Unexpected good fortune, a windfall, as in They sent back our check--pennies from heaven. This expression may have originated with a song and motion picture so named (1936), popularized by Bing Crosby.
Pennies from Heaven
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 | Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music - With the Count Basie Orchestra (1967 Music Film) |
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- Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music - With the Count Basie Orchestra (1967 Music Film)
- heaven (Idiom)
- Great Performances (Music Film)
- Great Entertainers: The Show Stoppers (2004 Music Film)
- That's Jazz (1991 Album by Bing Crosby)
- Brubeck Time (1954 Album by Dave Brubeck)
- The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 3 (1936-1937) (1936 Album by Billie Holiday)
- Swingin' with Humes (1961 Album by Helen Humes)
- 1936-1937 (1936 Album by Louis Armstrong)
- Verve Jazz Masters 19 (1994 Album by Dinah Washington)
- Too Marvelous for Words: 20 Chart Toppers (1996 Album by Bing Crosby)
- More Greatest Hits (1933 Album by Louis Armstrong)
- Chart-Toppers of the Thirties (1999 Album by Various Artists)
- Pennies from Heaven [Hallmark] (2000 Album by Various Artists)
