Straighten Up and Fly Right

"Straighten Up and Fly Right"
Single by The King Cole Trio
ReleasedApril 14, 1944 (1944-04-14)
RecordedNovember 30, 1943 (1943-11-30)[1]
StudioC.P. MacGregor, Hollywood[2]
LabelCapitol 154
Songwriter(s)Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
Producer(s)Johnny Mercer
The King Cole Trio singles chronology
"All for You"
(1943) 		"Straighten Up and Fly Right"
(1944) 		"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You"
(1944)

"Straighten Up and Fly Right" is a 1943 song written by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills and one of the first vocal hits for the King Cole Trio.[3] It was the trio's most popular single, reaching number one on the Harlem Hit Parade for ten nonconsecutive weeks. The single also peaked at number nine on the pop charts.[4] "Straighten Up and Fly Right" also reached number one for six nonconsecutive weeks on the Most Played Jukebox Hillbilly Records.[5]

  1. ^ "Capitol 100 - 499, 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. ^ Cogan, Jim; Clark, William (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. San Francisco, California, USA: Chronicle Books. p. 17. ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
  3. ^ Gilliland, John (January 15, 1972). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #11". UNT Digital Library.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 126.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 85.