Well, Did You Evah!

"Well, Did You Evah!" is a song written by Cole Porter for his 1939 musical DuBarry Was a Lady, where it was introduced by Betty Grable and Charles Walters.^[1]

It was later performed by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra in the 1956 film High Society,^[2] which today is probably the most famous version of the song.^[3]

It appears in the film At Long Last Love (1975), where it was performed by Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn and Duilio Del Prete, and is also in De-Lovely (2004), a musical biopic that features Kevin Kline as Cole Porter.

Notable recordings

Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra - High Society (1956)^[3]
Deborah Harry and Iggy Pop recorded the song in 1990 for Red Hot + Blue, a compilation album released as part of a HIV/AIDS benefit project. Released as a single in the UK in 1991, but not the US. The single reached No. 42 in the UK Singles Chart,^[4] and No. 29 in the Irish chart.
Robbie Williams and Jon Lovitz - Swing When You're Winning (2001)

In popular culture

Coleen Nolan and Jason Donovan parodied the song for a commercial for supermarket chain Iceland in the run-up to Christmas 2009.

References

↑ "Du Barry Was a Lady". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
↑ Corliss, Richard (2001-05-17). "The Book on Bing Crosby". TIME. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 22 - Smack Dab in the Middle on Route 66: A skinny dip in the easy listening mainstream. [Part 1]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. Track 3.
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 245. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

Iggy Pop

Studio albums

Solo	The Idiot Lust for Life New Values Soldier Party Zombie Birdhouse Blah-Blah-Blah Instinct Brick by Brick American Caesar Naughty Little Doggie Avenue B Beat 'Em Up Skull Ring Préliminaires Après

with James Williamson	Kill City

Live albums

TV Eye Live 1977
Berlin 91
Roadkill Rising: The Bootleg Collection 1977–2009

Compilation albums

Singles

Other songs

Bing Crosby

Studio albums	Christmas Music (1938) Song Hits from Holiday Inn (1942) Merry Christmas (1945) Selections from Going My Way (1945) What We So Proudly Hail (1946) Blue Skies (1946) Auld Lang Syne (1948) Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris Some Fine Old Chestnuts Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas (1954) Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954) High Society (w/ Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong) (1956) Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956) Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956) Bing with a Beat (1957) New Tricks (1957) Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1958) How the West Was Won (1959) Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong) (1960) America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964) ` 12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964) That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1965) Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie) (1972) A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire) (1975) Seasons (1977) Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)

Singles	"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman et al.) "Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman) "Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman et al.) "Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman) "Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman et al.) "Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers) "Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington et al.) "I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim) "Just a Gigolo" "At Your Command" "Stardust" "Goodnight, Sweetheart" "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song) "Waltzing in a Dream" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "Temptation" "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" "June in January" "Love Is Just Around the Corner" "I Wished on the Moon" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Pennies from Heaven" "Sweet Leilani" "Blue Hawaii" "My Reverie" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "God Bless America" "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Only Forever" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" "White Christmas" "Moonlight Becomes You" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" "Pistol Packin' Mama" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Jingle Bells" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "I Love You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "Swinging on a Star" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Amor" "Don't Fence Me In" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "You Belong to My Heart" "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (w/ Les Paul Trio) "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "The Bells of St. Mary's" "McNamara's Band" "Get Your Kicks On Route 66" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Night and Day" "Easter Parade" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Ballerina" "Now Is the Hour" "But Beautiful" "Careless Hands" "Riders in the Sky" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Mule Train" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Play a Simple Melody" (w/ Gary Crosby) "La Vie en rose" "All My Love" "Beyond the Reef" "Harbor Lights" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "A Marshmallow World" "Sparrow in the Treetop" (w/ Andrews Sisters) "Gone Fishin'" (w/ Louis Armstrong) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (w/ Jane Wyman) "The Isle of Innisfree" "Zing a Little Zong" (w/ Jane Wyman) "Silver Bells" (w/ Carol Richards) "Down by the Riverside" (w/ Gary Crosby) "Young at Heart" "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" "Stranger in Paradise" "In a Little Spanish Town" (w/ Buddy Cole Trio) "True Love" (w/ Grace Kelly) "Well, Did You Evah!" (w/ Frank Sinatra) "Now You Has Jazz" (w/ Louis Armstrong) "Adeste Fideles" "That's What Life Is All About" "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (w/ David Bowie)

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