The song of the day for Monday, September 21, 2026, is “I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan.”
About This Song
“I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan” was written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz for the 1929 revue The Little Show and was introduced by Clifton Webb. It was a featured song in the 1953 movie The Band Wagon, where it was sung by Fred Astaire and Oscar Levant.
About This Version
Tony Bennett, with Count Basie and His Orchestra, recorded “I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan” on January 3, 1959 for their first album Basie Swings/Bennett Sings. Ralph Sharon wrote the arrangement.
“I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan,” as well as Basie Swings/Bennett Sings, is available on Apple Music.
I found one of the very first recordings of today’s song: Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees, recorded in 1932. It even has the verse, which I had not heard before:
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