My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby was the first song Wilf Carter recorded for RCA Victor and is widely acknowledged in country music circles as his most successful hit song.
Featuring the first recording of an echo yodel and heavily influenced by the US singer Jimmie Rodgers, the song was produced by former RCA Director of Artists and Repertoire, Hugh Joseph, at RCA’s Montreal studios on December 20, 1933.
My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby was a tune written about life as a trail rider in Alberta and was Carter’s debut release off his first RCA Victor record of the same name. The classic album, which features another popular favourite, The Capture of Albert Johnson, a song about a real-life murder hunt, went on to become a bestseller in 1934 and the first hit record ever by a Canadian country music performer, despite the Depression.