Are You Havin' Any Fun?

1939 song written by Sammy Fain and Jack Yellen

"Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by Jack Yellen and music by Sammy Fain. It featured in the Broadway revue series George White's Scandals in 1939.[1] A popular recording in 1939 was by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by Edythe Wright.[2]

Other recordings

  • British musical comedy duo Flanagan and Allen incorporated this in their popular Music Hall act of the 1930s and 1940s:[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, the first film directed by Dustin Hoffman.[6] The song is also performed in the film by Trevor Peacock and David Ryall, as a homage to Flanagan and Allen, the famous British music hall artists. Peacock and Ryall also perform "Underneath the Arches", a signature song of Flanagan and Allen.
  • The Elaine Stritch recording was featured in a UK advertising campaign on YouTube for P&O Cruises from December 2013.

References

  1. ^ "Are You Havin' Any Fun". MusicNotes.com. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 136. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Are you having any fun - Flanagan and Allen. YouTube.
  4. ^ "Elaine Stritch – 'Stritch'". Discogs.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ^ Strike Up the Band at AllMusic
  6. ^ "'Quartet' Soundtrack Details". Film Music Reporter. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

External links

  • Lyrics at oldielyrics.com


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