The song of the day for Sunday, March 22, 2020, is “Ain’t Misbehaving.”

About This Song

Fats Waller introduced “Ain’t Misbehaving” in the 1929 musical revue Hot Chocolates, staged at Connie’s Inn in Harlem. Andy Razaf, the lyricist, says that Waller wrote the entire song in just 45 minutes. It has become one of Waller’s most well-known songs, perhaps due to the wildly successful Broadway musical revue Ain’t Misbehaving, which opened in 1978.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Ain’t Misbehaving” live in Las Vegas on April 8, 1964. The album Live at the Sahara: Las Vegas, 1964 was finally released in the 2011 Complete Collection box set.

“Ain’t Misbehaving,” as well as Live at the Sahara: Las Vegas 1964, is available from iTunes.