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'''"Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)"''' is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]].

The music was written by [[Vincent Youmans]], the lyrics by [[Irving Caesar]]. The song was published in 1927 and introduced in the [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Hit the Deck (musical)|Hit the Deck]],'' starring [[Stanley Holloway]], and opened in April, 1927. The song was performed in the musical by [[Charles King (vaudevillian)|Charles King]] and [[Louise Groody]], who also made a recording for [[Victor Records]], [[Catalog numbering systems for single records|catalog number]] 20609.<ref name=Gardner>{{cite book|

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}}</ref> The best-selling versions were by King and Groody and by [[Roger Wolfe Kahn]] (with vocal by [[Franklyn Baur]]), also issued by Victor (catalog number 20599).<ref name=Gardner/> Two other versions, a duet by Baur and [[Gladys Rice]] on [[Columbia Records]] (catalog number 998-D) and a vocal by [[Vaughn DeLeathDe Leath]] on [[Brunswick Records]] (catalog number 3608) also had a significant degree of popularity.<ref name=Gardner/>

A number of other recordings were made in 1927 (see below), but the song has become a standard, recorded by many artists since that time.

==Recorded versions==

*[[Steve Allen (comedian)|Steve Allen]]

*[[Ray Anthony]]

*[[Victor Arden]] and the [[Phil Ohman]] Orchestra (recorded April 8, 1927; released by [[Brunswick Records]] as catalog number 3527B, with the flip side "Hallelujah";<ref name=Bruns3500>[http://78discography.com/BRN3500.htm Brunswick Records in the 3500 to 3999 series]</ref> also released by [[Vocalion Records]] under the name '''Jay's Chelsea Orchestra''' as catalog number 15591, with the flip side "[[Me and My Shadow]]"<ref name=Voc15500>[http://78discography.com/VOC15500.htm Vocalion Records in the 15500 to 15999 series]</ref>)

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*[[Vic Damone]]

*[[Doris Day]] with [[The Mellowmen]] (recorded May, 1949; released by [[Columbia Records]] as catalog number 38545, with the flip side "[[You Go to My Head]]"<ref>[http://78discography.com/COL38500.htm Columbia Records in the 38500 to 38999 series]</ref>)

*[[Vaughn DeLeathDe Leath]] (recorded July 1927; released by [[Brunswick Records]] as catalog number 3608,<ref name=Gardner/> with the flip side "Baby Feet Go Pitter Patter ('Cross My Floor)";<ref name=Bruns3500/> also released by [[Vocalion Records]] as catalog number 15597B,<ref name=Voc15500/> both with the flip side "[[Me and My Shadow]]"<ref name=Bruns3500/><ref name=Voc15500/>)

*[[Liz Diamond]]

*[[The Dinning Sisters]]

*[[Eddy Duchin]] (in a medley with [[Pretty Baby (song)|Pretty Baby]]; recorded July 15, 1942, released by [[Columbia Records]] as catalog number 36746, with the flip side "[[Blue Room (song)|Blue Room]]"/"Am I Blue?"<ref>[http://78discography.com/COL36500.htm Columbia Records in the 36500 to 36999 series]</ref>)

*[[Roy Eldridge]]

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*[[Robert Farnon]]

*[[Frances Faye]] (released by [[Capitol Records]] as catalog number 2472, with the flip side "I Was Wrong About You"<ref>[http://78discography.com/Capitol2000.htm Capitol Records in the 2000 to 2499 series]</ref>)

*[[The Four Freshmen]] - ''[[Four Freshmen and Five Saxes]]''

*[[Erroll Garner]] (recorded December 5, 1945, released by [[Mercury Records]] as catalog number 1002, with the flip side "[[Always (1925 song)|Always]]"<ref name=Merc1000>[http://78discography.com/Merc010.htm Mercury Records in the 1001 to 1442 series]</ref>)

*[[Stan Getz]]

*[[Dizzy Gillespie]]

*[[Benny Goodman]] & his orchestra (Instrumental) (recorded July 1, 1935; released by [[Victor Records]] as catalog number 25090B, with the flip side "King Porter Stomp"<ref>[http://78discography.com/vic25000.html Victor Records in the 25000 to 25499 series]</ref>)

*[[StephaneStéphane Grappelli]]

*[[Glen Gray]] & The Casa Loma Orchestra (1939)

*[[Walter Gross]] (released by [[MGM Records]] as catalog number 30465, with the flip side "Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)"<ref name=MGM30000>[http://78discography.com/MGM30000.htm MGM Records in the 30001 to 30499 series]</ref> and by [[Musicraft Records]] as catalog number 387, with the flip side "[[More Than You Know (1929 song)|More Than You Know]]"<ref>[http://78discography.com/Musicraft200.htm Musicraft Records in the 201 to 597 series]</ref>)

*[[Scott Hamilton (musician)|Scott Hamilton]]

*[[Johnny Hartman]]

*[[Ted Heath (bandleader)|Ted Heath]]

*[[Bill Henderson (performer)|Bill Henderson]]

*[[Hildegarde]]

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*[[Joni Mitchell]]

*[[National Music Lover Dance Orchestra]] (released by [[National Music Lovers Records]] as catalog number 1208, with the flip side "How Can a Girl Like You Like a Boy Like Me?"<ref>[http://78discography.com/NML.htm National Music Lovers Records listing]</ref>)

*[[Phineas Newborn, Jr.]]

*[[Jack Oakie]] & [[Polly Walker]] (featured in the film [[Hit the Deck (1930 film)|Hit the Deck]]) (1930)

*[[Anita O'Day]], with the [[Alvy West]] Band (released by [[Signature Records]] as catalog number 15127B, with the flip side "Ace in the Hole"; also shown as '''Anita O'Day with the Little Band,''' released by Signature Records as catalog number 15222B, with the flip side "[[Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered|Bewitched]]"<ref>[http://78discography.com/Signiature.htm Signature Records listing]</ref>)

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*[[Lee Wiley]] (recorded 1951; released by [[Columbia Records]] as catalog number 39801, with the flip side "Keepin' Myself For You"<ref name=Col39500/>)

*[[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]]

*[[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]] (1959)

*[[Teddy Wilson]]

*[[Lester Young]] Quartet (recorded December 28, 1943, released by [[Mercury Records]] as catalog number 1093, with the flip side "Afternoon of a Basie-ite"<ref name=Merc1000/>)