Ridin' High (song)
"Ridin' High" is a 1936 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical Red, Hot and Blue, where it was introduced by Ethel Merman.
Notable recordings[edit]
- Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - 'Camel Caravan' (Live Broadcast Radio Program) (Nov. 2, 1937), arranged by Jimmy Mundy; Jazz Concert No. 2 (Columbia LP: ML 4590) (1952)[1]
- Chris Connor - This Is Chris (1955).[2]
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
- Michel Legrand & His Orchestra - The Columbia Album of Cole Porter (1957).[3]
- Kate Smith (1957) - included in the compilation CD Makin' Whoopee! - Capitol Sings Broadway (1995).[4]
- Mark Murphy - Let Yourself Go (1958),[5] arranged by Ralph Burns
- Jeri Southern - Southern Breeze (1958),[6] arr. Marty Paich, reissued on CD as Southern Breeze/Coffee Cigarettes and Memories (1998)
- Peggy Lee - Things Are Swingin' (1959), arranged by Jack Marshall
- Teresa Brewer - Ridin' High (1960),[7] arranged by Jerry Fielding
- Carol Lawrence - An Evening With Carol Lawrence (1964)
- Doris Day - Bright and Shiny (1961), arranged by Neal Hefti
- Johnny Mathis - Broadway (1964)
- Cleo Laine - Portrait (1971),[8] arranged by John Dankworth
- Sue Raney - Ridin' High (1984),[9] with the Bob Florence quartet
- Hod O'Brien - Ridin' High (1990).[10]
- Robert Palmer - Ridin' High (1992), arranged by Clare Fischer
- Rebecca Martin - Middlehope (2000)
- Fay Claassen - Red, Hot & Blue: The Music of Cole Porter (2008),[11] arranged by Michael Abene
- Stevie Holland - Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter (Original Cast Album) (2010)
References[edit]
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