"Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" is a

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

popular song with music written by Harry Von Tilzer and lyrics by

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History

"Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" has been recorded many times and is now considered a pop standard. The first recorded versions were by

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and

Harry Tally Harry Lee Tally (June 30, 1866 – August 16, 1939) was an American tenor singer of popular songs, who recorded between 1902 and 1917. Biography He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and began performing in a popular vaudeville act, the Empire ...

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and Mary Martin sang it in the 1941 film ''

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'' and also recorded it for

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on March 13, 1942. Harry James recorded a version in 1941 on

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36466. In a long-standing tradition, floor traders at the New York Stock Exchange sing this song on the last trading day of every year and on Christmas Eve. The song has been the stock exchange anthem at least back as far as 1934. It is also a popular song in barbershop music. It appeared as a country music hit as performed by the Golden Memory Boys in the summer of 1940. In the months before his death in 1959,

Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...

made a recording of "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" and other songs now called the "Apartment Tapes", which he was making as notes for himself while chilling in his living room at his home in New York City. Nowadays this cover of "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" by Buddy Holly is at the top of searches on YouTube for this song title. His original recording by himself on guitar can be found. Also the released version which has been remixed with added 'backup singers' and instruments is easy to find and is a longer version. A sample of the song, sung ''a capella'' by Tom Bromley, an elderly First World War veteran, appears on the

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1992 album '' Amused to Death'' at the end of the track "What God Wants (Part III)". The clip is from

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's 1991 '' Everyman'' documentary, "A Game of Ghosts".

Film appearances

The song has been featured in many films and found ideal for the purpose of evoking a period flavor. * 1941 ''

'' * 1941 '' The Strawberry Blonde'' * 1947 ''

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" is a popular song. The music was written by Harold Orlob, the lyrics by Will M. Hough and Frank R. Adams. Orlob worked for Joseph E. Howard generating songs for Howard's productions and Howard presented the song a ...

'' - sung on stage by a quartet * 1949 '' In the Good Old Summertime'' - sung by George Boyce, Eddie Jackson, Joe Niemeyer, and Charles Smith * 1950 ''

Father Is a Bachelor ''Father Is a Bachelor'' is a 1950 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Abby Berlin and Norman Foster. It stars William Holden and Coleen Gray. Plot Carefree vagabond Johnny Rutledge is stuck in a small town when his medicine show ...

'' * 1952 ''

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" is a 1905 popular song with music written by Harry Von Tilzer and lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling. History "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" has been recorded many times and is now considered a pop standard. ...

'' * 2013 ''The Pink Marble Egg'' - sung by Jonathan King

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1905 songs Songs with music by Harry Von Tilzer Songs with lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling