"A Foggy Day" is a well-known song written by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was first performed by Fred Astaire in the 1937 movie A Damsel in Distress. Originally, the song was called "A Foggy Day (In London Town)," which refers to the thick, polluted fogs that often covered London during that time. These fogs were sometimes called "pea soup fogs" because they were so dense. The song is still often called by its full title. Fred Astaire's recorded version of the song, released by Brunswick in 1937, became very popular.
Other recordings
- Frank Sinatra – Songs for Young Lovers (1953)
- Bud Powell – Bud Powell's Moods (1956)
- Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
- Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald – Ella and Louis (1956)
- Billie Holiday – Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (Verve Records, 1959) and Nice Work If You Can Get It (1983)
- Red Garland – Red Garland at the Prelude (1959)
- Frank Sinatra – Ring-a-Ding-Ding! (1961)
- Judy Garland – Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
- George Benson – It's Uptown (1965)
- Sarah Vaughan – Live in Japan (1973)
- Lyn Collins – Check Me Out if You Don't Know Me By Now (1975)
- Wynton Marsalis – Marsalis Standard Time, Volume 1 (1987)
- Tony Bennett – MTV Unplugged (1994)
- David Bowie – Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove (1998)
- Michael Bublé – It's Time (2005)
- Willie Nelson – My Way (2018)