A Foggy Day (In London Town)
George Gershwin
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A Foggy Day (In London Town) by George Gershwin
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This song was written for the 1937 musical film A Damsel in Distress, in which Jerry Halliday (Fred Astaire) finds himself in a pensive mood as an American in England. The song has since become a popular standard.
A Foggy Day (In London Town) Lyrics
(Verse)
I was a stranger in the city
Out of town were the people I knew
I had that feeling of self pity
What to do, what to do, what to do?
The outlook was decidedly blue
But as I walked through the foggy streets alone
It turned out to be the luckiest day I've known
(Chorus)
A foggy day in London town
Had me low and had me down
I viewed the morning with alarm
The British Museum had lost its charm
How long, I wondered, could this thing last?
But the age of miracles hadn't passed
For, suddenly, I saw you there
And through foggy London town
The sun was shining everywhere
A foggy day in London town
It had me low and it had me down
I viewed the morning with much alarm
The British museum had lost its charm
How long, I wondered, could this thing last?
But the age of miracles hadn't passed
For, suddenly, I saw you there
And through foggy London town
The sun was shining upside-down!
A Foggy Day (In London Town) Q&A
Who wrote A Foggy Day (In London Town)'s ?
A Foggy Day (In London Town) was written by Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin.
When did George Gershwin release A Foggy Day (In London Town)?
George Gershwin released A Foggy Day (In London Town) on Fri Nov 19 1937.
Who has the best popular recording of this song???
In my personal opinion, it’s the version by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
What did George Gershwin say about "A Foggy Day (In London Town)"?
Ira Gershwin wrote in Lyrics on Several Occasions:
One night I was in the living room, reading. About 1 a.m. George returned from a party … took off his dinner jacket, sat down at the piano. ‘How about some work? Got any ideas?’ ‘Well, there’s one spot [in the film] we might do something about a fo...
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