A Sunday Kind of Love

The song has become a pop and jazz standard, recorded by many artists. The song was first recorded by Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra on November 11, 1946. He released the song as a single in January, 1947^[2] and it became permanently identified as the signature song for its vocalist, Fran Warren.^[3] Louis Prima and his Orchestra released his recording of the song in February 1947. The popularity of the up-tempo version by The Del-Vikings released in 1957 increased the song's popularity. Despite having wide acclaim, the song never made the Billboard Top 40.^[4]

The song was featured in the jukebox musical Jersey Boys as well as the film version.

• Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra with vocal by Fran Warren. Recorded on November 11, 1946, in New York, and released on Columbia Records 37219.
• Louis Prima and his Orchestra, February, 1947.
• Ella Fitzgerald and the Andy Love Quintet with an orchestra conducted by Bob Haggart. Recorded on March 19, 1947, and released on Decca Records 23866 and was included on her album For Sentimental Reasons
• Dinah Washington on her 1959 album, What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!^[5]
• Etta James on her 1960 album, At Last!
• The Marcels in 1961 on Colpix Records.^[6]
• Jan & Dean in 1962, which went to #95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Lenny Welch in 1972, which went to #96 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Reba McEntire's version went to #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart^[7] and also went to #9 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada, from her 1988 album, Reba.