They Say It's Wonderful

"They Say It's Wonderful" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946), where it was introduced by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton.^[1]

Notable recordings

Ethel Merman recorded it for the original Decca Records cast album of Annie Get Your Gun (1946). In 1979, she recorded a "camp" version for The Ethel Merman Disco Album, but it was not released on the original vinyl record. It was issued as a bonus track on the CD reissue in 2002.^[2]
Andy Russell (Billboard no. 10 in 1946)^[3]
Perry Como (Billboard no. 27 in 1946)
Bing Crosby (Billboard no. 12 in 1946)
Frank Sinatra (1946)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)
Johnny Mathis - Heavenly (1959)
Doris Day (1960)
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
Jimmy Scott - Falling In Love Is Wonderful (1963)
Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970)
Tony Bennett - Bennett/Berlin (1987)
Judy Garland
Stacey Kent - The Tender Trap (1998)
Bernadette Peters - Annie Get Your Gun Revival Cast Recording (1999)
Sathima Bea Benjamin - Musical Echoes (2002)
Kirsten Dunst - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Susan Lucci - ABC Presents: Love Affair (2008)

References

↑ Mordden, Ethan (27 August 1999). Beautiful Mornin' : The Broadway Musical in the 1940s: The Broadway Musical in the 1940s. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-19-535176-7.
↑ The Ethel Merman Disco Album, Track 8 - "They Say It's Wonderful". Original 1979 recording reissued on CD in 2002 by Fynsworth Alley, LLC and Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1991). Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music. Record Research, Inc. p. 375. ISBN 0898200830. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields' Annie Get Your Gun (1946)

Characters	Annie Oakley Frank Butler Foster Wilson Chief Sitting Bull Tommy Keeler Charlie Davenport Winnie Tate Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) Dolly Tate Pawnee Bill

Adaptations	Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film) Annie du Far-West (1950 French operetta)

Recordings	Annie Get Your Gun (1963) Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast (1986)

Music	"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "The Girl That I Marry" "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "They Say It's Wonderful" "Moonshine Lullaby" "My Defenses Are Down" "I'm an Indian, Too" "I Got Lost In His Arms" "Who Do You Love, I Hope?" "I Got the Sun in the Morning" "Anything You Can Do"

Related	Songs (fuller list)

Irving Berlin songs

"Alexander's Ragtime Band"
"All Alone"
"All by Myself"
"Always"
"Any Bonds Today?"
"Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)"
"The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)"
"Blue Skies"
"Change Partners"
"Cheek to Cheek"
"Count Your Blessings"
"Daddy, Come Home"
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
"Easter Parade"
"Follow the Crowd"
"Get Thee Behind Me Satan"
"The Girl That I Marry"
"God Bless America"
"Happy Holiday"
"Heat Wave"
"Heaven Watch the Philippines"
"How About Me?"
"How Deep Is the Ocean?"
"How's Chances?"
"I Got Lost in His Arms"
"I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)"
"I Used to Be Color Blind"
"I Want To Go Back To Michigan"
"I'm an Indian Too"
"I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind"
"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket"
"I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now"
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"
"Isn't This a Lovely Day?"
"It's a Lovely Day Today"
"Lazy"
"Let Yourself Go"
"Let's Face the Music and Dance"
"Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee"
"Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk"
"Mandy"
"Moonshine Lullaby"
"My Defenses Are Down"
"The Near Future"
"No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)"
"Now It Can Be Told"
"Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning"
"Play a Simple Melody"
"A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody"
"Puttin' On the Ritz"
"Reaching for the Moon"
"Remember"
"San Francisco Bound"
"Say It Isn't So"
"Sisters"
"Slumming on Park Avenue"
"The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)"
"Stay Down Here Where You Belong"
"Steppin' Out with My Baby"
"Supper Time"
"That International Rag"
"That Mysterious Rag"
"There's No Business Like Show Business"
"They Say It's Wonderful"
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
"What'll I Do"
"When I Lost You"
"White Christmas"
"Who Do You Love, I Hope?"
"You Can Have Him"
"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun"
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
"You'd Be Surprised"
"You're Just in Love"
"You're Laughing at Me"

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