The song of the day for Wednesday, October 14, 2026, is “Stormy Weather.”
About This Song
“Stormy Weather” was written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler in 1933. Ethel Waters introduced at the Cotton Club that year and also recorded it with The Dorsey Brothers. Her 1993 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame; the Library of Congress added to the National Recording Registry in 2004.
About This Version
Tony Bennett and Natalie Cole recorded “Stormy Weather” on June 25, 2001, for Playin’ With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues. The Ralph Sharon Quartet accompanied them on this recording (Sharon: piano, Gray Sargent: guitar, Paul Langosch: bass, and Clayton Cameron: drums). Rob Mathes wrote the vocal arrangement.
“Stormy Weather,” as well as Playin’ With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues, is available on Apple Music.
Here’s Ethel Waters’ 1933 recording of “Stormy Weather.”
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