I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling

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"I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling"
Music by	Fats Waller and Harry Link
Lyrics by	Billy Rose
Published	1929
Language	English
Recorded by	Many artists; see #Recorded versions

"I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" is a popular song with music by Fats Waller and Harry Link and lyrics by Billy Rose, published in 1929. In 1929, right after its publication, a very large number of different recordings were made (see below); afterwards, the song has become a popular standard, recorded by many people.

[edit] Recorded versions

Gene Austin (recorded June 26, 1929, released by Victor Records as catalog number 22033, with the flip side "Maybe Who Knows"^[1])
Smith Ballew and his orchestra (recorded April 3, 1929, released by OKeh Records as catalog number 41238, with the flip side "A Garden in the Rain"^[2]
Continental Dance Orchestra (recorded April 17, 1929, released by Oriole Records as catalog number 1581, with the flip side "She's Got Great Ideas"^[3], also by Jewel Records as catalog number 5619, with the flip side "Huggable Kissable You"^[4])
Jesse Crawford (organ instrumental; recorded May 7, 1929, released by Victor Records as catalog number 21981, with the flip side "She's a New Kind of Old-Fashioned Girl"^[5])
Gay Ellis (vocal: Annette Hanshaw; recorded May 9, 1929, released by Supertone Records as catalog number 1021P, with the flip side "Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home?"^[6])
Ella Fitzgerald and the Daydreamers (recorded December 23, 1947, released by Decca Records as catalog number 24332, with the flip side "My Baby Likes to Be-bop"^[7])
Gotham Rhythm Boys (recorded June 19, 1929, released by Jewel Records as catalog number 5663, with the flip side "You're Just an Armful of Love"^[4])
Earl Hines (released 1952 by Brunswick Records as catalog number 80190, with the flip side "My Fate Is In Your Hands "^[8])
Earl Hines Trio (recorded February 26, 1944, released by Signature Records as catalog number 28109, with the flip side "Squeeze Me"^[9])
James P. Johnson (recorded June 8, 1944, released by Decca Records as catalog number 23593, with the flip side "Honeysuckle Rose"^[10])
Art Kassel and his orchestra (recorded 1947, released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5088, with the flip side "In a Little Book Shop"^[11])
Harold Lambert (recorded April 5, 1929, released by Vocalion Records as catalog number 15800, with the flip side "Coquette"^[12])
Sam Lanin's University Orchestra (recorded May 23, 1929, released by Supertone Records as catalog number 9437, with the flip side "What a Day"^[13])
Miff Mole and his Little Molers (recorded April 19, 1929, released by OKeh Records as catalog number 41232, with the flip side "That's a Plenty"^[2])
Joe Morris and his orchestra (recorded May 23, 1929, released by Champion Records as catalog number 15738, with the flip side "The One in the World"^[14])
The Mystery Girl (recorded May 14, 1929, released by Columbia Records as catalog number 1839D, with the flip side "I'd Do Anything for You"^[15])
Cliff Roberts and his orchestra (recorded April 1929, released by Romeo Records as catalog number 967, with the flip side "I'm Longing to Belong to Someone"^[16])
Joan Shaw with Russ Case's orchestra (recorded 1950, released by MGM Records as catalog number 10789B, with the flip side "I Had a Talk with the Wind and the Rain"^[17])
Ted Wallace Campus Boys (recorded May 8, 1929, released by Columbia Records as catalog number 1833D, with the flip side "Jericho"^[15])
Thomas "Fats" Waller (recorded August 2, 1929, released by Victor Records as catalog number 22092, with the flip side "Love Me or Leave Me"^[1])