What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
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| "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1947 by Famous Music |
| Songwriter(s) | Frank Loesser |
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" is a popular song written in 1947 by Frank Loesser as an independent song.
It was first recorded by Margaret Whiting in 1947 and first charted for The Orioles, peaking at No. 9 on Billboard's Best-Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues chart in December 1949. Other charted versions include Danté & The Evergreens (No. 107 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles in December 1960) and Nancy Wilson (No. 17 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965 and No. 24 on the same chart in December 1967).[1]
Although it is typically performed in December, that was not the composer's intent. In A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and Dolls in His Life, his daughter Susan Loesser explains that "the singer, madly in love, is making a (possibly rash) commitment far into the future. ("Maybe it's much too early in the game. Ah, but I thought I'd ask you just the same--What are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve?") It always annoyed my father when the song was sung during the holidays".[2]
Other recordings
The song has been recorded by many other artists including Lena Horne, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Harry Connick Jr., Seth MacFarlane, Andy Williams, The Whispers, Ella Fitzgerald on her Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas album, Rod Stewart on his Merry Christmas, Baby album, Donny Osmond, Katharine McPhee, Kacey Musgraves, Azealia Banks, The Carpenters, Sykamore and Vic Damone.[3]
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts 1920-2004.
- ^ Loesser, Susan (2000). A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and Dolls in His Life. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 61. ISBN 0634009273.
- ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
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