The song of the day for Saturday, September 23, 2023, is “Autumn In New York.”

About This Song

Vernon Duke wrote “Autumn In New York” for the 1934 Broadway musical Thumbs Up! The song has proved quite popular over the years, with recordings by Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan and many, many more.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Autumn In New York” in June 1992. This recording was a previously unreleased outtake from Perfectly Frank. It was released in 2011 on Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 2 in the Complete Collection box set.

“Autumn In New York,” as well as Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 2, is available on Apple Music.

The song of the day for Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the first full day of the Autumn season is “Autumn In New York.”

About This Song

“Autumn In New York” was written by Vernon Duke for the 1934 Broadway musical Thumbs Up! The song has proved quite popular over the years, with recordings by Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, and many, many more.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Autumn In New York” in 1992; the recording is an outtake from Perfectly Frank. Thankfully, the recording was released in 2011 with the Complete Collection box set on the Rarities, Outtakes and Other Delights, Vol. 2 disk.

“Autumn In New York,” as well as Rarities, Outtakes and Other Delights, Vol. 2 is available from Apple Music.

The song of the day for Sunday, October 8, 2017 is “Autumn in New York.”

About This Song

Vernon Duke wrote “Autumn In New York” for the 1934 Broadway musical Thumbs Up! The song has proved quite popular over the years, with recordings by Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan and many, many more.

About This Version

Today’s song is an outtake for Bennett’s 1992 album Perfectly Frank. No matter–it’s a nice song and a very nice recording. And it is, after all, autumn.

“Autumn in New York,” as well as all of the songs on Rarities, Outtakes and Other Delights, Vol. 2, is available from iTunes.