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"Pennies from Heaven"
Single by Bing Crosby and the Georgie Stoll Orchestra^[1]
B-side	"Let's Call a Heart a Heart"
Published	October 16, 1936 (1936-10-16),^[2] Select Music Publications, Inc., New York^[3]
Released	October 1936 (1936-10)
Recorded	July 24, 1936 (1936-07-24)^[4]
Studio	Recordings Incorporated Studios, 5505 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California^[1]
Genre	Popular music
Length	3:08
Label	Decca 947
Composer(s)	Arthur Johnston
Lyricist(s)	Johnny Burke

"Pennies from Heaven" is a 1936 American popular song with music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was introduced by Bing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and his Orchestra in the 1936 film of the same name.^[5]^[6]

Background

It was recorded in 1936 by Billie Holiday and afterwards performed by Doris Day, Tony Bennett, Dinah Washington, Clark Terry, Big Joe Turner, Lester Young, Dean Martin, Gene Ammons, Legion of Mary, Guy Mitchell, and Harry James.

The July 24, 1936, recording by Bing Crosby and the Georgie Stoll Orchestra^[1]^[7] topped the charts for ten weeks in 1936^[7]^[8] and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004. He recorded another version on August 17, accompanied by Louis Armstrong, Frances Langford and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. Crosby recorded the song again for his 1954 album Bing: A Musical Autobiography.

Other versions

On July 21, 1936, at Victor's Hollywood Studio, Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra made the first recording of "Pennies from Heaven."^[9] It was released on October 14, 1936, on Victor 25431^[10] and rose to number 2 on the Billboard charts.^[8] Jimmy Dorsey also recorded it on August 4,^[11] released on Decca 951 in October, and made the chart for one week in December.^[8] Then Crosby and Dorsey, along with Louis Armstrong and Frances Langford, made another recording for Decca on August 17,^[12] released in October on a 12" Shellac pressing only.^[12]^[13]

Louis Armstrong – (1947)^[7]
Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing – (1937)^[7]
Polly Bergen and Gordon MacRae sang a medley which included "Pennies from Heaven" on her 1958 NBC variety show, The Polly Bergen Show.^[14]
Dave Brubeck Quartet – "Brubeck Time" (1954)^[15]
Marty Robbins – "Marty after Midnight" (1962)
Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond – The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall (1963)^[7]
Richard 'Groove' Holmes – Get Up & Get It! (1967)
Stan Getz with Oscar Peterson – Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1975)^[7]
Billie Holiday's version was used in the 1994 film Corrina, Corrina (1994) and appears on the soundtrack.^[16]
Seth MacFarlane – Sing (2016)^[17]
Regis Philbin – It's Time for Regis! (1968) – also appeared on the soundtrack to the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire^[18]
Louis Prima – The Call of the Wildest (1957)^[7]
Jimmy Raney with Sonny Clark – Jimmy Raney Quartet (1954)^[7]
Marc Secara recorded the song on You're Everything^[19]
Frank Sinatra recorded two versions, the first one in 1956 with a Nelson Riddle for the Songs for Swingin' Lovers! LP^[20] and a second one with Count Basie – Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)^[7]
The Skyliners (1960) – In the US, this version reached #24 on the Hot 100.^[21]
Arthur Tracy – 1937 recording.^[22]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "A Bing Crosby Discography". BingMagazine.co.uk. UK: International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1936). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1936 Musical Compositions Fine Arts New Series Vol 31 Pt 3 For the Year 1936. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
^ "Items tagged with "Select Music Publications, Inc., Brill Bldg., 1619 Broadway" | Levy Music Collection". levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ "Decca matrix DLA 463. Pennies from heaven / Bing Crosby - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ "Pennies from Heaven (1936)". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019. Pennies from Heaven is not full of out-and-out song classics, but its score by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston is enjoyable and features ... the title song, which was nominated for an Oscar but lost to Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields's 'The Way You Look Tonight', from Swing Time.
^ Bush, John. "Bing Crosby, George Stoll: 'Pennies from Heaven'". AllMusic.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 334–335. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c Whitburn, Joel (1986). Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 105. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ "Victor matrix PBS-97624. Pennies from heaven / Eddy Duchin Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ "Victor 25431 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ "Decca matrix DLA 519. Pennies from heaven / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ ^a ^b "Decca matrix DLA 580. Pennies from heaven / Louis Armstrong ; Bing Crosby ; Frances Langford – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ "DECCA (USA) 15000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ "The Polly Bergen Show". Classic Television Archives. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
^ "Corrina Corrina [Original Soundtrack] – Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
^ "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: The Album – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "New Album Release 2008 – You're Everything!". Marcsecara.de. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "www.allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955–2012. Record Research. p. 774.
^ Gussow, Mel (October 8, 1997). "Arthur Tracy, 98, Musical Star Known as the Street Singer". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2023.

v t e Bing Crosby singles
Discography
1920s	"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman) "Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman) "Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman) "Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman) "Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman) "Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers) "Louise"
1930s	"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington) "I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim) "Just a Gigolo" "At Your Command" "Stardust" "Goodnight, Sweetheart" "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song) "Waltzing in a Dream" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "Temptation" "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" "June in January" "Love Is Just Around the Corner" "I Wished on the Moon" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "I Can't Escape from You" "Pennies from Heaven" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Sweet Leilani" "Blue Hawaii" "Never in a Million Years" "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" "My Reverie" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "God Bless America" "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Andrews Sisters)
1940s	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Only Forever" "It's Always You" "New San Antonio Rose" (with Bob Crosby) "Dolores" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (with Woody Herman) "Easter Parade" "White Christmas" "Moonlight Becomes You" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" (with Trudy Erwin) "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (with Trudy Erwin) "Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Andrews Sisters) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Jingle Bells" (with Andrews Sisters) "Poinciana" "I Love You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "Swinging on a Star" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Andrews Sisters) "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (with Andrews Sisters) "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" "Amor" "Long Ago (and Far Away)" "Don't Fence Me In" (with Andrews Sisters) "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (with Andrews Sisters) "You Belong to My Heart" "Along the Navajo Trail (with Andrews Sisters) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Les Paul Trio) "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "Symphony" "The Bells of St. Mary's" "McNamara's Band" "Sioux City Sue" "South America, Take It Away" "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (with Andrews Sisters) "Night and Day" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (with Andrews Sisters) "Galway Bay "Ballerina" "Now Is the Hour" "But Beautiful" "Far Away Places" "Careless Hands" "Riders in the Sky" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Mule Train"
1950s	"Quicksilver" (with Andrews Sisters) "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Andrews Sisters) "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Play a Simple Melody" (with Gary Crosby) "Sam's Song " (with Gary Crosby) "La Vie en rose" "All My Love" "Beyond the Reef" "Harbor Lights" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "A Marshmallow World" "Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Andrews Sisters) "Gone Fishin'" (with Louis Armstrong) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (with Jane Wyman) "The Isle of Innisfree" "Zing a Little Zong" (with Jane Wyman) "Silver Bells" (with Carol Richards) "Down by the Riverside" (with Gary Crosby) "Young at Heart" "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" "Stranger in Paradise" "In a Little Spanish Town" (with Buddy Cole Trio) "True Love" (with Grace Kelly) "Now You Has Jazz" (with Louis Armstrong) "Well, Did You Evah!" (with Frank Sinatra)
1970s	"That's What Life Is All About"
1980s	"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)

v t e Billie Holiday
Discography Awards and nominations
Albums	Billie Holiday Sings/Solitude An Evening with Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic Stay with Me Music for Torching Velvet Mood Lady Sings the Blues Body and Soul Songs for Distingué Lovers Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport All or Nothing at All Lady in Satin Last Recording The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944 Lady Day Swings Remixed and Reimagined
Songs	"Ain't Nobody's Business" "As Time Goes By" "Billie's Blues" "Blue Moon" "Body and Soul" "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" "Don't Explain" "Easy Living" "Embraceable You" "Everything Happens for the Best" "Everything Happens to Me" "Fine and Mellow" "Gloomy Sunday" "God Bless the Child" "Good Morning Heartache" "I Cover the Waterfront" "I Loves You, Porgy" "If You Were Mine" "I Thought About You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "I'll Get By" "I'll Never Be the Same" "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" "Just One of Those Things" "Lady Sings the Blues" "Left Alone" "Love for Sale" "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" "Me, Myself, and I" "Miss Brown to You" "My Man" "Moonlight in Vermont" "Night and Day" "No More" "Now or Never" "Our Love Is Different" "P.S. I Love You" "Pennies from Heaven" "Please Don't Do It Here" "Preacher Boy" "Sophisticated Lady" "Stormy Blues" "Stormy Weather" "Strange Fruit" "Sugar" "Summertime" "That Ole Devil Called Love" "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" "Too Marvelous for Words" "Trav'lin' Light" "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" "What Is This Thing Called Love?" "Why Was I Born?" "Willow Weep for Me" "You Go to My Head" "Your Mother's Son-In-Law"
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v t e Jimmy Dorsey
Songs	"Pennies from Heaven" "Never in a Million Years" "It's the Dreamer in Me" "Tailspin" "John Silver" "So Many Times" "The Breeze and I" "I Hear a Rhapsody" "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" "My Sister and I" "Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)" "Maria Elena" "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)" "Blue Champagne" "Jim" "Tangerine" "Jersey Bounce" "I Remember You" "Brazil" "Star Eyes" "Bésame Mucho" "I'm Glad There Is You" "So Rare"
The Dorsey Brothers	"Annie's Cousin Fannie" "Tomorrow's Another Day" "Harlem Chapel Chimes" "Dese Dem Dose"
The California Ramblers	"Has Anybody Seen My Gal?"
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