Her first recording, backed by the Daydreamers, was recorded December 20, 1947, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 24387, with the flip side " You Turned the Tables on Me". She first performed the song at Carnegie Hall on September 29, 1947. The song was sung in various recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, becoming (with the Gershwins' " Oh, Lady Be Good!") Ella's signature tune. This recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1979 and is on the list of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum of the Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. This version crossed over to the Most-Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records chart, where it peaked at #2. The record was subsequently re-released by Capitol as catalog number 1675, with "Josephine" on the B-side. The record was released on March 26 by Capitol Records as catalog number 1451, with the flip side "Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues", and spent 25 weeks (beginning on March 23, 1951) on the Billboard chart, 9 weeks at #1. Ī recording of the song by Les Paul and Mary Ford was made on January 4, 1951.
It reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 9, 1948, its only week on the chart, at #27.
The recording, with a vocal by June Christy, was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 911 (with the flip side " Willow, Weep for Me") and 15117 (with the flip side "Interlude").
In 1948, bandleader Stan Kenton enjoyed some success with his version of the tune. The Les Paul Trio recorded a version released as V-Disc 540B with a spoken introduction which was issued in November, 1945 by the U.S. It was recorded on February 7, 1940, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 35391, with the flip side "Fable of the Rose". The earliest recorded hit version was by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, featuring vocalist Helen Forrest. 1951 sheet music for the Les Paul and Mary Ford recording, Chappell, New York.
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