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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 is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, and Joan Caulfield. Based on a story by Irving Berlin , the film is about a dancer who loves a showgirl who loves a compulsive nightclub-opener who can't stay committed to anything in life for very long.
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" is the only official single from English folk band Noah and the Whale's album The First Days of Spring. It was released on 24 August 2009. [1] The song was not only the album's lead single, but also served as a 'theme' for the album, with excerpts appearing throughout the other tracks, most notably on Our Window.
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".
This year, Netflix is streaming a wide range of Christmas classics and original movies. Business Insider has rounded up what critics say are the best and worst Christmas movies on Netflix.
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]
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