Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' - wikipedia Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' For the live album by Eels, see Oh What a Beautiful Morning. `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' Song Published 1943 Composer ( s ) Richard Rodgers Lyricist ( s ) Oscar Hammerstein II `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' is the opening song from the musical Oklahoma !, which premiered on Broadway in 1943. It was written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist / librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The leading male character in Oklahoma !, Curly McLain, sings the song at the beginning of the first scene of the musical. The refrain runs : `` Oh, what a beautiful mornin ' ! / Oh, what a beautiful day ! / I 've got a beautiful feelin ' / Ev'rythin's goin ' my way. '' Curly 's `` brimming optimism is perfectly captured by Rodgers ' ebullient music and Hammerstein 's buoyant pastoral lyrics. '' This was the first song of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's musical collaboration to be heard by theatre audiences. It has become one of their most famous numbers and `` quickly became one of the most popular American songs to emerge from the wartime era, gaining currency away from Broadway first on the radio and recordings, and then later on numerous television variety shows. '' Brooks Atkinson, reviewing the original production in The New York Times, wrote that the number changed the history of musical theatre : `` After a verse like that, sung to a buoyant melody, the banalities of the old musical stage became intolerable. '' Contents 1 Covers 2 In popular culture 3 References 4 External links Covers Bing Crosby and Trudy Erwin recorded the song in 1943 for Decca, as the B - side of a single covering `` People Will Say We 're In Love ''. The recording peaked at No. 4 on US charts. Frank Sinatra recorded the song as a single in 1943, released by Columbia Records as catalogue number 36682, it reached the No. 12 spot in the charts. The song appears on more than two dozen Frank Sinatra compilations. Sinatra first recorded the song a cappella : `` a musician 's strike... occurred just as Sinatra was set to enter the studio and lay down his first tracks under the Columbia banner, so... Sinatra went into the studio with a group of vocalists and recorded several songs... acappella ''. Ray Charles recorded the song several times, and one of his live recordings from the 1970s with the Count Basie Orchestra is included on his posthumous album Ray Sings, Basie Swings ( 2006 ) Violinist Daniel Kobialka recorded a version of the song on his album titled Oh What a Beautiful Morning ( 1991 ). Eels covered the song on their live album Oh What a Beautiful Morning ( 2000 ). James Taylor recorded the song in 2008 and released it as a bonus track on his album Covers ( 2008 ) and also on his album Other Covers ( 2009 ). Sharon, Lois & Bram recorded a version and performed it on their television program, Sharon, Lois & Bram 's Elephant Show. Other artists who covered the song include Rosemary Clooney on several of her albums, Lisa Mitchell on her album Wonder, Avila, Jan and Dean, Peggy Lee, Nelson Eddy, John Arpin and Joanie Bartels. Classical singers who have recorded it include Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Marilyn Horne and Samuel Ramey, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir made a choral version. In popular culture Ethan Mordden titled his book about the dawn of the `` Golden Age '' of musicals Beautiful Mornin : The Broadway Musical in the 1940s ( 1999 ). References ^ Jump up to : Cummings, Robert. `` Richard Rodgers : Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ', song ( for the musical Oklahoma ! ) '', Allmusic.com, May 10, 2014 Jump up ^ Gordon, John Steele. Oklahoma ' ! ' Archived 2010 - 08 - 04 at the Wayback Machine., accessed June 13, 2010 Jump up ^ `` A Bing Crosby Discography ''. BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved July 26, 2017. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1986 ). Joel Whitburn 's Pop Memories 1890 -- 1954. Wisconsin, USA : Record Research Inc. p. 561. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 083 - 0. 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Beautiful Mornin : The Broadway Musical in the 1940s. U.S. : Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 - 19 - 512851 - 6. External links `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' : Gordon MacRae sings the song in the original film version ( 1955 ) `` Great Performances '' version : Hugh Jackman sings the song in the PBS production of Oklahoma ! ( 2003 ) Video : Linda Eder and Mary Chapin Carpenter sing the song together while riding horses. Rodgers and Hammerstein Stage musicals Oklahoma ! Carousel Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Pipe Dream Flower Drum Song The Sound of Music A Grand Night for Singing State Fair Cinderella Productions I Remember Mama Annie Get Your Gun Happy Birthday John Loves Mary Show Boat The Happy Time Burning Bright Films State Fair ( 1945 ) Oklahoma ! Carousel The King and I South Pacific Flower Drum Song State Fair ( 1962 ) The Sound of Music Cinderella Television Cinderella The Sound of Music Live ! Songs `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top '' `` Kansas City '' `` I Cai n't Say No '' `` Many a New Day '' `` It 's a Scandal ! It 's a Outrage ! '' `` People Will Say We 're in Love '' `` Lonely Room '' `` The Farmer and the Cowman '' `` All Er Nuthin ' '' `` Oklahoma '' `` If I Loved You '' `` Soliloquy '' `` You 'll Never Walk Alone '' `` It Might as Well Be Spring '' `` That 's for Me '' `` A Fellow Needs a Girl '' `` So Far '' `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` There Is Nothing Like a Dame '' `` Bali Ha'i '' `` I 'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair '' `` I 'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy '' `` Younger Than Springtime '' `` Happy Talk '' `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught '' `` I Whistle a Happy Tune '' `` Hello, Young Lovers '' `` Getting to Know You '' `` We Kiss in a Shadow '' `` Something Wonderful '' `` I Have Dreamed '' `` Shall We Dance ? '' `` No Other Love '' `` I Enjoy Being a Girl '' `` The Sound of Music '' `` Maria '' `` My Favorite Things '' `` Do - Re-Mi '' `` Sixteen Going on Seventeen '' `` The Lonely Goatherd '' `` Climb Ev'ry Mountain '' `` So Long, Farewell '' `` No Way to Stop It '' `` Edelweiss '' Related articles `` Something Good '' The Sound of Music ( 1965 soundtrack ) The Sound of Music : Music from the NBC Television Event Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II 's Oklahoma ! ( 1943 ) Source Lynn Riggs ' Green Grow the Lilacs Adaptations Oklahoma ! ( 1955 film ) Music Act 1 `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top '' `` Kansas City '' `` I Cai n't Say No '' `` Many a New Day '' `` It 's a Scandal ! It 's a Outrage ! '' `` People Will Say We 're in Love '' `` Lonely Room '' Act 2 `` The Farmer and the Cowman '' `` All Er Nuthin ' '' `` Oklahoma ! 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Question: who sang oh what a beautiful morning in oklahoma
Answer: The leading male character in Oklahoma!, Curly McLain