How's Chances?

Last updated March 22, 2024

"Hows Chances?" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1933 musical As Thousands Cheer where it was introduced by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb. In the musical, it is used in a sketch based on a newspaper headline "Joan Crawford to Divorce Douglas Fairbanks, Jr." with Marilyn Miller portraying Joan Crawford and Clifton Webb acting as Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ^[1]

Notable recordings

Clifton Webb, with Leo Reisman's Orchestra, recorded on October 3, 1933 for Victor (No. 24418B).^[2]
Paul Whiteman included an orchestral version on his picture disc recording for RCA-Victor (No. 39003) in 1933.^[3]
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)

References

↑ "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
↑ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
↑ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

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[1] "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

[2] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

[3] "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

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