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.
Read more about this topic: Gloomy Sunday
Famous quotes containing the words recordings, notable and/or performances:
“All radio is dead. Which means that these tape recordings Im making are for the sake of future history. If any.”
—Barré Lyndon (18961972)
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“This play holds the seasons record [for early closing], thus far, with a run of four evening performances and one matinee. By an odd coincidence it ran just five performances too many.”
—Dorothy Parker (18931967)