Recording: Can't We Be Friends?

Performed by
Betty Carter and Ray Bryant
Recording date
May 1955
First release
On Audio album Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant (1955)
Rating

Song info

Song
Can't We Be Friends?
Music written by
Kay Swift
Lyrics written by
James Paul Warburg
First performance
Can't We Be Friends? by Libby Holman (1929)
Language
English

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Can't We Be Friends? Libby Holman 1929 (performance date)
2 Can't We Be Friends? Jack Hylton and His Orchestra 1931
3 Can't We Be Friends? Frank Sinatra April 1955
4 Can't We Be Friends? Betty Carter and Ray Bryant 1955
5 Can't We Be Friends Jerri Adams 1956
6 Can't We Be Friends? Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1956
7 Can't We Be Friends? Joe Bushkin His Piano and Orchestra 1956
8 Can't We Be Friends? Dave Pell Octet 1956
9 Can't We Be Friends? Woody Herman 1957
10 Can't We Be Friends? Russell Garcia with Strings and Roy Eldridge 1958
11 Can't We Be Friends? Ella Fitzgerald 1959
12 Can't We Be Friends? Jess Stacy 1960
13 Can't We Be Friends? Mose Allison Trio January 1961
14 Can't We Be Friends Anita O'Day 1964
15 Can't We Be Friends Ralph Sutton With Ruby Braff Milt Hinton Mousey Alexander 1968
16 Can't We Be Friends? Joe Albany 1972
17 Can't We Be Friends? Ralph Sutton 1976
18 Can't We Be Friends Carol Sloane with Benny Aronov, Norris Turney, George Mraz, Joe LaBarbera 1979
19 Can't We Be Friends? Ed Polcer, Bill Allred, Tommy Gwaltney, John Eaton, Steve Jordan [1], Van Perry, Barrett Deems 1983
20 Can't We Be Friends Merle Koch 1983
21 Can't We Be Friends Linda Ronstadt 1984
22 Can't We Be Friends? Howard Alden All Star Quintet 1988
23 Can't We Be Friends? Barbara Carroll 1989
24 Can't We Be Friends? Rick Fay and Friends 1992
25 Can't We Be Friends? Rob McConnell, Ed Bickert, Neil Swainson 1993
26 Can't We Be Friends? Karrin Allyson 1993
27 Can't We Be Friends? Carol Sloane & Clark Terry 1997
28 Can't We Be Friends? Judy Barnett October 27, 1998
29 Can't We Be Friends? John Pizzarelli with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra July 18, 2006
30 Can't We Be Friends? Catherine Russell 2006
31 Can't We Be Friends? Carol Kidd 2008

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