My late father enjoyed this song, which was first recorded by his favorite singer "Pennies from Heaven" A 1936 smash hit.
With music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was introduced by Bing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and his Orchestra in the 1936 film of the same name
On July 21, 1936, at Victor's Hollywood Studio, Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra made the first recording of "Pennies from Heaven." It was released on October 14, 1936, on Victor 25431 and rose to number 2 on the Billboard charts. Jimmy Dorsey also recorded it on August 4, released it in Decca 1951 in October, and made the chart for one week in December. Then Crosby and Dorsey, along with Louis Armstrong and Frances Langford, made another recording for Decca on August 17 released in October on a 12" Shellac pressing only.
- Louis Armstrong – (1947)
- Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing – (1937)
- Polly Bergen and Gordon MacRae sang a medley that included "Pennies from Heaven" on her 1958 NBC variety show, The Polly Bergen Show.
- Dave Brubeck Quartet- " Brubeck Time " (1954)
- Marty Robbins- "Marty After Midnight" (1962)
- Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond – The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall (1963)
- Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Get Up & Get It! (1967)
- Stan Getz with Oscar Peterson – Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1975)
- Billie Holiday's version was used in the 1994 film Corrina, Corrina (1994) and appears on the soundtrack.
- Seth MacFarlane - Sing
- Regis Philbin - It's Time for Regis! (1968) -- also appeared on the soundtrack to the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
- Louis Prima – The Call of the Wildest (1957)
- Jimmy Raney with Sonny Clark – Jimmy Raney Quartet (1954)
- Marc Secara recorded the song You're Everything
- Frank Sinatra recorded two versions, the first one in 1956 with a Nelson Riddle for the "Songs For Swinging Lovers " LP and a second one with Count Basie – Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
- The Skyliners (1960) - In the US, this version reached #24 on the Hot 100.
- Arthur Tracy - 1937 recording.
- Led Zeppelin included several lines of the song during live performances of "Dazed and Confused", most notably during their 1971 tour of Japan.
- Rubén Blades recorded the song for his 2021 album "Salswing!" featuring "Roberto Delgado & Orquesta".
- Maxwell Jacob Friedman Performed the song on the April 5th, 2023 episode of AEW Dynamite. In celebration of "MJF" day in Long Island.