The Old Master Painter

Song

"The Old Master Painter"
Song
Published	1949
Composer(s)	Beasley Smith
Lyricist(s)	Haven Gillespie

"The Old Master Painter" is a song composed by Beasley Smith with lyrics by Haven Gillespie about a spiritual rendering of a sunset which evokes God.^[1]^[2] Published in 1949, it has since been recorded by many different artists, including Jackie Paris, Richard Hayes, Dick Haymes, Frank Sinatra, Snooky Lanson, Peggy Lee, Phil Harris and Mel Tormé.^[1]

In 1966, the Beach Boys recorded the song as "My Only Sunshine" in medley with "You Are My Sunshine" during sessions for their unfinished concept album Smile.^[3]

The recording by Peggy Lee with Mel Tormé and the Mellomen, released in 1949, can be heard on the Internet Archive^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Giddins 2004, p. 563.
^ Furia 2002, p. 182.
^ Badman 2004, p. 161.
^ ""The Old Master Painter" recording (Peggy Lee with Mel Tormé and the Mellomen, 1949), at Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2020-03-21.

Sources

Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.
Furia, Philip, ed. (2002). American song lyricists, 1920-1960. Detroit: Gale Group. ISBN 9780787660093.
Giddins, Gary (2004). Weather Bird : Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195348163.

Frank Sinatra singles

Discography

Columbia singles
(1939–1940)

RCA Victor singles
(1940–1942)

"Imagination"
"I'll Be Seeing You"
"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)"
"I'll Never Smile Again"
"The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)"
"Our Love Affair"
"We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)"
"Stardust"
"Dolores"
"It's Always You"
"Oh! Look at Me Now"
"Without a Song"
"Let's Get Away from It All"
"This Love of Mine"
"Blue Skies"
"Pale Moon (An Indian Love Song)"
"Embraceable You"
"Just as Though You Were Here"
"Take Me"
"In the Blue of Evening"
"How About You?"
"There Are Such Things"

Bluebird singles
(1942–1943)

"Night and Day"
"The Night We Called It a Day"
"The Song Is You"

Columbia singles
(1943–1953)

"Close to You"
"You'll Never Know"
"Sunday, Monday, or Always"
"People Will Say We're in Love"
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"
"A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening"
"White Christmas"
"Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)"
"I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)"
"Ol' Man River"
"Stormy Weather"
"When Your Lover Has Gone"
"Dream"
"If I Loved You"
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
"Mighty Lak' a Rose"
"Nancy (with the Laughing Face)"
"America the Beautiful"
"Day by Day"
"Full Moon and Empty Arms"
"Soliloquy (Part 1 & 2)"
"Begin the Beguine"
"Silent Night"
"Adeste Fideles"
"Jingle Bells"
"Oh! What It Seemed to Be"
"September Song"
"Five Minutes More"
"Sweet Lorraine"
"Time after Time"
"Mam'selle"
"Almost Like Being in Love"
"Tea for Two"
"My Romance"
"So Far"
"A Fellow Needs a Girl"
"But Beautiful"
"I've Got a Crush on You"
"All of Me"
"Nature Boy"
"Everybody Loves Somebody"
"My Melancholy Baby"
"Autumn in New York"
"Why Can't You Behave?"
"Some Enchanted Evening"
"Bali Ha'i"
"Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk"
"I Only Have Eyes for You"
"The Old Master Painter"
"Peachtree Street"
"Goodnight, Irene"
"Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)"
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
"We Kiss in a Shadow"
"April in Paris"
"I Could Write a Book"
"The Birth of the Blues"

Capitol singles
(1953–1961)

"I'm Walking Behind You"
"I've Got the World on a String"
"My One and Only Love"
"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)"
"I Love You"
"Young at Heart"
"Don't Worry 'bout Me"
"Three Coins in the Fountain"
"The Gal That Got Away"
"Someone to Watch Over Me"
"Melody of Love"
"Learnin' the Blues"
"Love and Marriage"
"(Love Is) The Tender Trap"
"You're Sensational"
"True Love"
"Well, Did You Evah!"
"Mind If I Make Love to You?"
"Hey! Jealous Lover"
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
"All the Way"
"Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)"
"Witchcraft"
"Mistletoe and Holly"
"French Foreign Legion"
"High Hopes"
"Old MacDonald"
"My Blue Heaven"
"I'll Remember April"
"I Love Paris"

Reprise singles
(1961–1983)

"Granada"
"I'll Be Seeing You"
"The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)"
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"
"Without a Song"
"Stardust"
"Come Rain or Come Shine"
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
"Me and My Shadow"
"Call Me Irresponsible"
"I Have Dreamed"
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
"My Kind of Town"
"Softly, as I Leave You"
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
"The Little Drummer Boy"
"It Was a Very Good Year"
"Strangers in the Night"
"Summer Wind"
"You Make Me Feel So Young"
"That's Life"
"The September of My Years"
"Somethin' Stupid"
"The World We Knew (Over and Over)"
"My Way of Life"
"My Way"
"Goin' Out of My Head"
"Something"
"Bein' Green"
"Send In the Clowns"
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
"Theme from New York, New York"
"Here's to the Band"
"To Love a Child"

Qwest singles
(1983–1984)

Compositions

"This Love of Mine"
"Sheila"
"Peachtree Street"
"Take My Love"
"I'm a Fool to Want You"
"Mistletoe and Holly"
"Mr. Success"

Category

v t e Peggy Lee
Albums	Rendezvous with Peggy Lee Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues Black Coffee Dream Street Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman Sea Shells Miss Wonderful The Man I Love Jump for Joy Things Are Swingin' I Like Men! Beauty and the Beat! Latin ala Lee! All Aglow Again! Pretty Eyes Christmas Carousel Olé ala Lee Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee If You Go Blues Cross Country Sugar 'n' Spice Mink Jazz I'm a Woman In Love Again! Pass Me By Then Was Then – Now Is Now! Guitars a là Lee Big $pender Extra Special! Somethin' Groovy! 2 Shows Nightly A Natural Woman Is That All There Is? Bridge Over Troubled Water Make It with You Where Did They Go Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota Let's Love Mirrors Live in London Peggy Close Enough for Love Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen Moments Like This The Best of Peggy Lee: The Capitol Years
Singles	"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" "Blues in the Night" "We'll Meet Again" "The Way You Look Tonight" "Why Don't You Do Right?" "It's a Good Day" "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" "Bali Ha'i" "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" "The Old Master Painter" "Lover" "Just One of Those Things" "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" "Let Me Go, Lover" "Fever" "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" "I'm a Woman" "I Go to Sleep" "Big Spender" "Spinning Wheel" "Is That All There Is?"
Other songs	"Black Coffee" "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" "Kansas City" "I Love Being Here with You"
Radio	The Chesterfield Supper Club
Television	The Guy Mitchell Show What's My Line?
Films	Stage Door Canteen Jasper in a Jam The Jazz Singer Lady and the Tramp Pete Kelly's Blues
Related	Discography Benny Goodman Dave Barbour (first husband) Brad Dexter (second husband) Dewey Martin (third husband) Jo Stafford Patti Page Rosemary Clooney

Smile

The Smile Sessions
track listing

Movement one	"Our Prayer" "Gee" "Heroes and Villains" "Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock)" "I'm in Great Shape" "Barnyard" "My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine)" "Cabinessence"
Movement two	"Wonderful" "Look (Song for Children)" "Child Is Father of the Man" "Surf's Up"
Movement three	"I Wanna Be Around / Workshop" "Vega-Tables" "Holidays" "Wind Chimes" "The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow)" "Love to Say Dada" "Good Vibrations"