"It's All Right with Me" is a popularsong written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier.[1]
The song is also used in the Cole Porter musical High Society. In the original 1998 Broadway production it was performed by the character Tracy Samantha Lord,[2] played by Melissa Errico.[3]
Other performances of the song
Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955[4] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954–56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.[5]
Harry James – Harry James and His New Jazz Band, Vol. 1 (Mr. Music MMCD 7010, 1956 [2002])[10]
Ike Quebec Blue and Sentimental Blue notes original December 1961 recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder studio at Englewood Cliffs New Jersey and later included on the 1988 first CD edition. A 2007 CD issued as Blue note Records RVB edition 0946-3-93184-21 all transferred from analog to digital at 24 bit produced by Michael Cuscuna. EMI
Frank Sinatra – recorded for the film version of Can-Can at Capitol Records on August 27, 1959, conducted by Nelson Riddle and released on the Can-Can soundtrack LP.[11] He recorded it again in 1984 for L.A. Is My Lady.[12] In the film, Sinatra sings the song to dancer Juliet Prowse; on his December 13, 1959 television show An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra, he sings it to her again.[13]
Crystal Gayle – We Must Believe in Magic (1977). Crystal Gayle's version was also adapted into a jingle for Eastern Airlines in the late 1970s ("Eastern's got the right time and the right place for you...")
