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"Blue Skies" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin in 1926. "Blue Skies" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "Bluebirds singing a song/Nothing but bluebirds all day long." The sunny optimism of the lyrics are undercut by the minor key giving the words an ironic feeling.
"Blue Skies" (music and lyrics by Irving Berlin; sung by Al Jolson) "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You" (music by Louis Silvers and lyrics by Grant Clarke [Jolson also credited by some sources]; sung by Al Jolson) "My Mammy" (music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young; sung by Al Jolson)
An instant standard with one of Berlin's most "intricately syncopated choruses", this song is associated with Fred Astaire, who sang and danced to it in the 1946 film Blue Skies. The song was written in 1928 with a separate set of lyrics and was introduced by Harry Richman in a 1930 film of the same name.
"Blue Room" Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart: 1948 (twice) RCA Version with Henri René Orchestra & Chorus [56] MGM Version with Robert Tucker Chorus [57] From the film Words and Music [57] [58] "Blue Skies" Irving Berlin: 1946 with Russ Case Orchestra [59] [60] 1961 [12] with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [60] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola
Columbia released a 78 recording of Fred Astaire singing the original lyrics in May 1930 [4] [deprecated source] (B-side – "Crazy Feet", both recorded on March 26, 1930). For the film Blue Skies (1946), where it was performed by Fred Astaire, Berlin revised the lyrics to apply to affluent whites strutting "up and down Park Avenue". [1]
Blue Skies (Decca album), a 1946 album by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire; Blue Skies (Bing Crosby album) (1962), volume 10 of the Bing's Hollywood collection; Blue Skies (Frank Ifield album), 1964; Blue Skies (Stan Getz album), 1995; Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album), 1988; Blue Skies (Bryan Duncan album), 1996; Blue Skies (Diana DeGarmo album ...
Blue Skies (1946) Song Hits from Holiday Inn is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire released in July [ 1 ] 1942 featuring songs presented in the American musical film Holiday Inn .
Belle Baker (born Bella Becker; December 25, 1893 [1] in New York City – April 29, 1957, in Los Angeles) was a Jewish American singer and actress. Popular throughout the 1910s and 1920s, Baker introduced a number of ragtime and torch songs including Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" and "My Yiddishe Mama".