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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.
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.
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1946 film Blue Skies, where it was introduced by Bing Crosby. [1] The song was nominated for "Best Song" in 1946 but lost out to "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". [2]
We take the blue from the skies and some pretty blue eyes And a touch of Old Glory's hue, And fervently declare we're proud to wear The U.S. Air Force Blue. We have the drive and the dream in America's team We're a rugged and ready crew And you can bet your boots the world looks up To U.S. Air Force Blue. We know where we're going, we've set ...
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 Sky" is a song by the American rock band The Allman Brothers Band from their third studio album, Eat a Peach (1972), released on Capricorn Records. The song was written and sung by guitarist Dickey Betts , who penned it about his girlfriend (and later wife), Sandy "Bluesky" Wabegijig.
Produced by Sol C. Siegel, Blue Skies was filmed in Technicolor and released by Paramount Pictures. The music, lyrics, and story were written by Irving Berlin, with most of the songs recycled from earlier works. As in Holiday Inn (1942), the film is designed to showcase Berlin's songs. The plot, which is presented in a series of flashbacks with ...
Blue Skies is an album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire released in 1946 featuring songs that were presented in the American musical film Blue Skies. Like Song Hits from Holiday Inn , the entire 78 rpm album would be composed of Irving Berlin songs written specifically for the film.