It's a Good Day

"It's a Good Day" is a popular song written by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour and published in 1946. Peggy Lee's recording reached the Billboard charts in January, 1947 peaking at No. 16.[1]

"It's a Good Day"
Single by Peggy Lee
B-side"He's Just My Kind"
ReleasedNovember 16, 1946
Format10"
RecordedSeptember 28, 1946
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:54
LabelCapitol Records
Songwriter(s)Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee

Other Recordings

The song has been recorded by many singers since its introduction.

Peggy Lee dueted the song with Bing Crosby on four occasions on Crosby's Philco Radio Time show in 1946/47 and Crosby sang it solo on the June 11, 1947 program.[2] This version was included in the album "Swingin' with Bing! Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances".[3]

Vic Damone recorded it in 1946 and it was subsequently included in the album "Young Vic".[4]

Perry Como included it on his 1955 RCA Victor album So Smooth.

Bing Crosby recorded "It's a Good Day" on January 28, 1960[5] and it was issued on a 45rpm disc by RCA Victor.[6]

Dean Martin recorded it in 1973 and included it on his album Sittin' on Top of the World.

The barbershop quartet PACIFICAIRES recorded it in 1971 as the title track on their album It's A Great Day

The song was also sung on November 8, 1963 by Judy Garland on The Judy Garland Show and included in the album "Just for Openers".[7]

It was also lip-synch performed by Susan Hayward portraying injured vocalist Jane Froman in the 1952 musical biopic With a Song in My Heart, with the non-singer Hayward's vocal recorded by Froman herself.

It has been most recently recorded by Susie Arioli for her 2004 album "That's for Me".[8]

Country music superstar Kenny Rogers recorded the song in 1962 when he was a member of a jazz trio fronted by Bobby Doyle. The group split in 1965, but reunited for a live performance of the song 30 years later.

Country Swing band Asleep at the Wheel recorded the song with Country legend Leon Rausch for their 2010 album of the same name.[9]

Other Uses

The song served as the background score during the opening credits of Indian film director Rajkumar Gupta's 2008 debut film Aamir.

The song appeared on the TV shows Wilfred and Marvel's Agent Carter (while Peggy Carter was fighting in the cafe in Season 1).

In the film U Turn (1997), it played over the end credits.[10]

In the 1999 film Blast From the Past the Perry Como version of the song played in the background when Father Calvin (Christopher Walken) was checking supplies in the bunker.[11]

The song made an appearance on an episode of America's Funniest Home Videos.

The song was featured in an episode of the sitcom "Malcolm in the middle", in the episode "Health scare".

The song was featured in the 2009 dark comedy film "World's greatest dad", starring Robin Williams and written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.

In 2013, the song (Peggy Lee version) was used as backdrop in commercials for the University of Phoenix and also for Garnier.

In 1992, Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino) sings a few lines in the movie Scent Of A Woman.

The song (Peggy Lee version) was featured in the film Pete's Dragon (2016).

In 2017, the song was used in the pilot episode of the TV show "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel".

The song was used in episodes of the Netflix series “Dead to me”.

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 270. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  2. Pairpoint, Lionel (2000). And Here's Bing. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  3. "Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  4. "Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  5. Baker, Richard. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  6. "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  7. "Judyroom.com". Judyroom.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  8. "Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  9. https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-a-good-day-mw0002010893
  10. "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  11. "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
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