On_the_Sunny_Side_of_the_Street

On the Sunny Side of the Street

On the Sunny Side of the Street

1930 song by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields

For the Pogues song, see Sunny Side of the Street (song).

"On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Some authors say that Fats Waller was the composer, but he sold the rights to the song.[1] It was introduced in the Broadway musical Lew Leslie's International Revue starring Harry Richman and Gertrude 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

The song has become a jazz standard, it was played by:

Other versions of the song were recorded by:

The song was featured in the 1991 film JFK,[10] the 1995 film Father of the Bride Part II, in an episode of the sitcom Frasier[11] and in the fourth episode of the fourth season of Northern Exposure,[12] in 1992.[13] It was also used in the fourteenth episode of the third season of Cheers,[14] in 1985,[15] where several characters each sing part of the song one after the other, as if by contagion, after walking past each other.

See also

References

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    "On The Sunny Side Of The Street". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
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    Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 138. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
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    "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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    "JFK - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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    "Remembering John Mahoney, The Tony Award-Winning Actor And 'Frasier' Star". NPR. February 9, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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    "Northern Exposure". IMDb.
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    "Blowing Bubbles". IMDb.
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    "Cheers". IMDb.
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    "The Heart Is a Lonely Snipehunter". IMDb.
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