Una de las canciones, de la historia del Swing, que ha sido versionada más veces y por más artistas es, sin ninguna duda, On the Sunny Side of the Street. Interpretada por gente de la talla de Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington o Louis Armstrong e incluso por cantantes algo más chocantes como Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper o la mismísima Brigitte Bardot.
On the Sunny Side of the Street es una canción de 1930, con letra de Dorothy Fields y música de Jimmy McHugh.
LETRA DE ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
Grab your coat and get your hat
Leave your worry on the doorstep
Just direct your feet
To the sunny side of the street
Can’t you hear a pitter-pat
And that happy tune is your step
Life can be so sweet
On the sunny side of the street
I used to walk in the shade
With those blues on parade
But now I’m not afraid
This rover crossed over
If I’d never have a cent
I’d be rich as Rockefeller
Going to set my feet
On the sunny side of the street
Grab your coat and get your hat
Leave your worry on the doorstep
Just direct your feet
To the sunny side of the street
Can’t you hear a pitter-pat
And that happy tune is your step
Life can be so sweet
On the sunny side of the street
I used to walk in the shade
With those blues on parade
But now I’m not afraid
This rover crossed over
If I’d never have a cent
I’d be rich as Rockefeller
With going to set my feet
On the sunny side of the street
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