"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Astaire had a huge hit with the song in 1936 and other popular versions that year were by Jan Garber (vocal by Fritz Heilbron) and by Guy Lombardo (vocal by Carmen Lombardo).[1]
Other notable recordings
- Boswell Sisters - recorded for Decca Records (catalog No.709A) on February 12, 1936.[2]
- Louis Armstrong - recorded for Decca Records (catalog No.698A) on February 4, 1936.[3]
- Bing Crosby - recorded the song for his film Blue Skies in 1945 but it was cut from the film.
- Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 6 (1945)
- Fred Astaire - for his album The Astaire Story (1953)
- Carmen McRae - Blue Moon (1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis Again (1957)
- Stacey Kent - Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire (2000)
- Velody - "Faces" (2015)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 524. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017.