Sonny James recorded the song first in July 1968 and released it five years later on the album The Gentleman from the South in 1973.

[17] In 1978, Johnny Rodriguez released a cover of the song on the album Love Me with All Your Heart.

[18] Petula Clark released a French version in 1962, titled "Les Beaux Jours".

[19] Others recording this version of the song were Charley Pride (1962), Roy Rogers (1962), Billy Vaughn, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Vinton, Engelbert Humperdinck, Paul Anka, Floyd Cramer, Sammy Davis Jr. (The Nat King Cole Songbook, 1965), Chuck Berry (1967), George Benson, the Mills Brothers, Dean Martin (1973), Marvin Gaye (1976), and Slim Whitman.

Two other popular songs have identical titles, not to be confused with the Nat King Cole hit.