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The Best Things in Life Are Free

Song
Good News

Creators (3)

Composer

  1. Ray Henderson

Lyricist

  1. Buddy DeSylva
  2. Lew Brown

Publisher

  1. Chappell & Co.

Related Works (2)

Part Of

  1. Good News

Later Versions

  1. Det skönaste som livet gav translated

Recordings (48)

  1. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:31 by The Ink Spots (1948)
  2. The Best Things in Life Are Free ?:?? live, instrumental by Sydney Lipton and His Orchestra (1959)
  3. The Best Things in Life Are Free 4:03 instrumental, cover by The Piano of Roland Hanna (1960) stereo
  4. The Best Things in Life Are Free 4:03 instrumental by The Piano Of Roland Hanna (1960) mono
  5. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:18 instrumental by Blue Mitchell (1961)
  6. The Best Things in Life Are Free 5:20 instrumental, cover by Hank Mobley (1961)
  7. The Best Things in Life Are Free 1:30 cover by Sam Cooke (01 Oct 1964)
  8. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:18 by Mario Lanza (1964) radio broadcast 1951-52
  9. Medley:: Second Hand Rose / Give Me the Simple Life / I Got Plenty of Nothin’ / Brother Can You Spare a Dime? / Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out / Second Hand Rose / The Best Things in Life Are Free ?:?? medley by Barbra Streisand (Oct 1965) mono
  10. Medley: Second Hand Rose / Give Me the Simple Life / I Got Plenty of Nothin’ / Brother Can You Spare a Dime? / Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out / Second Hand Rose / The Best Things in Life Are Free 5:43 medley by Barbra Streisand (Oct 1965) stereo
  11. The Best Things in Life Are Free 6:00 live, instrumental by Lou Donaldson (1967)
  12. The Best Things in Life Are Free 1:57 instrumental, cover by Ove Linds sextett (1977)
  13. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:11 cover by The Norman Luboff Choir (1985)
  14. The Best Things in Life Are Free 1:33 by Frank Sinatra (1987)
  15. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:25 by Les Paul & Mary Ford (1988)
  16. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:22 by Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (1990) 1935-12-23
  17. Second Hand Rose (Barbra’s mother) / Act II medley from My Name Is Barbra: Second Hand Rose / Give Me the Simple Life / Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home / Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down and Out) / Second Hand Rose / The Best Things in Life Are Free 4:28 partial, medley by Barbra Streisand (24 Sep 1991)
  18. The Best Things in Life Are Free 7:34 cover by The Gene Harris Quartet (27 Oct 1991)
  19. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:25 cover by Jo Stafford (1991)
  20. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:54 by Scatman Crothers (1991) unverified source
  21. The Best Things in Life Are Free 5:19 instrumental, cover by Mike Jones (1993)
  22. Hooked on the Roaring ’20s Medley 6:32 medley, instrumental by Larry Elgart & His Manhattan Swing Orchestra (01 Jul 1994)
  23. The Best Things in Life Are 2:11 cover by Lena Horne (1994)
  24. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:08 cover by Palast Orchester with its singer Max Raabe (1996)
  25. The Best Things in Life Are Free 1:35 by Kay Starr (1997)
  26. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:27 instrumental by Erroll Garner (1997)
  27. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:35 by Gordon MacRae (30 Jun 1998)
  28. Overture / The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:56 by Gordon MacRae (30 Jun 1998)
  29. The Best Things in Life Are Free 5:01 instrumental by The Three Sounds (1998)
  30. The Best Things in Life Are Free 4:56 by Morgana King (28 Apr 2000)
  31. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:19 by Jack Hylton & His Orchestra (2000)
  32. The Best Things in Life Are Free 5:00 by Jesse van Ruller (02 Apr 2002)
  33. Medley 15: Happy Days Are Here Again / The Best Things In Life Are Free / Bye Bye Blues / Whispering 3:19 medley by David Lobban (2003)
  34. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:08 by Woody Herman’s Second Herd (2003)
  35. The Best Things in Life Are Free 1:31 live, cover by Sam Cooke (2003)
  36. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:55 by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (2005)
  37. The Best Things In Life Are Free 2:30 by Les Paul & Mary Ford (17 Aug 2007)
  38. The Best Thing in Life Are Free 1:47 cover by Frankie Randall (2007)
  39. Medley: The Best of Times / The Best Things in Life Are Free / Bei Mir Bist Du Schon 4:53 medley, instrumental by Robert Wolfe (2009)
  40. Best Things in Life Are Free 2:57 by Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson (2010)
  41. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:23 by Jack Hylton and His Orchestra (2011)
  42. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:57 by Melbourne Ska Orchestra (13 Nov 2012)
  43. The Best Things in Life Are Free ?:?? instrumental by Markus Schlesag (2012)
  44. The Best Things In Life Are Free 8:55 live, instrumental by The Red Garland Trio (20 Dec 2014)
  45. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:25 cover by Wawau Adler (20 Mar 2020)
  46. The Best Things in Life Are Free 3:13 instrumental, cover by Leslie Rossiter Band (03 Aug 2020)
  47. The Best Things in Life Are Free (live on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 2, 1969) 2:04 live, cover by The Temptations (10 Oct 2020)
  48. The Best Things in Life Are Free 2:10 cover by Lena Horne ()

Links (2)

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18209892

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/work/129296