I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)

"I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, written by Irving Berlin and originally performed by Ethel Merman.[1][2] Hit recordings in 1946 were by Les Brown (vocal by Doris Day) (No. 10 in the Billboard charts) and by Artie Shaw (vocal by Mel Torme) (No. 17).[3]

Stig Bergendorff and Gösta Bernhard wrote the Swedish lyrics betitled "Jag har solen och månen". Per Grundén with Orchestra Conductor: Hans Schreiber recorded it in Stockholm on August 19, 1949. It was released on the 78 rpm record His Master's Voice X 7540.

Other recordings

Other singers to have recorded the song include Doris Day, Betty Hutton (in the 1950 movie version of Annie Get Your Gun), Bernadette Peters, Judy Garland, Dean Martin[4] and June Christy with the Stan Kenton Orchestra.

  • In the Hawaii Five-0 episode, "Hau'oli La Ho'omaika'i," first aired on November 22, 2013, guest star Carol Burnett ends the show by singing the song.[5]

References

  1. ^ Bloom, Ken (2007). The Routledge Guide to Broadway. Taylor & Francis. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-415-97380-9.
  2. ^ "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #13".
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 515. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  4. ^ Schechter, Scott (January 1, 2006). Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-58979-300-2.
  5. ^ Keck, William. "Keck's Exclusives First Look: Carol Burnett Joins McGarrett's Family on Hawaii Five-0". TV Guide. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
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