The song of the day for Friday, May 1, 2026, is “On the Sunny Side of the Street.” About This Song “On the Sunny Side of the Street” was written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields for the 1930 Lew Leslie’s International Revue. The song was one of the first in a series of cheerful […]
Song of the Day: What Good Does It Do
The song of the day for Thursday, April 30, 2026, is “What Good Does It Do.” About This Song “What Good Does It Do” was written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg for the 1957 Broadway musical Jamaica, which starred Lena Horne and Ricardo Montálban; the principal dancer was Alvin Ailey. Yarburg had been blacklisted […]
Song of the Day: Mood Indigo
The song of the day for Wednesday, April 29, 2026, is “Mood Indigo.” About Today Today is the anniversary of the birth of Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, who was born on April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. There aren’t enough superlatives to describe Ellington, but Tony Bennett summed it up: Duke Ellington was a genius. […]
Song of the Day: East of the Sun (West of the Moon)
The song of the day for is “East of the Sun (West of the Moon).” About This Song “East of the Sun (West of the Moon)” was written by Brooks Bowman (Princeton University Class of 1936) in 1934 for a student musical production called Stags at Bay, produced by the Princeton Triangle Club. The song […]