Sunday, Monday, or Always

"Sunday, Monday or Always" is a 1943 popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke.

The biggest hit version, recorded by Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers on July 2, 1943,^[1] and appearing in his film Dixie, was made during a musician's strike, and recorded with a vocal group background instead of an orchestra.^[2] This recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 18561. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on August 19, 1943, and lasted 18 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.^[3]

The song was also recorded by Frank Sinatra about the same time, with a similar vocal background because of the strike.^[2] This version was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36679. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on September 9, 1943, and lasted 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9.^[3] The Sinatra version is heard briefly in the 1945 film It's in the Bag!.^[4] A subsequent parody version by Sinatra, titled "Dick Haymes, Dick Todd and Como", was recorded October 23, 1944, for the V-Disc program.^[5]

The song is featured in a 1944 Amos 'n' Andy radio show, in which Andy Brown composes a similar song entitled "Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday" and accuses Van Heusen, Burke and Kay Kyser of stealing the song from him.

Other notable recordings

1944 Mildred Bailey for a V-Disc.^[6]
1961 Nat King Cole - recorded for the album The Touch of Your Lips.
1962 Michael Holliday - for his album To Bing - From Mike.^[7]
1964 Pat Boone included in his album Ain't That a Shame.^[8]

References

^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8. OCLC 31611854. Tape 1, side A.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
^ Liner Notes, The V-Discs: The Columbia Years 1943-1952, Columbia Records, 1994.
^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1964. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

Bing Crosby singles

Discography

1920s

"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers)
"Louise"

1930s

"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington)
"I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim)
"Just a Gigolo"
"At Your Command"
"Stardust"
"Goodnight, Sweetheart"
"Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song)
"Waltzing in a Dream"
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You"
"Temptation"
"Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?"
"June in January"
"Love Is Just Around the Corner"
"I Wished on the Moon"
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
"I Can't Escape from You"
"Pennies from Heaven"
"Silent Night"
"Adeste Fideles"
"Sweet Leilani"
"Blue Hawaii"
"Never in a Million Years"
"Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon"
"My Reverie"
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
"God Bless America"
"Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Andrews Sisters)

1940s

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
"Only Forever"
"It's Always You"
"New San Antonio Rose" (with Bob Crosby)
"Dolores"
"Deep in the Heart of Texas" (with Woody Herman)
"Easter Parade"
"White Christmas"
"Moonlight Becomes You"
"Sunday, Monday, or Always"
"People Will Say We're in Love" (with Trudy Erwin)
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (with Trudy Erwin)
"Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Andrews Sisters)
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
"Jingle Bells" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Poinciana"
"I Love You"
"I'll Be Seeing You"
"Swinging on a Star"
"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)"
"Amor"
"Long Ago (and Far Away)"
"Don't Fence Me In" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (with Andrews Sisters)
"You Belong to My Heart"
"Along the Navajo Trail (with Andrews Sisters)
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
"If I Loved You"
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Les Paul Trio)
"I Can't Begin to Tell You"
"The Bells of St. Mary's"
"McNamara's Band"
"Sioux City Sue"
"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Night and Day"
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Galway Bay
"Ballerina"
"Now Is the Hour"
"But Beautiful"
"Far Away Places"
"Careless Hands"
"Riders in the Sky"
"Some Enchanted Evening"
"Dear Hearts and Gentle People"
"Mule Train"

1950s

"Quicksilver" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"
"Play a Simple Melody" (with Gary Crosby)
"Sam's Song " (with Gary Crosby)
"La Vie en rose"
"All My Love"
"Beyond the Reef"
"Harbor Lights"
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
"A Marshmallow World"
"Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Gone Fishin'" (with Louis Armstrong)
"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (with Jane Wyman)
"The Isle of Innisfree"
"Zing a Little Zong" (with Jane Wyman)
"Silver Bells" (with Carol Richards)
"Down by the Riverside" (with Gary Crosby)
"Young at Heart"
"Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep"
"Stranger in Paradise"
"In a Little Spanish Town" (with Buddy Cole Trio)
"True Love" (with Grace Kelly)
"Now You Has Jazz" (with Louis Armstrong)
"Well, Did You Evah!" (with Frank Sinatra)

1970s

"That's What Life Is All About"

1980s

"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)

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Discography
Columbia singles (1939–1940)	"It's Funny to Everyone but Me" "On a Little Street in Singapore" "Ciribiribin" "All or Nothing at All"
RCA Victor singles (1940–1942)	"Imagination" "I'll Be Seeing You" "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" "I'll Never Smile Again" "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" "Our Love Affair" "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" "Stardust" "Dolores" "It's Always You" "Oh! Look at Me Now" "Without a Song" "Let's Get Away from It All" "This Love of Mine" "Blue Skies" "Pale Moon (An Indian Love Song)" "Embraceable You" "Just as Though You Were Here" "Take Me" "In the Blue of Evening" "How About You?" "There Are Such Things"
Bluebird singles (1942–1943)	"Night and Day" "The Night We Called It a Day" "The Song Is You"
Columbia singles (1943–1953)	"Close to You" "You'll Never Know" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" "White Christmas" "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" "Ol' Man River" "Stormy Weather" "When Your Lover Has Gone" "Dream" "If I Loved You" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "Mighty Lak' a Rose" "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" "America the Beautiful" "Day by Day" "Full Moon and Empty Arms" "Soliloquy (Part 1 & 2)" "Begin the Beguine" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Jingle Bells" "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" "September Song" "Five Minutes More" "Sweet Lorraine" "Time after Time" "Mam'selle" "Almost Like Being in Love" "Tea for Two" "My Romance" "So Far" "A Fellow Needs a Girl" "But Beautiful" "I've Got a Crush on You" "All of Me" "Nature Boy" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "My Melancholy Baby" "Autumn in New York" "Why Can't You Behave?" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Bali Ha'i" "Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk" "I Only Have Eyes for You" "The Old Master Painter" "Peachtree Street" "Goodnight, Irene" "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "April in Paris" "I Could Write a Book" "The Birth of the Blues"
Capitol singles (1953–1961)	"I'm Walking Behind You" "I've Got the World on a String" "My One and Only Love" "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" "I Love You" "Young at Heart" "Don't Worry 'bout Me" "Three Coins in the Fountain" "The Gal That Got Away" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Melody of Love" "Learnin' the Blues" "Love and Marriage" "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" "You're Sensational" "True Love" "Well, Did You Evah!" "Mind If I Make Love to You?" "Hey! Jealous Lover" "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" "All the Way" "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" "Witchcraft" "Mistletoe and Holly" "French Foreign Legion" "High Hopes" "Old MacDonald" "My Blue Heaven" "I'll Remember April" "I Love Paris"
Reprise singles (1961–1983)	"Granada" "I'll Be Seeing You" "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" "Without a Song" "Stardust" "Come Rain or Come Shine" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "Me and My Shadow" "Call Me Irresponsible" "I Have Dreamed" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "My Kind of Town" "Softly, as I Leave You" "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" "The Little Drummer Boy" "It Was a Very Good Year" "Strangers in the Night" "Summer Wind" "You Make Me Feel So Young" "That's Life" "The September of My Years" "Somethin' Stupid" "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" "My Way of Life" "My Way" "Goin' Out of My Head" "Something" "Bein' Green" "Send In the Clowns" "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" "Theme from New York, New York" "Here's to the Band" "To Love a Child"
Qwest singles (1983–1984)	"Teach Me Tonight" "Mack the Knife" "It's All Right with Me" "Until the Real Thing Comes Along"
Compositions	"This Love of Mine" "Sheila" "Peachtree Street" "Take My Love" "I'm a Fool to Want You" "Mistletoe and Holly" "Mr. Success"
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