"Lazy" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1924. Popular recordings of the song in 1924 were by Al Jolson, Blossom Seeley, Paul Whiteman and the Brox Sisters.^[1] The best known version today may be that performed by Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, and Mitzi Gaynor in the motion picture There's No Business Like Show Business.

Other notable recordings

Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - recorded May 25, 1942.^[2] Crosby also sang the song in the film Holiday Inn (1942) in a scene where he is seen being overwhelmed by a plethora of back-breaking tasks at his newly purchased farm while he is heard singing the song offscreen.
Val Doonican - included in his album Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently (1967)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)
Judy Holliday - Holliday with Mulligan (1980)
Michael Holliday - included in his album Happy Holliday (1961)^[3]
George Burns - He sang part of the song in the episode of The Lucy Show titled "Lucy and George Burns."

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 538. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved August 6, 2017.

Irving Berlin

Musicals

Theatre	Annie Get Your Gun As Thousands Cheer Call Me Madam The Canary The Century Girl The Cocoanuts The Cohan Revue of 1918 Face the Music Holiday Inn Louisiana Purchase Miss Liberty Mr. President Music Box Revue Stop! Look! Listen! This Is The Army Top Hat Watch Your Step White Christmas Wise Guy Yip Yip Yaphank Ziegfeld Follies
Film	Alexander's Ragtime Band Annie Get Your Gun Blue Skies Call Me Madam Carefree The Cocoanuts Easter Parade Follow the Fleet Hallelujah Holiday Inn On the Avenue Second Fiddle There's No Business Like Show Business This Is the Army Top Hat White Christmas

Songs

"Alexander's Ragtime Band"
"All Alone"
"All by Myself"
"All of My Life"
"Always"
"Any Bonds Today?"
"Anything You Can Do"
"At the Devil's Ball"
"The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)"
"Blue Skies"
"Change Partners"
"Cheek to Cheek"
"Count Your Blessings"
"A Couple of Swells"
"Daddy, Come Home"
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
"Easter Parade"
"Follow the Crowd"
"For Your Country and My Country"
"Get Thee Behind Me Satan"
"The Girl That I Marry"
"God Bless America"
"Goodbye, France"
"Happy Holiday"
"Heat Wave"
"Heaven Watch the Philippines"
"How About Me?"
"How Deep Is the Ocean?"
"How's Chances?"
"I Got Lost in His Arms"
"I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)"
"I Love a Piano"
"I Never Had a Chance"
"I Used to Be Color Blind"
"I Want To Go Back To Michigan"
"I'm an Indian Too"
"I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind"
"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket"
"I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now"
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"
"Isn't This a Lovely Day?"
"It's a Lovely Day Today"
"It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow"
"Lazy"
"Let Yourself Go"
"Let's All Be Americans Now
"Let's Face the Music and Dance"
"Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee"
"Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk"
"Mandy"
"Moonshine Lullaby"
"My Defenses Are Down"
"The Near Future"
"No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)"
"Now It Can Be Told"
"Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning"
"Play a Simple Melody"
"A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody"
"Puttin' On the Ritz"
"Reaching for the Moon"
"Remember"
"San Francisco Bound"
"Say It Isn't So"
"Say It with Music"
"Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone"
"Sisters"
"Slumming on Park Avenue"
"The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)"
"Stay Down Here Where You Belong"
"Steppin' Out with My Baby"
"Supper Time"
"That International Rag"
"That Mysterious Rag"
"There's No Business Like Show Business"
"They Say It's Wonderful"
"They Were All Out of Step But Jim"
"This Year's Kisses"
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
"What'll I Do"
"When I Lost You"
"White Christmas"
"Who Do You Love, I Hope?"
"With You"
"You Can Have Him"
"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun"
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
"You'd Be Surprised"
"You're Just in Love"
"You're Laughing at Me"

Ellin Berlin (wife)
Mary Ellin Barrett (daughter)