Swinging on a Star

Swinging on a Star is a song that was composed in 1944 by Jimmy Van Heusen. The lyrics were written by Johnny Burke. In the sung by Bing Crosby version was the way to happiness used in the film as a film song. At the Academy Awards in 1945, the song was honored with an Oscar for Best Song.

The version of Bing Crosby was a number -one hit in the United States.

The song has been widely gecovert, including Frank Sinatra, Graham Bonney and The Rattles. The disco Count Tom Lord lists in the field of jazz 72 versions of the song, including in 1944 by J. Lawrence Cook, Freddie Slack, Kay Kyser Jan Savitt, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, Tony Pastor and in Europe by Eddie Brunner; in later years the song by Rosemary Clooney, Dick Hyman / Roger Kellaway, Dave McKenna, Ruby Braff, Oliver Jones and the Dutch Swing College Band has been covered.