Are You Havin' Any Fun?

"Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by Jack Yellen and music by Sammy Fain. It featured in the Broadway review series George White's Scandals in 1939. ^[1] A popular recording in 1939 was by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by Edythe Wright. ^[2]

Other recordings

• British musical comedy duo Flanagan and Allen incorporated this in their popular Music Hall act of the 1930s and 1940s: ^[3]
• Elaine Stritch's recording from her 1956 album Stritch ^[4]
• Tony Bennett recorded the song on his 1959 album Strike Up the Band with Count Basie, ^[5]
• In 2006 Bennett re-recorded the song for his album Duets: An American Classic as a duet with Elvis Costello.

Popular culture

• The Tony Bennett recording is featured in the 2012 film Quartet , the first film directed by Dustin Hoffman. ^[6] The song is also performed in the film by Trevor Peacock and David Ryall, as a homage to Flanagan and Allen, the famous British music hall artists. Peacock and Ryall also perform "Underneath the Arches", a signature song of Flanagan and Allen.
• The Elaine Stritch recording was featured in a UK advertising campaign on YouTube for P&O Cruises from December 2013.

References

1. "Are You Havin' Any Fun". MusicNotes.com. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
2. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.  136. ISBN   0-89820-083-0.
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Are you having any fun - Flanagan and Allen. YouTube .
4. "Elaine Stritch – 'Stritch'". Discogs.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
5. Strike Up the Band at AllMusic
6. "'Quartet' Soundtrack Details". Film Music Reporter. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

External links

• Lyrics at oldielyrics.com