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On a Slow Boat to China written by Frank Loesser
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Title Performer Release date Info
September 1948 First recording on October 23, 1947
First release
September 13, 1948
October 1948
November 1948
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October 19, 1959
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On a Slow Boat to China Eve Boswell with Tony Osborne and His Orchestra (Eve Boswell, Tony Osborne) 1959 Unverified
January 1960
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August 1966
January 1967
July 1968
February 1969 Editor's cover song pick
1973
1973 Medley
1973
1974 Medley
1974 Medley
1976
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1979
December 31, 1981
1983
1983
1983 Live
1983
Slow Boat to China Jack Emblow with The French Collection (Jack Emblow) 1983 Unverified
1985 Released more than 10 years after its recording
1985
On a Slow Boat to China Ross Mitchell His Band & Singers 1985 Unverified
1986
On a Slow Boat to China Raymond Conde With His Golden Colleagues 1988 Unverified
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1990
May 1993
May 1993
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1995 Medley
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1998 Released more than 10 years after its recording
July 27, 1999 Live
September 14, 1999
October 26, 1999
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1999
1999 Live
On a Slow Boat to China Laďa Kerndl 1999 Unverified
August 2000
August 2000
2000
July 2001
August 2001 Released more than 10 years after its recording
October 9, 2001
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2001
Slow Boat to China Frankie Randall And The Vincent Falcone Orchestra (Frankie Randall, Vinnie Falcone) 2001 Unverified
April 5, 2002
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2002
January 21, 2003
February 11, 2003
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2003
May 11, 2004
2004 Live
Medley
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2004
On a Slow Boat to China Patti Casey 2004 Unverified
August 10, 2005
2005 Medley
March 6, 2006
May 2006
October 12, 2006
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June 2, 2007
December 21, 2007
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October 2009
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2010
March 1, 2011
May 2011
October 17, 2011
December 2011
2011
August 2012
November 29, 2012
2012
March 2013
May 28, 2013
October 23, 2013
November 15, 2013 Live
2013
On a Slow Boat to China New Orleans Sunshine Orchestra 2013 Unverified
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2014
May 5, 2015
July 2015
September 16, 2016
2016
November 30, 2017
June 27, 2018
Slow Boat to China Washington Whirligig August 2018 Unverified

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i On a Slow Boat to China Hideo Shiraki Quintet (Hideo Shiraki) 1959 Unverified
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i On a Slow Boat to China Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians 1961 Unverified
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i 1966 Released more than 10 years after its recording
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i 1968 Medley
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i Slow Boat to China Robin Kenyatta 1975 Unverified
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i Slow Boat to China Warm Strings (Stan Butcher) 1976 Unverified
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i If I Were A Bell - Slow Boat to China Shoji Aketagawa 1981 Unverified
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i August 1991 Medley
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i Slow Boat to China The Original Camellia Jazz Band 1995 Unverified
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i On a Slow Boat to China Ray Ward Trio 1997 Unverified
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i March 23, 1999
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i October 8, 2003
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i On a Slow Boat to China Rollanda Lee & the Canadian Hot Stars Jazz Band 2008 Unverified
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i August 9, 2011
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i On a Slow Boat to China Markus Schlesag 2012 Unverified
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i April 8, 2017
i 2017 Live
i On the Slow Boat to China Jean-Pierre Derouard 2018 Unverified
i On a Slow Boat to China Pete Smyser & Ted Lis (Pete Smyser) January 2, 2019 Unverified
i April 2019
i October 2019
i 2019
i Slow Boat to China The Lex Jasper Trio (Lex Jasper) 2019 Unverified
i On a Slow Boat to China Jack Brandfield with Randy Napoleon & Rodney Whitaker April 3, 2021 Unverified
i May 20, 2022
i On a Slow Boat to China Simona Premazzi February 17, 2023 Unverified