That Lucky Old Sun

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"That Lucky Old Sun" is a classic American popular song, first published in 1949, known for its soulful melody and lyrics contrasting human hardship with the effortless journey of the sun across the sky.

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instanceOf popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Beasley Smith ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs classic American popular song ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1949 ⓘ
genre popular music ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasForm ballad ⓘ
hasMood hopeful ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
soulful ⓘ
hasStyle gospel-influenced pop ⓘ
hasTheme contrast between human hardship and the effortless journey of the sun ⓘ
longing for rest and peace ⓘ
working-class struggle ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter the sun ⓘ
linked to: the Sun
influenced later soul and R&B interpretations of gospel-tinged pop ballads ⓘ
isPartOf 20th-century American popular music canon ⓘ
isStandardIn American songbook ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalPerspective first-person narrator ⓘ
lyricFocus daily toil and suffering ⓘ
desire for divine relief ⓘ
lyricist Haven Gillespie ⓘ
metaphorUses the sun as a symbol of effortless existence ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Dean Martin ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Frankie Laine ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Sam Cooke ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
publicationDate 1949 ⓘ
refrain “Nothing to do but roll around heaven all day” ⓘ
“Roll out that lazy, hazy, crazy old sun” ⓘ
structure verse-chorus form ⓘ
subjectOf numerous cover versions ⓘ

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The Sound in Your Mind → hasPart → That Lucky Old Sun ⓘ
American III: Solitary Man → hasTrack → That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) ⓘ
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American III: Solitary Man → includesCoverOf → That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) ⓘ
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Haven Gillespie → notableWork → That Lucky Old Sun ⓘ
Haven Gillespie → wroteLyricsFor → That Lucky Old Sun ⓘ
Hemingway’s Whiskey → follows → Lucky Old Sun ⓘ
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Hemingway’s Whiskey → precededBy → Lucky Old Sun ⓘ
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