It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

"It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow" is a song written in 1938 by composer Irving Berlin.

Background

The song came out of a conversation with British / Hungarian film producer Alexander Korda in a New York taxi cab in 1938. The Munich agreement had just depressed both men. Korda asked Berlin if he had written a war song yet, and a few blocks later Berlin came up with the tune and lyrics.^[1]^[2]

It was first performed in London at the start of the war in 1939 before its American release, which caused a sensation at the time. Berlin used it in his 1940 musical Louisiana Purchase, in which it describes feelings of despair and hope during the American Great Depression, of the 1930s.^[3] Irene Bordoni performed the song on the opening night.^[4] In the film version of Louisiana Purchase in 1941, the song was performed by a black chorus.^[5]

Memorable chorus

The song contains the following chorus by which it is popularly known.

It's a lovely day tomorrow

Tomorrow is a lovely day

Come and feast your tear dimmed eyes

On tomorrow's clear blue skies.

If today your heart is weary

If ev'ry little thing looks grey

Just forget your troubles and learn to say

Tomorrow is a lovely day.

Recordings

It was recorded by British artist Vera Lynn^[6] and promoted to lift spirits of British people during the darkest days of World War II and the Blitz. Other UK versions in 1940 were by Al Bowlly (HMV BD-828)^[7] and Denny Dennis (with Jay Wilbur And His Orchestra).
In the USA, several artists put out recordings including Frank Sinatra who recorded it with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on April 23, 1940 (Victor 78: 26596).^[8]
Mary Martin included the song on her album Mary Martin Sings for You (1949).^[9]

In culture

The song's title was used as the title of a made-for-TV film of 1975 called It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow, which is a drama documentary examining the Bethnal Green Disaster of 1943 in which 173 people were killed in a panic rush at the entrance to a bomb shelter,^[10] as well as being used as the title of an episode of the 1973 documentary series The World at War dealing with the Burma campaign.
In the 1986 Australian film Death of a Soldier, serial killer Eddie Leonski (portrayed by American actor Reb Brown) sings a portion of the song while being questioned by military police.^[11]
"A Lovely Day Tomorrow" was an entirely different song released as a one-off single from band British Sea Power in 2004 to celebrate the entry of Czech Republic into the European Union. The song deals with the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by two Czechoslovak agents during World War II.

References

^ Lasser, Michael (2014-01-03). America's Songs II: Songs from the 1890s to the Post-War Years. Routledge. ISBN 9781135094515.
^ Jasen, David A. (2004-06-01). Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song. Routledge. ISBN 9781135949013.
^ Young, William H.; Young, Nancy K. (2005-01-01). Music of the Great Depression. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313332302.
^ "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ "Al Bowlly Discography". albowlly.club. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ "jazzdiscography.com". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ Goldschmidt, John; Kennedy, Cheryl; Malcolm, Christopher; Mort, Ray (1975-10-08), It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow, retrieved 2016-12-15
^ The Spoony Experiment: Death of a Soldier, 2012-05-15

Irving Berlin

Musicals

Theatre	Annie Get Your Gun As Thousands Cheer Call Me Madam The Canary The Century Girl The Cocoanuts The Cohan Revue of 1918 Face the Music Holiday Inn Louisiana Purchase Miss Liberty Mr. President Music Box Revue Stop! Look! Listen! This Is The Army Top Hat Watch Your Step White Christmas Wise Guy Yip Yip Yaphank Ziegfeld Follies
Film	Alexander's Ragtime Band Annie Get Your Gun Blue Skies Call Me Madam Carefree The Cocoanuts Easter Parade Follow the Fleet Hallelujah Holiday Inn On the Avenue Second Fiddle There's No Business Like Show Business This Is the Army Top Hat White Christmas

Songs

1910s	"Alexander's Ragtime Band" "At the Devil's Ball" "Daddy, Come Home" "Follow the Crowd" "For Your Country and My Country" "God Bless America" "Goodbye, France" "I Want to Go Back to Michigan" "I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind" "I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now" "Let's All Be Americans Now" "Mandy" "The Near Future" "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" "Play a Simple Melody" "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" "San Francisco Bound" "Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone" "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" "That International Rag" "That Mysterious Rag" "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" "When I Lost You" "You'd Be Surprised"
1920s	"All Alone" "All by Myself" "Always" "Blue Skies" "How About Me?" "I Love a Piano" "Lazy" "Puttin' On the Ritz" "Remember" "Say It with Music" "The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)" "What'll I Do" "With You"
1930s	"Change Partners" "Cheek to Cheek" "Easter Parade" "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" "Heat Wave" "How Deep Is the Ocean?" "How's Chances?" "I Never Had a Chance" "I Used to Be Color Blind" "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow" "Let Yourself Go" "Let's Face the Music and Dance" "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" "Now It Can Be Told" "Reaching for the Moon" "Say It Isn't So" "Slumming on Park Avenue" "Supper Time" "This Year's Kisses" "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" "You're Laughing at Me"
1940s	"All of My Life" "Any Bonds Today?" "Anything You Can Do" "A Couple of Swells" "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "The Girl That I Marry" "Happy Holiday" "Heaven Watch the Philippines" "I Got Lost in His Arms" "I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)" "I'm an Indian Too" "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" "Moonshine Lullaby" "My Defenses Are Down" "Steppin' Out with My Baby" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "They Say It's Wonderful" "White Christmas" "Who Do You Love, I Hope?" "You Can Have Him" "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
1950s	"The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)" "Count Your Blessings" "It's a Lovely Day Today" "Sisters" "You're Just in Love"

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