What is "once in a while"

adv. (label en idiomatic) occasionally; sometimes.

adv. now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention" [syn: occasionally, on occasion, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to time]

"Once in a While" is a popular song, written by Michael Edwards with lyrics by Bud Green. The song was published in 1937.

The song is a much-recorded standard. Tommy Dorsey's recording in 1937 went to number one in the United States. One of the best-known recordings was made by Patti Page in 1952 (on Mercury 5867). The song was revived in doo-wop style by the Chimes in 1960, and their version peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1961.

Once in a While was one of the four original songs Madeleine Peyroux released on her third solo album " Half the Perfect World. It was the third and last single from that album.
The tune, considered one of the highlights of the album, was written by Joe Harris, producer Larry Klein and Peyroux herself. Mark Orton made the arrangements on the album version.
In the song, Peyroux tells to her ex-lover that she still thinks of him "once in a while" and that she "still smiles when she thinks on their kisses" but she is "tired of dying" and so she'll "live instead". The song did not chart and there was no videoclip filmed. Along with this song, on the EP was also released a cover of Leonard Cohen's and Anjani Thomas' "Blue Alert".

__NOTOC__ Once in a While is a 1978 studio album by Dean Martin, produced by Jimmy Bowen. It was released four years after it was recorded.

The album consists of traditional pop music standards, recorded in country pop arrangements. Many of the songs were associated with singer Bing Crosby.

It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009.

Once in a While may refer to:

• "Once in a While" (1937 song)
• "Once in a While" (Madeleine Peyroux song)
• Once in a While (Dean Martin album), 1978
• Once in a While (Johnny Mathis album), 1988
• " Once in a while (The Rocky Horror Show)", 1974

Once in a While is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in June 1988 by Columbia Records. Although the album did not make it onto Billboard magazine's Top Pop Albums chart, the song " I'm on the Outside Looking In" did reach number 27 during its 12 weeks on the magazine's list of the 40 Hot Adult Contemporary songs of the week in the US that began in the issue dated July 2 of that year.