Anything Goes (1956)
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From What Album(s)?:
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
Disc Number:
1
Composer:
Cole Porter
Lyricist:
Cole Porter
Time:
3:21 From Wikipedia:
"Anything Goes" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for his musical Anything Goes (1934).
Notable recordings
- Frank Sinatra: Songs For Swingin' Lovers (1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956) and
the 1972 Atlantic release "Ella Loves Cole".
- Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan: Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi (1957)
- Tony Bennett (w/ Count Basie and his Orchestra): Basie Swings Bennett Sings (1958)
- Recorded as a top 1967 Billboard single hit by Harpers Bizarre, (#43 pop, #6 easy listening.), it became namesake for the group's album Anything Goes
In popular culture
- The song achieved a minor revival when it was used in the Monty Python's Flying Circus "Courtroom sketch". The Pythons also introduced a completely different song called "Anything Goes" by "the other Cole Porter". ("Anything goes in, anything goes out, fish, bananas, old pyjamas, mutton, beef and trout ...").
- In the opening scene of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) visits a Shanghai club where Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) sings "Anything Goes" in Mandarin. The first part of the Mandarin lyrics is:
- Yi wang si-i wa ye kan dao
- Xin li bian yao la jing bao jin tian zhi Dao
- Anything goes. [1]
