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On the Sunny Side of the Street

For the Pogues song, seeSunny Side of the Street (song).

"On the Sunny Side of the Street"is a 1930 song composed byJimmy McHughwith lyrics byDorothy Fields.Some authors say thatFats Wallerwas the composer, but he sold the rights to the song.[1]It was introduced in the Broadway musicalLew Leslie's International RevuestarringHarry RichmanandGertrude Lawrence.

Ted Lewis did the first recording of the song in 1930 (Catalog #2144-D), followed by Harry Richman (Catalog # 4747) and both enjoyed hit records with the song.

Other notable recordings

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Having become ajazz standard,it was played byLouis Armstrong,theNat King Cole Trio,Dave Brubeck,Earl Hines,Benny Goodman,Lionel Hampton,Erroll Garner,Dizzy Gillespie,Art Tatum,James Booker,Count Basie,andLester Young.[2]The Louis Armstrong version was recorded in the key of C major, but it has been recorded in a range of keys; Ted Lewis recorded it in D major and Ella Fitzgerald in G major.

Cover versions date as far back as 1930, whenLayton & Johnstonereleased the song for Columbia. The song was recorded byBillie Holiday,Bing Crosby(January 21, 1946, withLionel Hampton),[3]Dinah Washington,Ella Fitzgerald,Judy Garland,Doris Day,Brenda Lee(1961),Frankie Laine,Keely Smith,Nat King Cole,Jo StaffordwithThe Pied Pipers(a No. 17 hit in 1945),[4]Frank Sinatra,Willie Nelson,Jon Batiste,andRod Stewart.Arguably the most popular arrangement was byTommy DorseyandThe Sentimentalists,which achieved chart success in 1945 reaching the No. 16 spot.[5] In 1975, rockbandTrapezecovered the song on their self-titled albumTrapezeand it was also released as a 7 "single but it did not chart.

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The song was featured in the 1991 filmJFK,[6]the 1995 filmFather of the Bride Part II,in an episode of the sitcomFrasier[7]and in the fourth episode of the fourth season ofNorthern Exposure,[8]in 1992.[9] It was also used in the fourteenth episode of the third season ofCheers,[10]in 1985,[11]where several characters each sing part of the song one after the other, as if by contagion, after walking past each other.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"On The Sunny Side Of The Street".jazzstandards.Retrieved15 September2015.
  2. ^"On the Sunny Side of the Street" Search ResultsFebruary 17, 2012.
  3. ^"A Bing Crosby Discography".BING magazine.International Club Crosby.RetrievedJuly 26,2017.
  4. ^Whitburn, Joel (1986).Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954.Wisconsin: Record Research. p.405.ISBN0-89820-083-0.
  5. ^Whitburn, Joel (1986).Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954.Wisconsin: Record Research. p.138.ISBN0-89820-083-0.
  6. ^"JFK - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".AllMusic.
  7. ^"Remembering John Mahoney, The Tony Award-Winning Actor And 'Frasier' Star".NPR. February 9, 2018.RetrievedOctober 23,2020.
  8. ^"Northern Exposure".IMDb.
  9. ^"Blowing Bubbles".IMDb.
  10. ^"Cheers".IMDb.
  11. ^"The Heart Is a Lonely Snipehunter".IMDb.
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