Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)

Early hits

1. Cab Calloway recorded October 21, 1931 for Brunswick Records
2. Louis Armstrong performed a version featuring a trumpet solo which was recorded on January 25, 1932 and released by Columbia Records, catalogue No. 2600D.
3. The Boswell Sisters with The Dorsey Brothers

   Other notable recordings

• 1932 Kate Smith recorded January 28, 1932 for Columbia Records with Blues in My Heart interpolated.
• 1935 Benny Goodman and orchestra with Helen Ward on lead vocal
• 1939 Count Basie featuring Helen Humes as vocalist
• 1937 Phil Harris recorded it for Vocalion Records on Feb. 27, 1937.
• 1955 Ella Fitzgerald – included in her album Sweet and Hot.
• 1956 Dick Haymes – recorded for his album Moondreams.
• 1957 Buddy Rich performed the song on his album Buddy Rich Just Sings
• 1957 Bing Crosby included it in the album New Tricks.
• 1957 Carmen McRae for her album After Glow.
• 1958 Perry Como included in the album Saturday Night with Mr. C.
• 1960 Bobby Darin recorded a version influenced by Latin music in Feb. 1960, released in 1964 on the album Winners.
• 1961 Ella Fitzgerald recorded it for her 1961 Verve album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
• 1961 Joni James for her album The Mood Is Romance.
• 1967 Thelonious Monk played the song on his 1967 album, Straight, No Chaser
• 1993 Diana Krall – an instrumental version was included on her album Stepping Out.
• 2002 George Harrison on his posthumous final album, Brainwashed

  Film appearances

• 1933 Sing, Bing, Sing – Bing Crosby sang an abridged version of the song in this Mack Sennett short.
• 1984 City Heat – sung by Eloise Laws.

  Broadway show