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A Foggy Day
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Wikipedia article
"'A Foggy Day'" is a popular song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film 'A Damsel in Distress'. It was originally titled "A Foggy Day (In London Town)" in reference to the pollution-induced pea soup fogs that were common in London during that period, and is often still referred to by the full title.
The commercial recording by Astaire for Brunswick was very popular in 1937.
Other recordings
* Frank Sinatra 'Songs for Young Lovers' (1953)
*Ella Fitzgerald on her Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book from Verve Records, 1959.
* Charles Mingus 'Pithecanthropus Erectus' (1956)
* Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald 'Ella and Louis' (1956)
* Billie Holiday 'Songs for Distingu Lovers' (1957)
* Red Garland 'Red Garland at the Prelude' (1959)
* Frank Sinatra 'Ring-a-Ding-Ding!' (1961)
* Judy Garland 'Judy at Carnegie Hall' (1961)
* George Benson 'It's Uptown' (1965)
* Sarah Vaughan 'Live in Japan' (1973)
* Lyn Collins 'Check Me Out if You Don't Know Me By Now' (1975)
* Wynton Marsalis 'Marsalis Standard Time, Volume 1' (1987)
* Tony Bennett 'MTV Unplugged' (1994)
* David Bowie 'Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove' (1998)
* Michael Bubl 'It's Time' (2005)
* Willie Nelson 'My Way' (2018)
See also
*List of 1930s jazz standards
References
Category:Songs about weather
Category:1930s jazz standards
Category:1937 songs
Category:Ella Fitzgerald songs
Category:Fred Astaire songs
Category:Jazz compositions in F major
Category:Judy Garland songs
Category:Pop standards
Category:Songs about London
Category:Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Category:Songs with music by George Gershwin
Category:Songs written for films
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