Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 8/29/2021 3:22 AM Subject: What A Diff'rence A Day Made Song for the Day - August 29, 2021: Barry Manilow's version of "WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MADE" his 2006 platinum-selling album THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE FIFTIES! "What a Diff'rence A Day Made" was written by Stanley Adams and Maria Grever, and was popularized by Dinah Washington in 1959. Ruth Lee Jones (aka "Dinah Washington") (1924 - 1963) was born on August 29th.