Ridin' High (song) explained

"Ridin' High" is a 1936 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical Red, Hot and Blue, where it was introduced by Ethel Merman.

Notable recordings

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - 'Camel Caravan' (Live Broadcast Radio Program) (Nov. 2, 1937), arranged by Jimmy Mundy; Jazz Concert No. 2 (Columbia LP: ML 4590) (1952)^[1]
Chris Connor - This Is Chris (1955).^[2]
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
Michel Legrand & His Orchestra - The Columbia Album of Cole Porter (1957).^[3]
Kate Smith (1957) - included in the compilation CD Makin' Whoopee! - Capitol Sings Broadway (1995).^[4]
Mark Murphy - Let Yourself Go (1958),^[5] arranged by Ralph Burns
Jeri Southern - Southern Breeze (1958),^[6] arr. Marty Paich, reissued on CD as Southern Breeze/Coffee Cigarettes and Memories (1998)
Peggy Lee - Things Are Swingin' (1959), arranged by Jack Marshall
Teresa Brewer - Ridin' High (1960),^[7] arranged by Jerry Fielding
Carol Lawrence - An Evening With Carol Lawrence (1964)
Doris Day - Bright and Shiny (1961), arranged by Neal Hefti
Johnny Mathis - Broadway (1964)
Cleo Laine - Portrait (1971),^[8] arranged by John Dankworth
Sue Raney - Ridin' High (1984),^[9] with the Bob Florence quartet
Hod O'Brien - Ridin' High (1990).^[10]
Robert Palmer - Ridin' High (1992), arranged by Clare Fischer
Rebecca Martin - Middlehope (2000)
Fay Claassen - Red, Hot & Blue: The Music of Cole Porter (2008),^[11] arranged by Michael Abene
Stevie Holland - (2010)