I Feel Pretty I Feel Pretty "I Feel Pretty" is a song from the 1957 musical "West Side Story". "The New York Times" explained that "Mr. Sondheim…has said he was never particularly fond of his lyrics in 'West Side Story,' especially 'I Feel Pretty, later expressing that "The idea of the song is so simple". The original stage version of the lyrics were altered in the making of the movie version of West Side Story due to a change in the scenes occurrence. Making 'I feel pretty and witty and bright/And I pity/Any girl who isn't me tonight' into 'I feel pretty, and
I Feel So Bad (Chuck Willis song) & The Ultrasonics (Love & Money 1993) I Feel So Bad (Chuck Willis song) "I Feel So Bad" is a blues song written and originally recorded by Chuck Willis in 1953 (OKeh 7029). It rose to #8 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues Chart in early 1954, and appears on the album "Chuck Willis Wails the Blues". A version of the song was recorded by Elvis Presley on March 12, 1961 in RCA Studio B, in Nashville, TN. Presley recorded a version of the song following the arrangements by Willis and his singing style. Presley's version reached No.5 on the