S SHOW TUNES'' (AL GOODMAN), ''JEROME KERN'S MUSIC'' (CAPITOL ARTISTS) |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622023424/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53729595/jerome-kern-albums/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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