"Stormy Weather" is a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. Ethel Waters first sang it at The Cotton Club night club in Harlem.
The song tells of disappointment, as the lyrics, "Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky" show someone pining for her man to return. The weather is a metaphor for the feelings of the singer; "stormy weather since my man and I ain't together, keeps raining all the time."
The title was (possibly) taken from the name of a yacht: "Stormy Weather".
In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.
The radio program Marketplace uses "Stormy Weather" as background music when the major stock market indices are down for the day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Weather
<a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/11%20-%20lena%20horne%20-%20stormy%20weather.mp3">01- Lena Horne - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Franck%20Pourcel%20-%2007%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">02- Franck Pourcel - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Lucy%20Dixon%20-%20Stormy%20Weather%20LOOP%20%28claquettes%29.mp3">03- Lucy Dixon - Stormy Weather LOOP (claquettes)</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Mya-%20Stormy%20Weather%20%28live%29%20at%20Women%20who%20Rock%202004.mp3">04- Mya - Stormy Weather (live) at Women who Rock 2004</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/liza%20minelli%20-%20stormy%20weather.mp3">05- Liza Minelli - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Nat%20King%20Cole%20&%20Ella%20Fitzgerald%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">06- Nat King Cole & Ella Fitzgerald - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/HOT%20JAZZ%20BAND%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER%20RAD.mp3">07- Hot Jazz Band - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Chaka%20Khan%20-%20Classikhan%20-%2007%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">08- Chaka Khan - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/14%20-%20bb%2055104%20the%20earls%20-%20stormy%20weather.mp3"></a><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/JACKIE%20WILSON%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER%20%28KEEPS%20RAININ%27%20ALL%20THE%20TIME.mp3">09- Jackie Wilson - Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)</a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Ricky%20Wales%20-%20Stormy%20Weathern%20%28electronic%29.mp3">10- Ricky Wales - Stormy Weather (Electronic)</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Melba%20Moore-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">11- Melba Moore- Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/14%20Stormy%20Weather%20-%20Natalie%20Cole.mp3">12- Natalie Cole - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/PEGGY%20LEE%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">13- Peggy Lee - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Joe%20Sample%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">14- Joe Sample - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Ethel%20Waters%20-%20Stormy%20Weather%203-5-1933.MP3"></a><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Dinah%20Washington%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">15- Dinah Washington - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/08%20-%20Willie%20%27the%20Lion%27%20Smith%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">16- Willie 'The Lion' Smith - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/11-gladys_knight-stormy_weather.mp3">17- Gladys_Knight - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/NAT%20KING%20COLE%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">18- Nat King Cole - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/willie%20hutch%20-%20the%20very%20best%20of%20-%2009%20-%20stormy%20weather.mp3">19- Willie Hutch - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/LOUIS%20ARMSTRONG%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">20- Louis Armstrong - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Chante%20Moore%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">21- Chante Moore - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/DUKE%20ELLINGTON%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">22- Duke Ellingtons - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/GOLDEN%20GATE%20QUARTET%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">23- Golden Gate Quartet - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/AMOS%20MILBURN%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">24- Amos Milburn - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/CAB%20CALLOWAY%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.MP3">25- Cab Calloway - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Barbershop%20Quartet%20-%20OC%20Times%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">26- Barbershop Quartet - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Tackhead%20-%20stormy%20weather%20live.mp3">27- Tackhead - Stormy Weather (live)</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Lena%20Horne%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">28- Lena Horne - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Billie%20Holiday%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">29- Billie Holiday - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Itzak%20Perlman%20&%20Oscar%20Peterson%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">30- Itzak Perlman & Oscar Peterson - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/RUTH%20BROWN%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">31- Ruth Brown - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/GEORGE%20BENSON%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3"></a><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Etta%20James%20-%20Stormy%20Weather%281%29.mp3">32- Etta James - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Welch,%20Elisabeth%20-%20Stormy%20weather.mp3">33- Elisabeth Welch - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/KAY%20STARR%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">34- Kay Starr - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Sarah%20Vaughan%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">35- Sarah Vaughan - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Glenn%20Miller%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">36- Glenn Miller - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Willie%20Nelson%20&%20Leon%20Russell%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">37- Willie Nelson & Leon Russell</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Frank%20Sinatra%20and%20Quincy%20Jones%20Big%20Band%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">38- Frank Sinatra and Quincy Jones Big Band - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Django%20Reinhart%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">39- Django Reinhart - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/HELEN%20SCHNEIDER%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">40- Helen Scheider - Stormy Weather</a><br />--<br /></pre></span></pre></div>
The song tells of disappointment, as the lyrics, "Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky" show someone pining for her man to return. The weather is a metaphor for the feelings of the singer; "stormy weather since my man and I ain't together, keeps raining all the time."
The title was (possibly) taken from the name of a yacht: "Stormy Weather".
In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.
The radio program Marketplace uses "Stormy Weather" as background music when the major stock market indices are down for the day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Weather
<a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/11%20-%20lena%20horne%20-%20stormy%20weather.mp3">01- Lena Horne - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Franck%20Pourcel%20-%2007%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">02- Franck Pourcel - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Lucy%20Dixon%20-%20Stormy%20Weather%20LOOP%20%28claquettes%29.mp3">03- Lucy Dixon - Stormy Weather LOOP (claquettes)</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Mya-%20Stormy%20Weather%20%28live%29%20at%20Women%20who%20Rock%202004.mp3">04- Mya - Stormy Weather (live) at Women who Rock 2004</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/liza%20minelli%20-%20stormy%20weather.mp3">05- Liza Minelli - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Nat%20King%20Cole%20&%20Ella%20Fitzgerald%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">06- Nat King Cole & Ella Fitzgerald - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/HOT%20JAZZ%20BAND%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER%20RAD.mp3">07- Hot Jazz Band - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Chaka%20Khan%20-%20Classikhan%20-%2007%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">08- Chaka Khan - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/14%20-%20bb%2055104%20the%20earls%20-%20stormy%20weather.mp3"></a><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/JACKIE%20WILSON%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER%20%28KEEPS%20RAININ%27%20ALL%20THE%20TIME.mp3">09- Jackie Wilson - Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)</a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Ricky%20Wales%20-%20Stormy%20Weathern%20%28electronic%29.mp3">10- Ricky Wales - Stormy Weather (Electronic)</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Melba%20Moore-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">11- Melba Moore- Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/14%20Stormy%20Weather%20-%20Natalie%20Cole.mp3">12- Natalie Cole - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/PEGGY%20LEE%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">13- Peggy Lee - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Joe%20Sample%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">14- Joe Sample - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Ethel%20Waters%20-%20Stormy%20Weather%203-5-1933.MP3"></a><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Dinah%20Washington%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">15- Dinah Washington - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/08%20-%20Willie%20%27the%20Lion%27%20Smith%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">16- Willie 'The Lion' Smith - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/11-gladys_knight-stormy_weather.mp3">17- Gladys_Knight - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/NAT%20KING%20COLE%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">18- Nat King Cole - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/willie%20hutch%20-%20the%20very%20best%20of%20-%2009%20-%20stormy%20weather.mp3">19- Willie Hutch - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/LOUIS%20ARMSTRONG%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">20- Louis Armstrong - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Chante%20Moore%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">21- Chante Moore - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/DUKE%20ELLINGTON%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">22- Duke Ellingtons - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/GOLDEN%20GATE%20QUARTET%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">23- Golden Gate Quartet - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/AMOS%20MILBURN%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">24- Amos Milburn - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/CAB%20CALLOWAY%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.MP3">25- Cab Calloway - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Barbershop%20Quartet%20-%20OC%20Times%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">26- Barbershop Quartet - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Tackhead%20-%20stormy%20weather%20live.mp3">27- Tackhead - Stormy Weather (live)</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Lena%20Horne%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">28- Lena Horne - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Billie%20Holiday%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">29- Billie Holiday - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Itzak%20Perlman%20&%20Oscar%20Peterson%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">30- Itzak Perlman & Oscar Peterson - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/RUTH%20BROWN%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">31- Ruth Brown - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/GEORGE%20BENSON%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3"></a><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Etta%20James%20-%20Stormy%20Weather%281%29.mp3">32- Etta James - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Welch,%20Elisabeth%20-%20Stormy%20weather.mp3">33- Elisabeth Welch - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/KAY%20STARR%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">34- Kay Starr - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Sarah%20Vaughan%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">35- Sarah Vaughan - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Glenn%20Miller%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">36- Glenn Miller - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Willie%20Nelson%20&%20Leon%20Russell%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">37- Willie Nelson & Leon Russell</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Frank%20Sinatra%20and%20Quincy%20Jones%20Big%20Band%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">38- Frank Sinatra and Quincy Jones Big Band - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/Django%20Reinhart%20-%20Stormy%20Weather.mp3">39- Django Reinhart - Stormy Weather</a><br /><a href="http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/stormy/HELEN%20SCHNEIDER%20-%20STORMY%20WEATHER.mp3">40- Helen Scheider - Stormy Weather</a><br />--<br /></pre></span></pre></div>
Mine too.