<P> `` On the Sunny Side of the Street '' is a 1930 song , with credited music composed by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields . Some authors say that Fats Waller was actually the composer , but he sold the rights for the money . It was introduced in the Broadway musical Lew Leslie 's International Revue , starring Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence . </P>
<P> `` On the Sunny Side of the Street '' is a 1930 song , with credited music composed by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields . Some authors say that Fats Waller was actually the composer , but he sold the rights for the money . It was introduced in the Broadway musical Lew Leslie 's International Revue , starring Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence . </P>
who wrote the sunny side of the street
who wrote the sunny side of the street
Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields
Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields