Let's Take a Walk Around the Block

"Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" is a popular^{[citation needed]} song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg.

It was introduced in the musical Life Begins at 8:40. The original Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 27, 1934 and closed on March 16, 1935 after a run of 237 performances

Notable recordings

• Jackie and Roy - Storyville Presents Jackie and Roy (Storyville Records, 1955)^[1]
• Doris Day - included in her album Cuttin' Capers (1959)
• Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney recorded the song for their radio show in 1960^[2] and it was subsequently released on the CD Bing & Rosie - The Crosby-Clooney Radio Sessions (2010).^[3]
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (Verve Records, 1961)
• Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé & George Shearing - The Complete Concord Recordings (2002).^[4]