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Written by Cole Porter, also I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra), At Long Last Love (Frank Sinatra) and What Is This Thing Called Love? (Frank Sinatra)
Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Part of Jeepers Creepers / What Is This Thing Called Swing?, also Jeepers Creepers
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Cole Porter wrote 80 songs on fono
Credits
All 19 credits
- Written by
- Cole Porter
- Performed by
- Albert Nicholas, Bingie Madison, Bull City Red, Charlie Holmes, George "Pops" Foster, Henry “Red” Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, Lee Blair, Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Luis Russell, Otis Johnson, Rupert Cole, Shelton "Scad" Hemphill, Sid Catlett and Wilbur de Paris
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- Cole Porter
- Performed by
- Albert Nicholas, Bingie Madison, Bull City Red, Charlie Holmes, George "Pops" Foster, Henry “Red” Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, Lee Blair, Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Luis Russell, Otis Johnson, Rupert Cole, Shelton "Scad" Hemphill, Sid Catlett and Wilbur de Paris
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Cole Porter
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Jeepers Creepers / What Is This Thing Called Swing?
Same writer: Cole Porter
Same label: Decca Records
Same writer: Cole Porter
Same label: Decca Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Albert Nicholas
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Albert Nicholas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Bingie Madison
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Bingie Madison
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Bull City Red
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Bull City Red
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Charlie Holmes
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Charlie Holmes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by George "Pops" Foster
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by George "Pops" Foster
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Henry “Red” Allen
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Henry “Red” Allen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by J.C. Higginbotham
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by J.C. Higginbotham
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Lee Blair
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Lee Blair
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Louis Armstrong
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Louis Armstrong
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Luis Russell
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Luis Russell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Otis Johnson
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Otis Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Rupert Cole
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Rupert Cole
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Sid Catlett
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Sid Catlett
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Wilbur de Paris
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was performed by Wilbur de Paris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was written by Cole Porter
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was written by Cole Porter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? is part of the release Jeepers Creepers / What Is This Thing Called Swing?
What Is This Thing Called Swing? is part of the release Jeepers Creepers / What Is This Thing Called Swing?
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song What Is This Thing Called Swing?
Decca Records is the label of the song What Is This Thing Called Swing?
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz What Is This Thing Called Swing? was released on 1939
What Is This Thing Called Swing? was released on 1939
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026