Sunday (Chester Conn song)

"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]

Other notable recordings

• 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).

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 586. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
2. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
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