Ole Buttermilk Sky
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| "Ole Buttermilk Sky" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Kay Kyser and his Orchestra | |
| B-side | "On The Wrong Side Of You" |
| Released | August 26, 1946 |
| Label | Columbia 37073 |
| Composers | Hoagy Carmichael |
| Lyricists | Jack Brooks |
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" was a big hit in 1946 for big band leader and old-time radio personality Kay Kyser (1905–1985), plus other artists. It has been covered by a multitude of artists / singers over the years and decades since. It was nominated the following year for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The song was composed by Hoagy Carmichael (1899–1981), and Jack Brooks (1912–1971),[1] and introduced by Carmichael himself[2] in the Western film Canyon Passage (1946), starring Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc, Ward Bond and Andy Devine.
Composition
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" was primarily written as a cowboy song to set the scene where the character meets his lover.[3] The song also used jazz music for the lyric "can't you see my little donkey and me".[4]
