- Here's That Rainy Day
"Here's That Rainy Day" is a popular
song with music byJimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1953. It was featured in theBroadway musical "Carnival in Flanders ".The song has been recorded by many jazz and pop singers, including Tony Bennett, Dee Dee Bridgewater, June Christy, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Vic Damone, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto (with Stan Getz), Lena Horne, Jack Jones, Steve Lawrence, Peggy Lee, Kenny Rankin, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan and Andy Williams. It is also a favorite of jazz instrumentalists, with versions by Gene Ammons, Chet Baker, Ray Brown, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Art Pepper, Oscar Peterson, and McCoy Tyner, among many others.
Former late-night talk show host
Johnny Carson said that "Here's That Rainy Day" was his favorite ballad. Carson andBette Midler famously sang the song on the next-to-last show of "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson " onMay 21 ,1992 .Notable Recordings
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Astrud Gilberto
*Jack Jones - "Where Love Has Gone " (1964 )
*Modern Jazz Quartet
*Art Pepper - "Winter Moon" (1980 )
*Kenny Rogers
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