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On the Sunny Side of the Street

Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields

Style
Jazz
Tradition
Jazz standard
Form
AABA, 32 bars
Key
C
Level
3
Played on
Voice

In the public domain. Source

History

Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields wrote it for Lew Leslie's International Revue, which opened on Broadway in 1930 with Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence. Ted Lewis made the first record that year, and Richman's own recording was also a hit. Some writers say Fats Waller wrote the tune and sold it.

Tommy Dorsey's 1945 version with the Sentimentalists reached number 16, and Jo Stafford's with the Pied Pipers reached number 17 the same year.