It's Magic

"It's Magic" is a popular song written by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was introduced by Doris Day in her Warner Brothers film debut, Romance on the High Seas (known in the United Kingdom as It's Magic after the song), and was published in 1947. Versions which made the Billboard magazine charts in 1948 were recorded by Vic Damone, Tony Martin, Dick Haymes, Gordon MacRae, and Sarah Vaughan. It was nominated for a Best Song Oscar in 1948, losing to "Buttons and Bows".

This article is about the song. For the Abbey Lincoln album, see It's Magic (Abbey Lincoln album). For the Sonny Stitt album, see It's Magic (Sonny Stitt album). For the Peter Paul and Mary song, see In These Times (album).
"It's Magic"
Song by Doris Day
Released1947 (1947)
Composer(s)Jule Styne
Lyricist(s)Sammy Cahn

In 1952, Doris Day made the song the theme of The Doris Day Show, her Hollywood radio series.[1]

Releases

The Doris Day recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38188. The recording spent 21 weeks on the Billboard chart, peaking at position #2.[2]

The Tony Martin recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-2862. The recording spent 13 weeks on the Billboard chart, peaking at position #11.[2]

The Dick Haymes recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 23826. The recording spent 18 weeks on the Billboard chart, peaking at position #9.[2]

The Gordon MacRae recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15072. The recording spent 17 weeks on the Billboard chart, peaking at position #9.[2]

The Sarah Vaughan recording was released by Musicraft Records as catalog number 557. The recording spent two weeks on the Billboard chart, peaking at position #29.[2] It appeared on the EP The Divine Sarah Sings (1954)

Beverly Kenney recorded the song in 1958 for her album Beverly Kenney Sings for Playboys.

Dinah Washington recorded the song in 1959 for her album What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!.

Keely Smith recorded it in 1959 for her Capital album, Swingin' Pretty, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.

Shirley Bassey recorded the song in 1963 for her EP In Other Words....

In 2010, Australian singer Melinda Schneider recorded the song for her Doris Day tribute album Melinda Does Doris.

Barbara Lewis recorded the song in 1965, and it was included in her album of the same name.

In 1962, The Platters, with Sonny Turner singing lead, released it as a single. It reached 95 on the Billboard chart. It was also featured on their 1961 album Song for the Lonely.

Eddi Reader recorded the song for her 2009 album Love Is the Way.

It's also the title cut of the 2013 album It's Magic - The songs of Sammy Cahn recorded by Steve Tyrell, featuring a saxophone solo by David Mann.

To celebrate the one hundredth birthday of Sammy Cahn, a 2013 album was released featuring an ensemble of vocalists and jazz combo for the CD, It's Magic.[3]

Other film versions

As it was part of the Warner studio music catalog, Bugs Bunny parodied the song in the 1951 Looney Tunes cartoon Rabbit Every Monday, with several verses beginning with "Carrots are divine...You get a dozen for a dime. It's magic." In his 1953 Warner Brothers cartoon Robot Rabbit, Bugs reprised this parody with a shorter version. In a later short, 1963's Transylvania 6-5000, Bugs hums/sings the melody, inserting magic words that he acquired from a book and unknowingly causing troublesome transformations in the short's antagonist, Count Bloodcount.

The 1967 motion picture The Cool Ones featured Mrs. Miller doing a rock-flavored version of the song.

See also

References
  1. Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-09-08. The Doris Day show,.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
  3. "It's Magic - A Centennial Tribute to Sammy Cahn". www.americanmusicpreservation.com.
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