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They Say It's Wonderful

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"They Say It's Wonderful" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946), where it was introduced by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton.

Notable recordings

  • Ethel Merman recorded it for the original Decca Records cast album of Annie Get Your Gun (1946). In 1979, she recorded a "camp" version for The Ethel Merman Disco Album, but it was not released on the original vinyl record. It was issued as a bonus track on the CD reissue in 2002.
  • Andy Russell (Billboard no. 10 in 1946)
  • Perry Como (Billboard no. 27 in 1946)
  • Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 22, 1946 (Billboard no. 12 in 1946)
  • Frank Sinatra (1946)
  • Modern Jazz Quartet - The Modern Jazz Quartet (1957)
  • Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958)
  • Johnny Mathis - Heavenly (1959)
  • Doris Day (1960)
  • John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
  • Jimmy Scott - Falling In Love Is Wonderful (1963)
  • Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970)
  • Tony Bennett - Bennett/Berlin (1987)
  • Judy Garland
  • Stacey Kent - The Tender Trap (1998)
  • Bernadette Peters - Annie Get Your Gun Revival Cast Recording (1999)
  • Eliane Elias - Everything I Love (2000)
  • Sathima Bea Benjamin - Musical Echoes (2002)
  • Beegie Adair (2002)
  • Kirsten Dunst - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • Susan Lucci - ABC Presents: Love Affair (2008)

    • References

    They Say It's Wonderful Wikipedia
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