| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby |
Well Did You Evah? |
Frank Sinatra in Hollywood |
Reprise |
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| Fred Astaire and Judy Garland |
A Couple of Swells |
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails |
ASV Living Era |
|
| Louis Jordan o/ Chick Webb Orchestra |
Gee! But You're Swell |
Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions |
Mosaic |
|
| Teddy Wilson Orchestra v/ Helen Ward |
It's Swell of You |
Classic Brunswick & Columbia Teddy Wilson Sessions |
Mosaic |
|
| Blossom Dearie |
Thou Swell |
Blossom Dearie |
UMVD |
|
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| Chet Baker |
My Heart Stood Still |
Chet Baker: Career 1952 - 1988 |
Pacific Jazz |
|
| Ella Fitzgerald |
To Keep My Love Alive |
The Rogers and Hart Songbook |
Verve |
|
| Mel Torme o/ Billy May |
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga |
Ole Torme |
Verve |
|
| Lalo Guerrero |
Los Chucos Suaves |
Pachuco Boogie |
Arhoolie |
|
| Rosemary Clooney o/ Perez Prado |
I Only Have Eyes for You |
A Touch of Tabasco |
Liberty |
|
| Nat King Cole |
Papa Loves Mambo |
The Extraordinary |
Capitol |
|
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| Desi Arnaz |
El Cumbanchero |
The Best of Desi Arnaz The Mambo King |
Sony Legacy |
|
| Duke Ellington Orchestra |
Main Stem |
The Blanton-Webster Band |
RCA |
|
| Fletcher Henderson Orchestra |
Wrappin' It Up (The Lindy Glide) |
Tidal Wave |
Decca |
|
| Willie Bryant And His Orchestra |
Rigamarole |
Big Ben |
Proper UK |
|
| Sidney Bechet |
Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho |
You Might As Well |
Jazz 2 Jazz |
|
| Artie Shaw Orchestra |
The Carioca |
Strike It, Rich! |
Proper UK |
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| Django Reinhardt |
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) |
The Indispensable |
RCA |
|
| Bing Crosby |
I'm Through With Love |
Bing! His Legendary Years |
MCA |
rec 1931 |
| Eddy Duchin Orchestra |
Can't We Talk It Over? |
Best of the Big Bands |
|
rec 1932 |
| The Mills Brothers |
Nobody's Sweetheart |
Anthology 1931-1968 |
MCA |
rec 1931 |
|
| Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson |
I've Got the World On a String |
Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Sessions |
Mosaics |
rec 1933 |
| Earl Hines Orchestra v/ Walter Fuller |
Rosetta (vocal take) |
Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) |
Mosaic |
rec 1933 |
| Imperio Argentina |
Los Tres Golpes |
Cubans in Europe Vol. 2 1929-1934 |
Harlequin |
rec 1930 |
| Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies |
Keep a Knockin' |
Father of Western Swing |
Proper UK |
rec 1932 |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson |
Raisin' the Rent |
Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Sessions |
Mosaic |
rec 1933 |
|
| W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band |
St. Louis Blues |
W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band |
Inside Sounds |
rec 1923 Handy is the song's composer |
| Bessie Smith / Louis Armstrong & Fred Longshaw |
St. Louis Blues |
Bessie Smith The Collection |
Columbia |
rec 1925 Armstrong cornet, Longshaw pump organ, on the air I mistakenly attribute this to King Oliver's band |
| Art Tatum solo piano |
St. Louis Blues |
The Brunswick and Decca Recordings 1932-34 |
Resurfaced |
rec 1933 |
| Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra |
St. Louis Blues |
The Complete Columbia Recordings Session Vol. 3 |
Legacy |
rec 1939 |
| Earl Hines Orchestra |
Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues |
Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) |
Mosaic |
rec 1940 |
| Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band |
St. Louis Blues March |
The Essential Glenn Miller |
RCA Victor/Legacy |
rec 1943 |
| Louis Armstrong & the All Stars |
St. Louis Blues |
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy |
Columbia |
rec 1954 many consider this the finest interpretation of this song. Personally I prefer his 1925 recording with Bessie Smith |
|
| Ethel Merman |
I've Still Got My Health |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
Flapper |
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