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| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mills Brothers | Across the Alley from the Alamo | Anthology 1931-1968 | MCA | |
| Nat King Cole | El Bodeguero | Grandes Exitos Vol 2 | Capitol | this song was major hit in Cuba for Orquesta Aragon, Cole was inspired by them & other Cuban bands to record 2 albums of Spanish language songs |
| Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme | Green Eyes | Steve & Eyde Sing the Golden Hits | MCA | this was also originally a Cuban song: "Aquellos Ojos Verdes" |
| Stan Kenton | The Peanut Vendor | The Greatest Jazz: Take Five | also a popular Cuban song: "El Manisero" | |
| Benny Goodman | Mission to Moscow | Big Band Jazz, Vol !! | inst. | |
| Ibrahim Ferrer con Chepin & His Oriental Orchestra | Ay, Azabache! | Mi Oriente | Tumbao | Ferrer talked about being inspired by Nat King Cole's Spanish language albums & how they influenced his own singing style |
| Count Basie Orchestra | Jumpin' at the Woodside | Complete Decca Recordings | RCA | |
| Anita O'Day o/ Gene Krupa | Watch the Birdie | Uptown | Sony | |
| Cab Calloway | Twee-Twee-Tweet | Are You Hep to the Jive? | Sony | |
| Artie Shaw v/ Leo Watson | Whistle While You Work | Begin the Beguine | Membran | |
| Louis Jordan | That Chick's Too Young to Fry | Let the Good Times Roll | Bear Family | |
| Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | They're Either Too Young or Too Old | The Wartime Years: Wartime Memories | ||
| Putney Dandridge & His Orchestra | When I Grow Too Old to Dream | Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz | Proper UK | rec. 1935 |
| Benny Goodman | All I Do is Dream Of You | Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings | Mosaic | |
| Tallulah Bankhead & Jack Carson | Baby, It's Cold Outside | Give My Regards to Broadway | AEI | |
| Eddie Cantor | Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly, I'm In Love | Cocktail Hour | Columbia | |
| Al Bowlly | On a Steamer Coming Over | The Very Thought of You | Sanctuary | |
| Rudy Vallee | Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries | Heigh-Ho Everybody! | Pearl | |
| Dick Powell | With Plenty of Money and You | Singing Troubador | Great Movie Themes | |
| Ginger Rogers | We're In the Money | Gold Diggers of 1933 OST | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra | Lafayette | Wicked Swing | BMG | inst. |
| Frank Sinatra | Let's Fall in Love | Ring-a-Ding-Ding! | Reprise | |
| Peggy Lee | Caramba! It's the Samba | The SIngles Collection | Capitol | |
| Wayne Newton | L-O-V-E | Ultra-Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin' | Capitol | |
| Billy Eckstine | I Left My Hat in Haiti | Everything I Have is Yours: Best of the MGM Years | Polygram | |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra | THings Ain't What They Used to Be | Cote D'Azur Concerts on Verve | Verve | inst. |
| Liberace | Aruba Liberace | Bachelor in Paradise: Classics from MGM Films | Rhino | |
| Judy Holliday | An Occasional Man | Trouble is a Man | DRG | |
| Shirley Bassey | Burn My Candle | Head Over High Heels | Trikont | |
| Marilyn Monroe | After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It | s/t | Gold | |
| Nat King Cole | Destination Moon | The King Swings | Capitol | |
| Nat King Cole | I Hear Music | The Piano Style of Nat King Cole | Capitol | inst. |
| The Four Lads | Istanbul Not Constantinople | The Four Lads Sing | ||
| Eartha Kitt | Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bells | Legendary | BMG | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | I'm a Poached Egg Without Toast | Jukebox Ella | Verve | |
| Noel Coward | Why Must the Show Go On? | The Noel Coward Album | Sony | |
| Ethel Merman | Dearie | There's No Business Like Show Business | Razor & Tie | |
| Dinah Washington | I Get a Kick Out of You | Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook | Verve | |
| Mel Torme | Lulu's Back in Town | Lulu's Back in Town | Bethlehem Archive | |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra | Cafe Au Lait | Such Sweet Thunder | Columbia | inst. |
| Julie London | Gone With the Wind | Cry Me a River | Disky |