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The Best Things in Life Are Free PRF |
Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones |
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First live performance on September 6, 1927 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free REC |
George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger |
November 1927 |
First recording on August 18, 1927 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Emil Seidel and His Orch. |
1927 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Casino Dance Orchestra (Vocal Chorus, Deep River Quintette) |
1927 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Frank Black and His Orchestra |
1927 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) |
January 1928 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra |
September 1928 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Layton & Johnstone |
1928 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Alfredo and His Band |
1928 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dan Grisson |
April 1936 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Beryl Davis with Russ Case and His Orchestra |
October 1947 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Danny O'Neil with The Twilight Three |
October 1947 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Jo Stafford - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra |
December 15, 1947 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke |
December 1947 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
June Allyson and Peter Lawford - M-G-M Studio Orchestra directed by Lennie Hayton |
December 1947 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Mel Tormé with Orchestra |
December 1947 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Ink Spots |
January 1948 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Hadda Brooks |
1948 |
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Among My Souvenirs – The Best Things in Life Are Free – The Varsity Drag |
Bob Grant and His Orchestra |
1948 |
Medley |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Rose Murphy |
1949 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Svend Asmussen |
1950 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Ted Lewis |
1950 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Mindy Carson with Orchestra conducted by Andrew Ackers |
March 1951 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Les Paul and Mary Ford |
April 4, 1955 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Rush Adams |
August 1956 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Gordon MacRae with Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Van Alexander |
September 1956 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Mel Powell Quintet |
1956 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Claire Hogan - Orchestra conducted by LeRoy Holmes |
1956 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
"Scat Man" Crothers |
1957 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Billy Daniels with Benny Payne at the Piano |
1957 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Maurice Chevalier - Arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser |
August 1958 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Enoch Light & The Charleston City All Stars |
1958 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Eddie Albert |
1958 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Richard Cannon |
1958 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The Honeydreamers and the Aaron Richard's Orchestra directed by Tom Timothy |
1958 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Maurice Chevalier |
1958 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Al Jolson |
1958 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The Honeydreamers |
1958 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The Chico Hamilton Quintet |
1959 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The Diamonds – Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo |
1959 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The Swingin' Peters Sisters |
1959 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Michael Holliday with The George Chisholm All Stars |
1961 |
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Rolling Round the World - The Best Things in Life Are Free - (Keep Your) Sunny Side Up |
Big Ben Banjo Band with The Michael Sammes Singers |
1961 |
Medley |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The Peters Sisters with The Williams Singers and Geoff Love and His Orchestra |
1961 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The Norman Luboff Choir |
January 1962 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Patty Stone |
February 1962 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Roberta Sherwood |
1962 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Lena Horne |
1963 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Betty Parker and Jimmy Parkinson with an Orchestra conducted by Geoff Harvey |
1963 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Sam Cooke |
October 1964 |
Live |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Mario Lanza |
1964 |
Released more than 10 years after its recording |
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Second Hand Rose - Give Me the Simple Life - I Got Plenty of Nothin' - Brother Can You Spare a Dime… |
Barbra Streisand - Arranged and conducted by Peter Matz |
October 1965 |
Medley |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Frankie Randall - Arr. and cond. by Billy May |
October 1966 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Damita Jo |
1966 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Arne Domnérus Quintet |
1967 |
Released more than 10 years after its recording |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free / Life |
The Temptations |
July 10, 1969 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Bob Shreve |
1970 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Bonnie Bedelia with the House Band |
1970 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Teresa Brewer and the World's Greatest Jazz Band of Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart |
1973 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Bing Crosby with The Pete Moore Orchestra |
1975 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Frank Sinatra |
1975 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Danny La Rue with Geoff Love and The Musicmakers |
1976 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Noele Gordon |
1976 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Anni Anderson |
1977 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Sammy Rimington |
1980 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Kay Starr |
1985 |
Released more than 10 years after its recording |
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Best Things in Life |
The Savoys |
1985 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The New Orleans Blue Serenaders |
1986 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Morgana King |
1994 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Victoria Jackson |
1995 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
The National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Craig Barna |
1995 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Small Potatoes |
1995 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Palast Orchester with its singer Max Raabe |
1996 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Royal Society Jazz Orchestra |
1997 |
Live |
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Best Things in Life Are Free |
Topsy Chapman and Doc Houlind All Stars |
1997 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Yayu Khoe |
August 2000 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Michael Feinstein |
October 10, 2000 |
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Best Things in Life Are Free |
Limeriver Jazzband |
2001 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Mark Kershner with Mort Lindsey |
2002 |
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Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) – The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Lynn DiMenna |
2003 |
Medley |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Susan May |
October 2005 |
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Best Things in Life Are Free |
Small Potatoes |
2006 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Kate Michaels featuring The Red Thread Trio |
2007 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Frank Senior |
2007 |
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Best Things in Life Are Free |
Nicki Parrott |
September 21, 2011 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Arlene Bardelle |
February 2012 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Sandy Lusco |
2012 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Ailsa McCreary |
June 4, 2013 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Melbourne Ska Orchestra |
2013 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Nicolas Bearde |
2013 |
Unverified |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Jennifer Porter |
September 2014 |
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The Best Things in Live Are Free |
Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo |
2015 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Scott Hamilton, Karin Krog |
January 8, 2016 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Tom Gaebel |
September 28, 2018 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Nellie McKay |
October 25, 2019 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Martina DaSilva and & Dan "Chimy" Chmielinski |
May 1, 2020 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Ellas Kapell |
November 12, 2021 |
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