The song of the day for is “Isn’t This a Lovely Day?”
About This Song
Irving Berlin wrote “Isn’t This a Lovely Day?” in 1935 for the Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers movie Top Hat. In the film, Astaire and Rogers are caught in a rainstorm while sitting in an outdoors gazebo. This song has also been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Diana Krall, Jeri Southern and Tony Bennett.
About This Version
Tony Bennett recorded “Isn’t This a Lovely Day?” in 1987 for his album of Irving Berlin songs, Bennett/Berlin.
“Isn’t This a Lovely Day?,” as well as Bennett/Berlin, is available from iTunes.
Here is that clip from Top Hat!
I must say that Miss Rogers kills in those jodhpurs.
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