Sunday (Chester Conn song)
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"Sunday" is a 1926 song written by Chester Conn, with lyrics by Jule Styne, Bennie Krueger, and Ned Miller, which has become a jazz standard recorded by many artists. The tune has been fitted out to various lyrics, but best known in the original version of British-American songwriter Jule Styne: "I'm blue every Monday, thinking over Sunday, that one day that I'm with you"
Early successful recordings in 1927 were made by Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra; Cliff Edwards; and Gene Austin.[1]
- Frank Sinatra - included in his album Swing Easy! (1954)
- Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955[2] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.[3]
- Pat Boone - for his album Howdy! (1956).[4]
- Johnny Hartman - included in his album And I Thought About You (1959).[5]
- Kay Starr (1956) and later for her album Kay Starr: Jazz Singer (1960)
- Al Martino - included in his album Swing Along with Al Martino (1959).[6]
- Carmen McRae - included in the album The Great American Songbook (1972)
- Michael Feinstein and Jule Styne - for the album Michael Feinstein Sings the Jule Styne Songbook (1991).
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