Gloomy Sunday - Later Recordings and Notable Performances

Later Recordings and Notable Performances

The song's notoriety contributed towards many other notable artists later recording the song, including:

  • 1941 (1941) – Billie Holiday
  • 1958 (1958) – Mel Tormé
  • 1959 (1959) – Eila Pellinen (in Finnish as "Surullinen sunnuntai")
  • 1961 (1961) – Sarah Vaughan
  • 1961 (1961) – Lorez Alexandria
  • 1962 (1962) – Ketty Lester
  • 1962 (1962) – Lou Rawls
  • 1967 (1967) – Carmen McRae
  • 1968 (1968) – Genesis (the Los Angeles psychedelic rock band, not the UK progressive rock band)
  • 1969 (1969) – Ray Charles
  • 1969 (1969) – Big Maybelle (on Saga of the Good Life & Hard Times)
  • 1972 (1972) – Viktor Klimenko (in Russian as "Ona pred ikonoi")
  • 1975 (1975) – Jimmy Witherspoon (on Spoonful)
  • 1977 (1977) – Etta Jones (on My Mother's Eyes)
  • 1980 (1980) – Lydia Lunch (on Queen of Siam album)
  • 1980 (1980) – Associates (Sulk) (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress)
  • 1981 (1981) – Elvis Costello (Trust) (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress)
  • 1983 (1983) – Marc Almond (Torment and Toreros) (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress)
  • 1984 (1984) – Peter Wolf (Lights Out) (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress)
  • 1986 (1986) – Christian Death (Atrocities) (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress)
  • 1987 (1987) – Dead Milkmen (as a bridge in their song "Blood Orgy of the Atomic Fern")
  • 1987 (1987) – Serge Gainsbourg (French version)
  • 1987 (1987) – Abbey Lincoln
  • 1987 (1987) – Marianne Faithfull
  • 1992 (1992) – Diamanda Galás (The Singer) (Desmond Carter lyrics)
  • 1992 (1992) – Sinéad O'Connor
  • 1994 (1994) – Anton LaVey (Released it in his 10" "Strange Music")
  • 1996 (1996) – Sarah McLachlan (using Sam M. Lewis lyrics; from the Rarities, B-Sides, and Other Stuff album)
  • 1998 (1998) – Danny Michel (from the "Clear" album)
  • 1999 (1999) – The Smithereens (on God Save The Smithereens album)
  • 2000 (2000) – Kronos Quartet (instrumental for string quartet)
  • 2000 (2000) – Sarah Brightman (using Sam M. Lewis lyrics; on La Luna)
  • 2001 (2001) – Heather Nova (on the South album)
  • 2005 (2005) – Venetian Snares (under Hungarian title "Öngyilkos vasárnap", literally meaning "Suicidal Sunday", incorporating a sample of Billie Holiday's 1941 rendition)
  • 2009 (2009) – Emilie Autumn (Billie Holiday lyrics - first 2 verses only)
  • 2011 (2011) – Marissa Nadler and Ryan Lee Crosby

The song was performed by Björk at an AT&T promotional convention and at fashion designer Alexander McQueen's funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, on 20 September 2010.

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