All Through the Day is a romantic ballad with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for the 20th Century Fox film Centennial Summer (1946), directed by Otto Preminger, and published in 1945. In the film it is presented by Larry Stevens, Cornel Wilde and Louanne Hogan, who dubbed the singing for Jeanne Crain. Kern died on 11 November 1945, and the song earned him a posthumous nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 19th Academy Awards. The original recording, by Margaret Whiting with an orchestra conducted by Carl Kress, was made in December 1945 and released as a single in 1946. Frank Sinatra's 1946 version reached number 1 on Your Hit Parade, and Perry Como, Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest and Bing Crosby also recorded it that year. Later versions include those by Betty Carter, Meredith D'Ambrosio, Philip Catherine and Kiri Te Kanawa. Musicologist Don Tyler has noted that the song is less operatic than Kern's earlier songs.
