"Sunday" is a 1926 song written by
Chester Conn Chester Conn ''(né'' Master Chester Cohn; April 14, 1894 in San Francisco, California – April 4, 1973 in Flushing, Queens) was an American composer of popular music and music publisher.
Early life and career
Chester was born to David Cohn and ...
, with lyrics by
Jule Styne
Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became ...
,
Bennie Krueger
Benny Krueger (June 17, 1899 – April 29, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist.
After a short stint with Ross Gorman's band, Krueger's joined the Acme Sextette in New York, which included Miff Mole on trombone, Ernie Holst on violin, and Edw ...
,
Ned Miller
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, which has become a jazz standard recorded by many artists. The tune has been fitted out to various lyrics, but best known in the original version of British-American songwriter
Jule Styne
Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became ...
: "I'm blue every Monday, thinking over Sunday, that one day that I'm with you"
Early successful recordings in 1927 were made by
Jean Goldkette
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Life
Goldkette was reportedly born on March 18, 1893 in Valenciennes, France,Russel B. Nye (1976). Music in the Twenties: The Jean Goldkette Orchestra ...
and His Orchestra;
Cliff Edwards
Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", was an American singer, musician and actor. He enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standar ...
; and
Gene Austin
Lemeul Eugene Lucas (June 24, 1900 – January 24, 1972), better known by his stage name Gene Austin, was an American singer and songwriter, one of the early "crooners". His recording of " My Blue Heaven" sold over 5 million copies and was for a ...
.
Other notable recordings
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Frank Sinatra - included in his album ''
Swing Easy!
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In 2000 it ...
'' (1954)
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Bing Crosby
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recorded the song in 1955 for use on his
radio show
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Radio netwo ...
and it was subsequently included in the box set ''The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)'' issued by
Mosaic Records
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The sets recordings are leased from the major record companies, usually for a three- or ...
(catalog MD7-245) in 2009.
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Pat Boone
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- for his album ''Howdy!'' (1956).
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Johnny Hartman
John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American jazz singer who specialized in ballads. He sang and recorded with Earl Hines' and Dizzy Gillespie's big bands and with Erroll Garner. Hartman is best remembered for h ...
- included in his album ''
And I Thought About You'' (1959).
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Kay Starr
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(1956) and later for her album ''Kay Starr: Jazz Singer'' (1960)
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Al Martino
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- included in his album ''Swing Along with Al Martino'' (1959).
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Carmen McRae
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- included in the album ''
The Great American Songbook'' (1972)
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Michael Feinstein
Michael Jay Feinstein (born September 7, 1956) is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an archivist and interpreter for the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for cel ...
and
Jule Styne
Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became ...
- for the album ''
Michael Feinstein Sings the Jule Styne Songbook
''Michael Feinstein Sings the Jule Styne Songbook'' is a 1991 album by American vocalist Michael Feinstein of songs written by Jule Styne.
Track listing
All music composed by Jule Styne, lyricists indicated.
Personnel
*Michael Feinstein - vocal ...
'' (1991).
References
1926 songs
Songs with music by Jule Styne
Songs written by Chester Conn
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