Are You Havin' Any Fun?
"Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by Jack Yellen and music by Sammy Fain. It featured in the Broadway review series George White's Scandals in 1939.[1] A popular recording in 1939 was by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal by Edythe Wright).[2]
Other recordings
- British musical comedy duo Flanagan and Allen incorporated this in their popular Music Hall act of the 1930's and 1940's:[3]
- Elaine Stritch's recording from her 1956 album Stritch[4]
- Tony Bennett recorded the song on his 1959 album Strike Up the Band with Count Basie,[5]
- In 2006 Bennett re-recorded the song for his album Duets: An American Classic as a duet with Elvis Costello.
Popular culture
- The Tony Bennett recording is featured in the 2012 film Quartet.[6]
- The Elaine Stritch recording was featured in a UK advertising campaign on YouTube for P&O Cruises from December 2013.
References
- "Are You Havin' Any Fun". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 136. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_RFcpRXoE
- "Elaine Stritch – 'Stritch'". Discogs.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- Strike Up the Band at AllMusic
- "'Quartet' Soundtrack Details". Film Music Reporter. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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