Recording: Why Don't You Do Right?

Performed by

Ruth Brown

Recording date

February 2, 1959

First release

On Audio album Late Date With Ruth Brown (1959)

Rating

Song info

Song

Why Don't You Do Right?

Lyrics written by

Joe McCoy

Original written by

Joe McCoy

First release

Why Don't You Do Right? by Lil Green & Her Trio on audio single Why Don't You Do Right? (1941)

Language

English

Adaptation tree

Weed Smoker's Dream written by Joe McCoy - English
- Why Don't You Do Right? written by Joe McCoy - English

Versions

Weed Smoker's Dream written by Joe McCoy - English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		Weed Smoker's Dream	Harlem Hamfats	1936

Why Don't You Do Right? written by Joe McCoy - English

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	Why Don't You Do Right?	Lil Green & Her Trio	1941
2	Why Don't You Do Right?	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	1942
3	Why Don't You Do Right?	Barbara Dane, Earl "Fatha" Hines and His Orchestra	1959
4	Why Don't You Do Right?	Ruth Brown	1959
5	Why Don't You Do Right	Debby Moore	1959
6	Why Don't You Do Right	Della Reese	1960
7	Why Don't You Do Right?	Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band	1960
8	Why Don't You Do Right	Miss Patti Page	1960
9	Why Don't You Do Right?	Frances Faye	1961
10	Why Don't You Do Right?	Julie London	1961
11	Why Don't You Do Right	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961
12	Why Don't You Do Right?	Fats Domino	1965
13	Why Don't You Do Right?	Pat Bowie With Charles McPherson	1965
14	Why Don't You Do Right?	Ramsey Lewis	1972
15	Why Don't You Do Right?	Eddie Thompson Trio	1979
16	Why Don't You Do Right?	Linda Hopkins	1983
17	Why Don't You Do Right?	Sinéad O'Connor	September 22, 1992
18	Why Don't You Do Right?	Jeanie Bryson	April 23, 1996
19	Why Don't You Do Right?	Mark Shane & Terry Blaine Feat. Ed Polcer, Tom Artin, Allan Vaché, Phil Flanigan, Ed Metz, Jr.	1998
20	Why Don't You Do Right?	Connie Evingson	March 15, 1999
21	Why Don't You Do Right	Lee Aaron and The Swingin' Barflies	May 15, 2000
22	Why Don't You Do Right?	Shirley Horn	March 2001
23	Why Don't You Do Right?	Janet Seidel	2002
24	Why Don't You Do Right?	Jim Kweskin Band with Samoa Wilson	February 18, 2003
25	Why Don't You Do Right?	Natalie Cole	September 9, 2008
26	Why Don't You Do Right?	Carol Welsman	2009
27	Why Don't You Do Right?	Carolina Chocolate Drops	February 16, 2010
28	Why Don't You Do Right?	Beegie Adair	January 5, 2011
29	Why Don't You Do Right?	Swinging Hayriders	2012
30	The Weed Smoker's Dream	Hugh Laurie	May 6, 2013