In 1932 they wrote "Darkness on the Delta", which became a hit for Mildred Bailey.
The next year the Casa Loma Orchestra recorded their "Under a Blanket of Blue" and "It's the Talk of the Town", both co-written with Al J.
[2] In 1936, Symes wrote the lyrics for Isham Jones's hit "There Is No Greater Love".
[2] It has been recorded by Guy Lombardo, Billie Holiday, Al Hibbler and many other artists and is considered a jazz standard.
[1] Nino Rota used Symes's "I Have But One Heart", composed by Johnny Farrow, in the 1972 film The Godfather.