Standards
What A Difference A Day Made chords & key
“What A Difference A Day Made” is a jazz standard by Maria Grever. Most bands play it in F major, ballad; the tune runs 32 bars in AB form. Harmonically it contains 5 major ii–V–I cadences and 3 minor ii–V–i, uses 18 different chords and moves between the key centres F major, G minor, D minor and B♭ major. In this atlas it appears on 23 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — F major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- C7×7
- Gm7×6
- Fmaj7×5
- Am7×3
- B♭7×2
- D7♯9×2
Key centres reached by ii–V
F major, G minor, D minor and B♭ major
Recorded on these albums
| 1962 | Dino Latino Dean Martin · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1962 | Soul Clinic Hank Crawford |
| 1970 | I Remember Django Stéphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel with The New Hot Club Quintet · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1978 | Stretchin’ Out Morgana King · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1979 | Impressions Roland Hanna · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1985 | Having the Blues Under a European Sky Joe Williams · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1990 | Grappelli Meets Kessel Stéphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1990 | From Day to Day Mulgrew Miller · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1991 | As Time Goes By: The Rare Dawn Sessions Zoot Sims · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1993 | The Wonderful World of Bobby Darin Bobby Darin · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1993 | The Queen, Vol.5: Something to Remember Her By Maxine Sullivan · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1996 | Stardust Natalie Cole · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1997 | Sa Va Bella (For Lady Legends) Milt Jackson · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 1998 | The RCA Session Krzysztof Komeda · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 2001 | Portrait Coleman Hawkins · “What a Difference a Day Made (Paris, March 2, 1935)” |
| 2003 | Twentysomething Jamie Cullum · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 2004 | Live at Blenheim Palace Jamie Cullum · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 2007 | Lover Man Sarah Vaughan · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 2010 | 100 Classic Tracks Maxine Sullivan |
| 2016 | You Belong To Me Malene Mortensen |
| 2018 | The Jazz-Sextett Albert Mangelsdorff · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 2024 | Hit Collection Chet Baker · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
| 2025 | For Dinah Ledisi · “What a Difference a Day Made” |
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE JACK BROKENSHA'S BIG BAND · Greiver & Adams · 1949 archive.org ↗
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| Secret Love 38% | E♭ major |
| There Will Never Be Another You 38% | E♭ major |
| The Best Things In Life Are Free 33% | C major |
| Billy Boy 33% | C major |
| The Lamp Is Low 33% | C major |
| Lover Man 33% | F major |
| Don't Worry 'Bout Me 32% | A♭ major |
| The Blue Room 31% | F major |
Frequently asked questions
What key is What A Difference A Day Made in?
What A Difference A Day Made is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.
Who wrote What A Difference A Day Made?
What A Difference A Day Made was written by Maria Grever.
What is the form of What A Difference A Day Made?
What A Difference A Day Made has 2 sections (AB) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is What A Difference A Day Made played?
The usual groove is Ballad.
What are the chord changes to What A Difference A Day Made?
The opening bars are Gm7 | C7 | Fmaj7 Bb7 | Am7 D7#9. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.