Are You Havin' Any Fun? Explained

"Are You Havin' Any Fun?" is a song with lyrics by Jack Yellen and music by Sammy Fain. It featured in the Broadway revue series George White's Scandals in 1939.^[1] A popular recording in 1939 was by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by Edythe Wright.^[2]

Other recordings

• British musical comedy duo Flanagan and Allen incorporated this in their popular Music Hall act of the 1930s and 1940s:^[3]
• Elaine Stritch's recording from her 1956 album Stritch^[4]
• Tony Bennett recorded the song on his 1959 album Strike Up the Band with Count Basie,
• In 2006 Bennett re-recorded the song for his album as a duet with Elvis Costello.

Popular culture

• The Tony Bennett recording is featured in the 2012 film Quartet, the first film directed by Dustin Hoffman.^[5] The song is also performed in the film by Trevor Peacock and David Ryall, as a homage to Flanagan and Allen, the famous British music hall artists. Peacock and Ryall also perform "Underneath the Arches", a signature song of Flanagan and Allen.
• The Elaine Stritch recording was featured in a for P&O Cruises from December 2013.

External links

• Lyrics at oldielyrics.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Are You Havin' Any Fun. 2 February 2009. MusicNotes.com. 3 January 2013.
2. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . 1986 . Record Research Inc. . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . 0-89820-083-0 . 136 . registration .
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Are you having any fun - Flanagan and Allen . YouTube.
4. Web site: Elaine Stritch – 'Stritch'. Discogs.com. 12 March 2014.
5. Web site: 'Quartet' Soundtrack Details. 13 November 2012. Film Music Reporter. 3 January 2013.