On July 21, 1936, at Victor's Hollywood Studio,
Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra made the first recording of "Pennies from Heaven." It was released on October 14, 1936, on Victor 25431 and rose to number 2 on the Billboard charts. released on Decca 951 in October, and made the chart for one week in December. released in October on a 12" Shellac pressing only. • Billie Holiday's 1936 version with the
Teddy Wilson's Orchestra was used in the 1994 film
Corrina, Corrina (1994) and appears on the soundtrack. •
Arthur Tracy's 1937 recording of
Pennies from Heaven was chosen from hundreds of versions for the
1981 film of that name, with
Vernel Bagneris lip-synching to Tracy's voice. The film brought Tracy out of retirement at age 82. •
Count Basie with
Jimmy Rushing –
The Complete Decca Recordings (1937) •
Frank Sinatra recorded two versions, the first one in 1956 with
Nelson Riddle for the ''
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! LP and a second one with Count Basie – Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First'' (1962) •
Louis Prima –
The Call of the Wildest (1957) •
Mandy Patinkin –
Mandy Patinkin (1989) •
Marc Secara — ''You're Everything!'' (2008) •
Seth MacFarlane performed the song in the film
Sing (2016) as Mike, a white mouse who sings in the style of Frank Sinatra. ==See also==