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"A Foggy Day" is a song composed by George Gershwin
George Gershwin

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin....
, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
, introduced by Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was an United States Academy Award-winning film and Broadway theatre dance, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films....
 in the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress
A Damsel in Distress (film)

A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 in film English-themed Hollywood musical film comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, and Gracie Allen....
. It was originally titled "A Foggy Day (In London Town)", and is often still referred to as such.








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"A Foggy Day" is a song composed by George Gershwin
George Gershwin

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin....
, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
, introduced by Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was an United States Academy Award-winning film and Broadway theatre dance, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films....
 in the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress
A Damsel in Distress (film)

A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 in film English-themed Hollywood musical film comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, and Gracie Allen....
. It was originally titled "A Foggy Day (In London Town)", and is often still referred to as such.

Notable recordings

  • Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire

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     - A Damsel in Distress
    A Damsel in Distress (film)

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     (1937), original soundtrack recording.
  • Shane Hampsheir - Loves Eye (2006)
  • Tony Bennett
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     - Perfectly Frank
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     (1992)
  • David Bowie
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     & Angelo Badalamenti
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     - Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove
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     (1998)
  • Michael Bublé
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     - It's Time (2005)
  • Doris Day
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     - Hooray for Hollywood
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     (1958)
  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald

    Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
     - Ella and Louis
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    Ella and Louis is a 1956 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, and the Oscar Peterson....
     (1956) (with Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong

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    ), Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
    Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert

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     (1958), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
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     (1959), Take Love Easy
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     (1973), Nice Work If You Can Get It
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     (1983)
  • Judy Garland
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     - Judy at Carnegie Hall
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     (1961)
  • Wynton Marsalis
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     - Standard Time, Volume 1 (1996)
  • Charles Mingus
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     -     Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
  • Frank Sinatra
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     -     Songs for Young Lovers
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     (1953), Ring-A-Ding-Ding
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     (1960), Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris
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     (1994), Duets II
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     (1994), Sinatra ’57 in Concert
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     (1999)
  • Sarah Vaughan
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     -     Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin
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     (1958), Live in Japan (1973), Gershwin Live!
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     (1982)
  • George Benson
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