"It's a Good Day" is a popularsong written by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour and published in 1946. Peggy Lee's recording reached the Billboard charts in January, 1947 peaking at No. 16.
Other Recordings
The song has been recorded by many singers since its introduction.
Peggy Lee dueted the song with Bing Crosby on four occasions on Crosby's Philco Radio Time show in 1946/47 and Crosby sang it solo on the June 11, 1947 program. This version was included in the album "Swingin' with Bing! Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances".
Vic Damone recorded it in 1946 and it was subsequently included in the album "Young Vic".
The barbershop quartet PACIFICAIRES recorded it in 1971 as the title track on their album It's A Great Day The song was also sung on November 8, 1963 by Judy Garland on The Judy Garland Show and included in the album "Just for Openers".
It was also lip-synch performed by Susan Hayward portraying injured vocalist Jane Froman in the 1952 musical biopic With a Song in My Heart, with the non-singer Hayward's vocal recorded by Froman herself. It has been most recently recorded by Susie Arioli for her 2004 album "That's for Me". Country music superstar Kenny Rogers recorded the song in 1962 when he was a member of a jazz trio fronted by Bobby Doyle. The group split in 1965, but reunited for a live performance of the song 30 years later. Country Swing band Asleep at the Wheel recorded the song with Country legend Leon Rausch for their 2010 album of the same name.
Other Uses
The song served as the background score during the opening credits of Indian film director Rajkumar Gupta's 2008 debut film Aamir. The song appeared on the TV shows Wilfred and Marvel's Agent Carter. In the film U Turn, it played over the end credits. In the 1999 film Blast From the Past the Perry Como version of the song played in the background when Father Calvin was checking supplies in the bunker. The song made an appearance on an episode of America's Funniest Home Videos. The song was featured in an episode of the sitcom "Malcolm in the middle", in the episode "Health scare". The song was featured in the 2009 dark comedy film "World's greatest dad", starring Robin Williams and written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. In 2013, the song was used as backdrop in commercials for the University of Phoenix and also for Garnier. In 1992, Col. Frank Slade sings a few lines in the movie Scent Of A Woman. The song was featured in the film Pete's Dragon. In 2017, the song was used in the pilot episode of the TV show "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". The song was used in episodes of the Netflix series “Dead to me”.
