“A Foggy Day” is yet another happy result of the prolific, but way too brief career of the great George Gershwin (lyrics by his brother, Ira), which first performed by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film, “A Damsel in Distress.”
The song was originally titled, “A Foggy Day (In London Town)”, a title which is still sometimes used.
Fred Astaire from 1937…
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald turn in a wonderful version in 1956, accompanied by some great visuals…
And, surprisingly, David Bowie turns crooner in his “Red, Hot and Rhapsody” album, released in 1998, accompanied by some lush orchestral arrangements…
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…strike a chord.
Bipartisan Bridge to Nowhere?
He’s a real nowhere man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
For nobody.
Doesn’t have a point of view,
Knows not where he’s going to,
Isn’t he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man please listen,
You don’t know what you’re missing,
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command!
for morning fog, afternoon clearing.
“A Foggy Day” is yet another happy result of the prolific, but way too brief career of the great George Gershwin (lyrics by his brother, Ira), which first performed by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film, “A Damsel in Distress.”
The song was originally titled, “A Foggy Day (In London Town)”, a title which is still sometimes used.
Fred Astaire from 1937…
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald turn in a wonderful version in 1956, accompanied by some great visuals…
And, surprisingly, David Bowie turns crooner in his “Red, Hot and Rhapsody” album, released in 1998, accompanied by some lush orchestral arrangements…