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Dorothy Fields

On the Sunny Side of the Street

1939 · via Jimmy McHugh

Dorothy Fields’ 1939 recording of “On the Sunny Side of the Street” is the earliest release on file. Dorothy Fields shares the writing credit with Jimmy McHugh. Also recorded by Louis Armstrong (released 1951), Frank Sinatra (released 1961) and Dizzy Gillespie (released 1953), among 1069 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Dorothy Fields shares the credit with McHugh, and the first recording is hers, so you hear the song from one of the two people who made it. Armstrong and Sinatra got to it later. Start here.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1939.

Other recordings on file · first release year

1069 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Jimmy McHugh shares the writing credit on "On the Sunny Side of the Street" with one partner, who also made its first recording. Who?Dorothy Fields
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