he heard on a trip to Morocco inspired the song.[1] The song was so associated with Porter that when Hollywood first filmed his life story in 1946, the movie was entitled Night and Day. "Night and Day" has been recorded many times, notably by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and U2. Sinatra recorded the song five times; with Axel Stordahl in his first solo session in 1942 and again with him in 1947; with Nelson Riddle in 1956 for A Swingin' Affair!, with Don Costa in 1961 for Sinatra and ...