Song

A Cockeyed Optimist

A Cock-Eyed Optimist

First released 1949English39 recordingson 88 releasesISWC T-070.025.337-7

South Pacific

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Written by

Richard RodgersComposer Oscar Hammerstein IILyricist

From the films

South Pacific1958 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

South Pacific2001 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

South Pacific: In Concert from Carnegie Hall2006 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

Recordings

Performance	By
South Pacific Medley: Dites Moi / Cockeyed Optimist / Some Enchanted Evening / Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair / Wonderful Guy	Mary Martin	3:39
A Cockeyed Optimist	Richard Rodgers	1:47
A Cockeyed Optimist	Mary Martin	1:44
A Cockeyed Optimist (from 'South Pacific')	[unknown]	1:44
Rodgers and Hammerstein Medley: A Cock‐Eyed Optimist / I Have Dreamed / Surrey With the Fringe on Top	Lena Horne	7:04
A Cockeyed Optimist	Bing Crosby	2:16
A Cockeyed Optimist	Barbra Streisand	2:28
A Cock-Eyed Optimist	Percy Faith	2:58
A Cockeyed Optimist	Florence Henderson	1:37
A Cock-Eyed Optimist	Rodgers & Hammerstein	1:55
Cockeyed Optimist	Jim Tomlinson	4:41
A Cockeyed Optimist	Julie Andrews	4:27
A Cockeyed Optimist	Reba McEntire	1:24
This Is How It Feels / A Cockeyed Optimist (reprise)	Reba McEntire, Brian Stokes Mitchell	2:00
A Cock-Eyed Optimist	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	2:39
A Cockeyed Optimist	Kelli O’Hara	1:37
Cockeyed Optimist	Ruby Braff & Dick Hyman	3:59
South Pacific: A Cockeyed Optimist	Mary Martin	2:51
South Pacific	London Philharmonic Orchestra	22:38
A Cock-Eyed Optimist	Patti Lupone	1:20
South Pacific: A Cockeyed Optimist	Mitzi Gaynor	1:44
Cockeyed Optimist (guitar version)	Nancy Sinatra	2:21
Cockeyed Optimist (orchestra version)	Nancy Sinatra	2:59
A Cockeyed Optimist	Florence Henderson	1:38
Introduction / Dites‐moi / A Cock‐Eyed Optimist / Some Enchanted Evening / Bloody Mary / There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame / Bali Ha’i	Concert Hall Orchestra, Boris Mersson	11:22
A Cockeyed Optimist	Chico Hamilton Quintet	1:53
Cock-Eyed Optimist	Susan Egan	3:05
A Cockeyed Optimist	Bing Crosby	2:10
A Cock‐Eyed Optimist / There Is Nothing Like a Dame / Shall We Dance?	Maureen McGovern	3:19
A Cock-Eyed Optimist	Margaret Whiting	2:10
A Cockeyed Optimist	Gene di Novi	4:50
A Cockeyed Optimist	Louie Ramsey
Cockeyed Optimist	Mitzi Gaynor	1:45
A Cock‐Eyed Optimist (understudy to Mary Martin)	Sandra Deel	2:34
A Cock-Eyed Optimist	Johnny Mathis
A Cock Eyed Optimist	Johnny Mathis	2:34
A Cockeyed Optimist	Bing Crosby	2:15
Cockeyed Optimist	[unknown]
A Cock-Eyed Optimist	Johnny Mathis	2:35