"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":

Fine and Dandy

 

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Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey:
The Ultimate Collection

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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Art Tatum: Fine Art & Dandy

Classic Tatum riff on "Fine and Dandy."

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Stephane Grappelli: Fine and Dandy

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Charlie Parker: In Sweden 1950

A ravishing "Fine and Dandy" track.

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Peggy Lee: Trav'lin Light

A delightful 1949 recording made with husband Dave Barbour's quartet.

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Barbra Streisand: People

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
lugubrious ballad that was to be called "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow."

"Can't We Be Friends?":

Fine Art & Dandy: Art Tatum

Classic Tatum riff on "Can't We Be Friends?".

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Ella and Louis

This outstanding 1957 recording, with the Oscar Peterson Trio and Buddy Rich
on drums, was among Kay Swift's favorite renditions of "Can't We Be Friends?".

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Frank Sinatra: Classic Duets

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:
The Lost Columbia Sides, 1928-1933

Classic Bing.

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Limehouse Blues: Glen Gray
and the Casa Loma Orchestra

 

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Roy and Diz

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,
The Harry James Years, Vol. 1

Superb 1937 recording.

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Linda Ronstadt: Lush Life

An album of Ronstadt singing Nelson Riddle arrangements of standards (Ella's
influence is obvious), recorded in 1984.

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