A Foggy Day

Melody of "A Foggy Day" on tenor saxophone by Julien Grandgagnage

"A Foggy Day" is a popular song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, 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.

Notable recordings

Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald – Ella and Louis (1956)^[1]
Fred Astaire – A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Shirley Bassey – The Fabulous Shirley Bassey (1959)
Tony Bennett – Perfectly Frank (1992)
George Benson – It's Uptown (1965)^[1]
David Bowie & Angelo Badalamenti – Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove (1998)
Michael Bublé – It's Time (2005)
Petula Clark – I Know a Place (1965)
Chris Connor – Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years (2000)
John Dankworth – Too Cool for the Blues (2010)
Doris Day – Hooray for Hollywood (1958)
Pearl Django – New Metropolitan Swing (1997)
Judy Garland – Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Red Garland – Red Garland at the Prelude (1959)^[1]
Carroll Gibbons with Anne Lenner And the Savoy Hotel Orpheans (1937)
Billie Holiday – Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)^[1]
Cheyenne Jackson – The Power of Two (2009)
Wynton Marsalis – Marsalis Standard Time, Volume 1 (1987)^[1]
Jackie McLean – Lights Out! (1956)
Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)^[1]
Van Morrison – Versatile (2017)
Cauby Peixoto – Quando os Peixotos se encontram (1957)
Frank Sinatra – Songs for Young Lovers (1953)^[1]
Jo Stafford – Once Over Lightly (1957
Dakota Staton – The Late, Late Show (1957)
Tuck & Patti – I Remember You (2008)
Sarah Vaughan – Live in Japan (1973)^[1]
Rufus Wainwright – Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2007)
Dinah Washington – After Hours with Miss "D" (1954)

See also

List of 1930s jazz standards

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 117–119. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.

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