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Thread #118000 Message #2547109
Posted By: Jim Dixon
23-Jan-09 - 12:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the ...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: '...having a wonderful time.'
Here are the results of my research (which is inconclusive):
The following songs might be relevant, but I have no lyrics to confirm this:
A WONDERFUL TIME recorded by Deal Family, 1927
WE'RE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME Written by Irving Bibo and Don George Sung by Jack Oakie, Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan in the film "The Merry Monahans" (1944)
HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME (WISH YOU WERE HERE), written by William Livingstone, and recorded by - Tommy Dorsey & Clambake 7 in 1937 Dinah Shore – date unknown but probably around 1947 or 48 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra in 1949
HAVING WONDERFUL TIME recorded by Jolly Coburn & His Orchestra, 1937 --which might be related to the film "Having Wonderful Time" (1938) starring Ginger Rogers & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (However, IMDb.com lists 4 songs in the soundtrack of this film, and none of them has this title.)
I think we can eliminate the following songs. Although they contain the phrase "having a wonderful time," they do not contain anything like the other lines quoted above:
Title: OOH LA, LA (I'M HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME) First line of verse: I just got a note that my brother wrote First line of chorus: Ooh, la, la, when I start kissing Creators: Green, Bud [lyricist]: Nelson, Ed. [composer] Publisher: New York: A. J. Stasny Music Co. Date: 1918 Sheet music viewable at The Archive of Popular Music.
Title: NOW AND THEN BUT NOT ALL THE TIME From the musical production: "Oh, My Dear!" First line of verse: I've been having a wonderful time you know First line of chorus: Now and then we must have jolly time, now and then we all take a little wine Creators: Bryan, Alfred [lyricist]: Schwartz, Jean [composer] Publisher: New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co. Date: 1919 Sheet music viewable at The Archive of Popular Music.
Title: I'M GOING 'WAY BACK HOME AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME Composer: Schwartz, Jean Lyricist: Jerome, William, 1856-1932 Performer: Marino Sisters Publisher: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. Place of publication: New York Date of publication: 1916 First Line: Call a taxi, please, me for shady trees, I've got that hometown Chorus First Line: I'm going 'way back home and have a wonderful time, Artist: Barbelle Sheet music viewable at the Indiana University Sheet Music Collections.