The song of the day for Tuesday, January 4. 2021, is “Then Was Now and Now is Now.”

About This Song

“Then Was Now and Now is Now” was written in 1964 by Cy Coleman and Peggy Lee. Miss Lee sang it on an album of the same name in 1965.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Then Was Now and Now is Now” in 1965 for his album If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set. Don Costa wrote the arrangement.

“Then Was Now and Now is Now,” as well as If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set is available on Apple Music.

The song of the day for Friday, March 19, 2021, is “Then Was Then and Now is Now.”

About This Song

“Then Was Then and Now is Now” was written in 1964 by Cy Coleman and Peggy Lee (or as I call her Miss Peggy Lee). She released it on an album of the same name in 1965.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Then Was Then and Now is Now” in 1965 for If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set. Don Costa did the very fine arrangement.

“Then Was Then and Now is Now,” as well as If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set, is available from Apple Music.

The song of the day for Tuesday, June 2, 2020, is “Then Was Then, Now is Now.”

About Today

This week, jazz and pop fans have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miss Peggy Lee, born as Norma Deloris Egstrom in North Dakota on May 26, 1920.

About This Song

Cy Coleman and Peggy Lee wrote “Then Was Then, Now is Now” in 1964; Miss Lee recorded it for her 1964 album of the same name.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Then Was Then, Now is Now” in 1965 for his album If I Ruled The World: Songs for the Jet Set. Don Costa wrote the arrangement.

“Then Was Then, Now is Now,” as well as If I Ruled The World: Songs for the Jet Set, is available from iTunes.