BLUE SKIES
From the Broadway Musical "Betsy" (1926)
(Irving Berlin)
Belle Baker (Broadway Production) - 1926
Ben Selvin's Knickerbockers - 1927
George Olsen & His Orch. (vocal: Fran Frey, Bob Rice & Bob Borger) - 1927
Vincent Lopez & His Orch. (vocal: Frank Munn) - 1927
Johnny Marvin & Ed Smalle - 1927
Sam Lanin & His Famous Players - 1927
Arthur Fields & The Hollywood Dance Orch. - 1927
Harry Richman - 1927
Al Bowlly - 1927
Vaughn Deleath - 1927
Irving Kaufman - 1927
Josephine Baker - 1927
The Artist Ensemble - 1927
Fritz Kreisler - 1927
Al Jolson (feat. in the film "The Jazz Singer") - 1927
Maxine Sullivan - 1937
Artie Shaw & His Orch. - 1937
Moon Mullican - 1939
John Kirby & His Orch. - 1939
Johnny Long & His Orch. (vocal: Bob Houston) - 1941
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 1941
Betty Hutton - 1944
Mary Lou Williams - 1944
Bing Crosby (feat. in the film "Blue Skies") - 1946
Frank Sinatra - 1946
Perry Como - 1946
Peggy Lee - 1946
Count Basie & His Orch. (vocal Jimmy Rushing) - 1946
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal Art Lund) - 1946
Wayne King & His Orch. (vocal: Nancy Evans) - 1946
Donald Peers - 1949
Art Tatum - 1949
Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye (feat. in the film "White Christmas") - 1954
Dinah Washington - 1954
Mel Tormé - 1954
Verden Rundt's All Star Band - 1955
The McGuire Sisters - 1957
Ella Fitzgerald - 1958
Della Reese - 1960
Freddy Cannon - 1960
Teri Thornton - 1961
The Three Suns - 1961
Jim Reeves - 1962
Bobby Darin - 1962
Johnny Rivers - 1962
Frank Ifield - 1964
Hampton Hawes - 1964
Willie Nelson - 1978
Kiri Te Kanawa - 1986
Cassandra Wilson - 1988
Nancy LaMott - 1991
Lyle Lovett - 1994
Marina Lima - 1995
Eva Cassidy - 1996
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - 1996
Lea Delaria - 1998
Wesla Whitfield - 2001
Mercury Rev - 2001
Curtis Stigers - 2003
Caetano Veloso - 2004
Robert Glasper - 2004
Debby Boone - 2005
Rod Stewart - 2005
Lori Cullen - 2006
Deborah Cox - 2007
Erich Von Kneip - 2007
Gloria Gibson - 2008
Sarah Davies - 2008
Diane Schuur - 2008
BNlue October - 2009
Also recorded by:
Doris Day; Rosemary Clooney; The Swingle Singers; Stan Getz;
Django Reinhardt; Duke Ellington; Steve Goodman; Dick Hyman;
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys; Roy Milton; King Cole Trio;
Earl Hines; Les Paul Trio.......and many others.
Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but bluebirds all day long
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
(Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see)
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
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BLUE SKIES
as rec by Harry Richman Jan 24th 1927 New York
I was blue, just as blue as I could be,
Every day was a cloudy day for me.
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door;
Eyes were grey, but they're not grey any more!
Blue skies smiling at me,
Nothing but blue skies do I see.
Bluebirds, they're singing a song,
Nothing but bluebirds all day long!
I never saw the sun shining so bright,
I never saw things going so right!
Noticing the days hurrying by,
When you're in love, my how they fly!
Blue days, all of them gone,
Nothing but blue skies from now on!
Blue skies smiling at me,
Nothing but blue skies do I see.
I hear those little bluebirds, they're singing a song,
Nothing but bluebirds all day long!
I never felt my heart beating so fast,
'Cause I'm in love, I'm happy at last!
I'm sittin' on the world, wearing a grin,
Telling the clouds that I'm not in!
Blue days, blue days,all of them gone, gone, gone,
Nothing but blue skies from now on!
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2012)
