Looking for the definitive recording(s) of this classic 
Recommendations please!
I would offer up the version by John Coltrane from his âMy Favourite Thingsâ album on Atlantic.
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As above is good but I am torn in that there are a few I really like.
An instrumental version by Sonny Rollins is super but perhaps too much jazz improvisation for some tastes.
There is a Sammy Davis version I like.
Diana Krall sings a lovely soft and slow version on her Quiet nights album.
for the Diana Krall version⌠Thanks
Back to the source.
This features on Charlie Haydenâs Haunted Hearts cd.
Ella made a nice job of it.
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Sammy Davis JR. sings
Laurindo Almeida plays
The first time I heard this song(or at least paid attention to) was this version. Guess I got lucky.
Ella Fitzgeraldâs is the definitive version:
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611 versions according to Second Hand Songs. Although it seems like this is one of the songs where Ellaâs recording really triggered a rediscovery. (Only 5 recordings in the previous decade.)
One of those is my wife and brother in lawâs version 
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In âAmerican Popular Song,â Alec Wilder devotes two pages to it. Interestingly, Wilder compares it to Rodgers & Hartâs âIt Never Entered My Mindâ from the previous year. Both begin with repeated notes and both move back and forth between Major and Minor (but oddly not where the lyrics in the Porter song indicate).
Wilder recommends the recording by Jeri Southern. I listened on line. Nice, but I prefer Ella.
One of my CD treasures is Hoffmanâs DCC edition of the Ella/Porter songbook.
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Simply Red made a nice version of it, too.
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Chet Baker and Paul Bley do a very good version on their duet record â Dianeâ from 1985 on the Danish Steeplechase label.
Some may enjoy this one too (at 38.43). It is a digital recording but the original LP sounded better than the CD I heard.
