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"A Foggy Day" is a 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)", and is often still referred to as such.
[edit] Notable recordings
- Fred Astaire - A Damsel in Distress (1937), original soundtrack recording.
- Tony Bennett - Perfectly Frank (1992)
- David Bowie & Angelo Badalamenti - Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove (1998)
- Michael Bublé - It's Time (2005) listen (help·info)
- Doris Day - Hooray for Hollywood (1958)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella and Louis (1956) (with Louis Armstrong), Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Take Love Easy (1973), Nice Work If You Can Get It (1983)
- Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
- Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Volume 1 (1996)
- Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
- Frank Sinatra - Songs for Young Lovers (1953), Ring-A-Ding-Ding (1960), Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris (1994), Duets II (1994), Sinatra ’57 in Concert (1999)
- Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin (1958), Live in Japan (1973), Gershwin Live! (1982)
- George Benson - It's Uptown (1965)
