<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 on the sunny side of the street
who wrote on the sunny side of the street
music composed by Jimmy McHugh lyrics by Dorothy Fields
music composed by Jimmy McHugh lyrics by Dorothy Fields