When the Sun Comes Out

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Released November 1962 Recorded 1962 Label Columbia		Format Vinyl single Genre Pop
Writer(s) Harold Arlen (music) and Ted Koehler (lyrics)

"When the Sun Comes Out" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler, in 1941. It was introduced in 1941 by Helen O'Connell with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.

Barbra Streisand Recording

Streisand recorded the song October 26, 1962, at Columbia's Studio C, some months before her first album sessions. This version, arranged and conducted by George Williams, became her first commercial single in November, 1962, with "Happy Days Are Here Again" on the A-side. Only 500 copies of this single were pressed for the New York market, and no copies were sent to radio stations.

Streisand re-recorded the song in June 3, 1963, for The Second Barbra Streisand Album.

Notable recordings

Ethel Azama - Cool Heat (1960)

Tony Bennett - A String of Harold Arlen (1960)

Sylvia Brooks - Dangerous Liaisons (2009)

Royce Campbell - "All Ballads & A Bossa" (2012)

June Christy - Gone for the Day (1957)

Billy Eckstine - Billy's Best! (1958)

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961)

Judy Garland - Garland at the Grove (1959; 2008 expanded reissue)

Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (1941-vocal by Helen Forrest. Arranged by Eddie Sauter).

Eydie Gorme - Eydie Swings The Blues (1957)

Harry James - Columbia 39419 (1951)

Barbara McNair - The Livin' End (1965)

Helen Merrill - The Nearness of You (1958)

Nicki Parrott - Summertime (2012)

Art Pepper - Winter Moon (1980)

Kenny Rankin - A Song for You (2002)

Ann Richards - The Many Moods of Ann Richards/Two Much (2004 compilation).

Barbra Streisand - The Second Barbra Streisand Album (1963)

Mel Torme - Mel Torme and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956)

Stanley Turrentine - The Spoiler (1966)

References

When the Sun Comes Out Wikipedia

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Barbra Streisand Recording

Notable recordings

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