"Sonny Boy" is a song written by Ray Henderson , Buddy De Sylva , and Lew Brown . It was featured in the 1928 part-talkie The Singing Fool . Sung by Al Jolson , the 1928 recording was a hit and stayed at #1 for 12 weeks in the charts and was a million seller.
14-484: Sonny Boy or Sunny Boy may refer to: In music [ edit ] "Sonny Boy" (song) , a 1928 song written by Ray Henderson, Bud De Sylva, and Lew Brown Sonny Boy (album) , a 1961 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins featuring the above song Film and television [ edit ] Sonny Boy (1929 film) , an American film Sonny Boy (1989 film) , starring Paul L. Smith and David Carradine Sonny Boy ,
28-629: A 2004 documentary film directed by Soleil Moon Frye Sonny Boy (2011 film) , a Dutch film Sonny Boy (TV series) , a 2021 Japanese anime television series People [ edit ] Sonny Boy Jaro (born 1982), Filipino professional boxer, former WBC Flyweight World Champion Sonny Boy Nelson (1908–1998), American blues musician Sonny Boy West (1929–1950), American professional boxer Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914–1948), American blues harmonica player John Lee Curtis Williamson Sonny Boy Williamson II (died 1965), American blues harmonica player Aleck Ford "Rice" Miller, unrelated to
42-577: A Yiddish version (translation by L. Wolfe Gilbert ). The song is used as a major plot point in the short story Jeeves and the Song of Songs by P. G. Wodehouse (originally published 1929), included in the collection Very Good, Jeeves (1930). The story was dramatised as the second episode of season 1 of the British TV series Jeeves and Wooster , "Tuppy and the Terrier", where it is performed by Hugh Laurie as
56-614: A heaven For me here on earth. And the angels grew lonely Took you because they were lonely I'm lonely too, Sonny Boy. In 1929, the song was performed by Bosko in the pilot film Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid , an early attempt at creating an animated cartoon with spoken dialogue. Arild Andresen, piano with guitar and bass recorded it in Oslo on March 11, 1955 as the first melody of the medley "Klaver-Cocktail Nr. 4" along with " Top Hat, White Tie and Tails " and " Ain't Misbehavin' . The medley
70-488: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sonny Boy (song) The original lyrics and music of the song entered the public domain in the United States in 2024. Climb up on my knee, Sonny Boy Though you're only three, Sonny Boy You've no way of knowing There's no way of showing What you mean to me, Sonny Boy. When there are grey skies, I don't mind
84-409: The above Brian Roy Goble (1957–2014), Canadian singer and musician also known as "Sunny Boy" Sunny Boy (rapper) (born 1983), Namibian rapper Sunday Shipushu Other uses [ edit ] "Sonny Boy" (short story) , a P. G. Wodehouse short story from Eggs, Beans and Crumpets Sunny Boy Cereal , a brand of porridge Sunnyboy , a brand of flavoured ice block Topics referred to by
98-481: The character Bertie Wooster and then by Constance Novis as the character Cora Bellinger. Danny Thomas performed the song at Arnold's as Howard Cunninghams father Cap Cunningham in the 1977 Happy Days fifth season episode "Grandpas Visit". Ken Dodd performed the song as part of his ventriloquist's act with his puppet Dicky Mint during his performance on the LWT series An Audience With... Singer Eddie Fisher
112-561: The grey skies. You make them blue, Sonny Boy. Friends may forsake me. Let them all forsake me. I still have you, Sonny Boy. You're sent from heaven And I know your worth. You made a heaven For me here on earth. When I'm old and grey, dear Promise you won't stray, dear For I love you so, Sonny Boy. When there are grey skies, I don't mind grey skies. You make them blue, Sonny Boy. Friends may forsake me. Let them all forsake me. I still have you, Sonny Boy. You're sent from heaven And I know your worth. You've made
126-465: The last verse, which relates the narrator's loss in kind, perhaps as an artistic choice. The song title is the title of a Dutch book and movie about a Surinamese/Dutch family and their lives leading up to and in the second World War. The little boy's nickname is Sonny Boy after this song, which was popular when he was born. The song was referenced by the British band Black Midi in their song "John L" with
140-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sonny Boy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Boy&oldid=1183683477 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
154-511: The songwriting trio are tired of being pestered by Al Jolson. They decide to write a song so unabashedly maudlin that even Jolson would hate it, and leave them alone. True to style, Jolson did not hate the overt sentimentality of the song and it became one of the biggest popular hits of the early 20th century. Various renditions of the song are used as a leitmotif in the 1990 psychological horror film Jacob's Ladder , indicating protagonist Jacob's love for his late son Gabe. The film notably omits
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#1732858912813168-483: Was always called "Sonny Boy" by his family because of the popularity of this song, which was recorded the same year as Fisher's birth. In his autobiography, Fisher wrote that even after he was married to Elizabeth Taylor in 1959, earning $ 40,000 a week performing in Las Vegas , spending time with Frank Sinatra and Rocky Marciano , and had songs at the top of the charts, his family still called him "Sonny Boy". The song
182-608: Was performed by one of the entrants at Talent Trek on Phoenix Nights . The song "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" by The Smiths from their self-titled debut album includes references to the song. According to 1986 British TV documentary "The Real Al Jolson Story," "Sonny Boy" was written in a single sitting in a hotel room in Atlantic City as a joke. In the 1956 DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson biopic "The Best Things in Life Are Free",
196-434: Was released on the 78 rpm record His Master's Voice A.L. 3514. Paul Robeson recorded this song on a 78 rpm record. The song has also been recorded by The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra with vocalist Ruth Brown , Ruth Etting , The Andrews Sisters , Leo Watson , Sonny Rollins , Petula Clark , Mandy Patinkin , John McCormack , Richard Tauber , Franz Völker and Rudolf Schock . Pesach Burstein recorded
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