"Fine and Dandy" and "Can't We Be Friends?" have been recorded by hundreds of performers over the years. Here is a small selection of available recordings of these two Kay Swift standards:
"Fine and Dandy":
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Tommy
and Jimmy Dorsey: Great collection, great Scrappy Lambert vocal on the "Fine and Dandy" track. |
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Teddy Wilson, Vol. 4, Fine and Dandy March 1937 performance, a Kay Swift personal favorite recording. |
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Classic Tatum riff on "Fine and Dandy." |
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Charlie Parker: In Sweden 1950 A ravishing "Fine and Dandy" track. |
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A delightful 1949 recording made with husband Dave Barbour's quartet. |
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Slow as molasses but successful in its own way, the
tempo here actually comes close to the original early notes for
this song, which was a |
"Can't We Be Friends?":
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Classic Tatum riff on "Can't We Be Friends?". |
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This outstanding 1957 recording, with the Oscar Peterson
Trio and Buddy Rich |
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Frank and Ella together. |
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Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song Ella alone. |
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Frank Sinatra: In the Wee, Small Hours Frank alone. |
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Bing
Crosby: Classic Bing. |
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Limehouse
Blues: Glen Gray
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Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, two jazz giants together in the Norman Granz studio in 1954, in a session that includes a ballad medley which blends "Can't We Be Friends?" with "Through With Love." |
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Benny
Goodman and His Orchestra, Superb 1937 recording. |
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An album of Ronstadt singing Nelson Riddle arrangements
of standards (Ella's |
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