It's All Right with Me
| "It's All Right With Me" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Peter Cookson | |
| Published | 1953 |
| Writer | Cole Porter |
| Language | English |
| Recorded by |
Ella Fitzgerald (1956, 1958, 1959) Frank Sinatra (1984) Mel Tormé (1992) Many other artists |
"It's All Right With Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier.[1]
The song is also used in the Cole Porter musical High Society. In the original 1998 Broadway production it was performed by the character Tracy Samantha Lord,[2] played by Melissa Errico.[3]
Other recordings of the song
- Erroll Garner (1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956),[4] Ella at the Opera House (1958),[5] Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1959)[6]
- Rita Reys - The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
- Jeri Southern - Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter (1959)
- Frank Sinatra - recorded for the film version of Can-Can in 1960, and again in 1984 for L.A. Is My Lady[7]
- Vic Damone - On the Swingin' Side (1961)
- Steve Lawrence - Lawrence Goes Latin (1961)
- Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I (1963)
- Crystal Gayle - We Must Believe in Magic (1977). Crystal Gayle's version was also adapted into a jingle for Eastern Airlines in the late 1970s ("Eastern's got the right time and the right place for you...")
- Zoot Sims - Live in Copenhagen (1978, released 1995), with Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and Ed Thigpen [8]
- Tom Waits - Red Hot + Blue (1990)[9]
- Harry Connick, Jr - We Are in Love (1990)[10]
- Mel Tormé - Sing Sing Sing (1992)[11]
- George Michael - Songs from the Last Century (1999)
- Susannah McCorkle - Ballad Essentials (2002)
- Jazz Orchestra of the Delta - Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter (2003)
- Natalie Cole - Still Unforgettable (2008)
- Brad Mehldau - Art of the Trio Volume Two (1998); Live in Marciac (2011)
- Moloko covered the song for their 1995 tour, Roisin Murphy also covered it in 2004.
- Chelsea Krombach, also sings in on her debut album Profile (2004)[12]
- Seth MacFarlane - No One Ever Tells You (2015)
References
- ↑ IBDB Home Page - Can-Can -Production songs
- ↑ IBDB Home Page - High Society - Production Songs
- ↑ High Society | IBDB: The official source for Broadway information
- ↑ allmusic ((( Sings the Cole Porter Songbook > Overview )))
- ↑ allmusic ((( Ella at the Opera House > Overview )))
- ↑ allmusic ((( Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert > Overview )))
- ↑ allmusic ((( L.A. Is My Lady > Overview )))
- ↑ "'Live in Copenhagen' Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ↑ allmusic ((( Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter > Overview )))
- ↑ allmusic ((( We Are in Love > Ovierview )))
- ↑ allmusic ((( Sing Sing Sing > Overview )))
- ↑ Chelsea Krombach - Profile
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