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

• 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)
• Chris Connor - This Is Chris (1955)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
• Michel Legrand - The Columbia Album of Cole Porter (1957)
• Mark Murphy - Let Yourself Go (1958), arranged by Ralph Burns
• Jeri Southern - Southern Breeze (1958), 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), arranged by Jerry Fielding
• Doris Day - Bright and Shiny (1961), arranged by Neal Hefti
• Maynard Ferguson - Ridin' High (1966)
• Cleo Laine - Portrait (1971), arranged by John Dankworth
• Sue Raney - Ridin' High (1984), with the Bob Florence quartet
• Hod O'Brien - Ridin' High (1990)
• Robert Palmer - Ridin' High (1992), arranged by Clare Fischer
• Rebecca Martin - Middlehope (2000)
• Fay Claassen - Red, Hot & Blue: The Music of Cole Porter (2008), arranged by Michael Abene

External links

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