Artist: Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
Author: Cole Porter
Label: Victor
Year: 1930
Vocal: The Three Waring Girls as prostitutes in Cole Porter musical The New Yorkers. This song was banned on the radio.
Covers:
Libby Holman [nicknamed The Dark Purple Menace; musical vamp, married much older Zachary Reynolds, heir of the Reynolds tobacco imperium; he died soon after, reveiling her menacing reputation (Love For Re-sale)]
Billie Holiday [with Oscar Peterson on piano]
Hildegard Knef [also in German as Gern bereit]
Tony Bennett [and in 2021 in duet with Lady Gaga]
Fine Young Cannibals [on Cole Porter tribute Red Hot + Blue]
Udo Lindenberg [als Palais d'Amour]
Vivian Green [in film De-Lovely]
Jamie Cullum [with Roots Manuva]
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