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Ridin' High (song)

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"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

    • References

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