SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
From the film "Hollywood Revue of 1929"
(Arthur Freed / Nacio Herb Brown)
Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards - 1929
Earl Burtnett & Orch.(vocal: Paul Gibbons) - 1929
Gus Arnheim & Orch. - 1929
Jack Hylton & Orch. - 1929
Annette Hanshaw - 1929
Valaida Snow - 1935
Claude Hopkins & Orch. - 1935
Judy Garland - 1940
Hal McIntyre & Orch. - 1943
Ray Anthony & Orch.(vocal: Marice Miller) - 1949
Ted Heath & Orch. - 1949
Gene Kelly - 1952
Debbie Reynolds - 1952
Bing Crosby - 1954
Toni Harper - 1955
Gordon MacRae - 1956
Adam Faith - 1960
Julius LaRosa - 1960
Doris Day - 1961
The Platters - 1963
Matt Monro - 1965
Lena Horne - 1966
John Martyn - 1971
Leif Garrett - 1979
Tommy Steele - 1983
Taco - 1983
José Carreras, Plácido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti - 1994
Jack Mudurian - 1996
Maria Muldaur - 1998
Lou Rawls - 1998
George Bugatti - 2000
Guy Marchand - 2003
Jamie Cullum - 2003
Also recorded by: Peter Sellers; Tony Martin; Sammy Davis Jr;
Dave Brubeck; Dorsey Brothers; Duke Ellington; Flip Phillips;
Benny Goodman; Guy Lombardo; Jacques Loussier; Roger Kellaway;
Michael Feinstein; Oscar Peterson; Sonny Stitt; Mitch Miller;
Nick Lucas; John Williams; Count Basie; Don Neely; Ken Barrie;
Paul Robinson; Anson Weeks; Danny Weizmann; Richard Stoltzman;
Eddy Howard; Joe Williams; Joe Loss; Dick Hyman; Woody Herman;
Michael Gruber; Paul Jones; Eddy Howard.
I'm singin' in the rain,
Just singin' in the rain,
What a glorious feeling,
I'm happy again!
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above,
The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love!
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place,
Come on with your rain,
I've got a smile on my face!
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain,
Just singin', singin' in the rain!
Why am I smiling and why do I sing?
Why does December seem sunny as Spring?
Why do I get up each morning to start
Happy and head-up with joy in my heart?
Why is each new task a trifle to do?
Because I am living a life full of you!
Hey, I'm singin' in the rain,
Just singin' in the rain,
What a glorious feeling,
I'm happy again!
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above,
The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love!
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place,
Come on with your rain,
I've got a smile on my face!
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain,
Just singin', singin' in the rain!
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SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
From 1940 movie "Little Nellie Kelly"
(Music by Nacio Herb Brown / Lyrics by Arthur Freed, 1929)
Judy Garland - 1940 movie
Done both as a straight and swing version at the Waldorf Astoria
Played also as dance music at the Waldorf
Speech :
Have you ever suffered that horrible thing
Of having your hostess ask you to sing?
And just because you're so polite
You mumble through your teeth, "All right!"
And suddenly a deathly gloom
Descends upon the entire room
And the whispering gallery starts to ring
With "Hold your hats, she's gonna sing!"
Well, here I am with great regret
An innocent victim of etiquette
I'm going to sing but not for long
And though it's old, it's a lovely song!
Why am I smiling and why do I sing?
Why does September seem sunny as spring?
Why do I get up each morning and start?
Happy and get up with joy in my heart
Why is each new task a trifle to do?
Because I am living a life full of you.
I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
And singing, just singing in the rain.
I'm singing in the rain,
Oh, I'm singing in the rain
What a glam, what a glorious feeling!
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
I'm getting ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
And come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face.
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
And singing, singing
Singing in the rain!
Oh, I'm singing in the rain
Ah, I'm happy again
My troubles have fled
A rainbow's ahead
I'm singing, singing
I'm singing in the rain.
(Contributed by Carlene Bogle - April 2004)
