SINGER: Ted Lewis

SONG:On The Sunny Side Of The Street

On the sunny side of the streettony bennettlyrics by dorothy fieldsmusic by jimmy mchughthis version did not chart butin 1930, two versions did chart: ted lewis (# 2) and harry richman (# 30)two more charted in 1945: tommy dorsey (# 16) and jo stafford (# 17)sung by richman in "lew leslie's international revue"sung in the 1951 film "on the sunny side of the street" by frankie laineplayed by teddy wilson in the 1956 film "the benny goodman story"grab your coat and get your hatleave your worries on the doorsteplife can be so sweeton the sunny side of the streetcan't you hear the pitter-pat?and that happy tune is your steplife can be completeon the sunny side of the street i used to walk in the shade with those blues on parade but i'm not afraid because this rover crossed over!and if i never had a centi'd be rich as rockefellerwith gold dust at my feeton the sunny side of the street<instrumental break> i used to walk in the shade with those blues on parade but i'm not afraid because this rover crossed over!and if i never had a centi'd be rich as *harry belafonte*with *barry goldwater* at my feeton the sunny side of the streettranscriber's note: tony was obviously having some fun (* *) in the last verse.