blue skies

Irving Berlin wrote this classic as a last minute addition for the musical 'Betsy' when the star of the show requested a show stopper. ’Blue Skies’ was introduced on opening night in 1926 and the audience requested more than twenty encores that night from singer Belle Baker. That year alone, the song charted six times. Al Jolson sang it in 'The Jazz Singer' in 1927; and also that year Ben Selvin and His Orchestra took their version to number one. In the years since, it has been recorded by countless artists in a myriad of musical genres. In 1978, Willie Nelson took his version to the top of the country chart.




Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

Ella Fitzgerald

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

Willie Nelson

Ben Selvin and His Orchestra

I was blue, just as blue as I could be
Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door
Skies were gray but they're not gray anymore

Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see

Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long

Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly

Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on

I should care if the wind blows east or west
I should fret if the worst looks like the best
I should mind if they say it can't be true
I should smile, that's exactly what I do