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Stormy Weather

American Idol Season 6 - The Songs

By Bill Lamb, About.com

This song was originally written in 1933 and first gained fame as sung by Ethel Waters at the legendary Cotton Club in Harlem.

Performer

Lakisha Jones - April 3, 2007

Songwriters

Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler

Notable Recorded Versions

  • Lena Horne (1943)
  • Billie Holiday (1945)

Key Lyric Phrase

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together,
Keeps rainin' all the time

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