You'd Be So Easy to Love

"(You'd Be So) Easy to Love" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and cut from the original production of the musical Anything Goes in 1934. It was later added to the 1936 film Born to Dance, where it was introduced by Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, and Frances Langford under its alternate title, "Easy to Love". The song was only later added to the 1987 and 2011 revivals of Anything Goes under the complete title "You’d Be So Easy to Love".^[1]

Notable recordings

• Billie Holiday - Quintessential Billie Holiday: Vol. II (1936)
• Maxine Sullivan - Moments Like This (1939)
• Cannonball Adderley - Nippon Soul (1963)
• Josephine Baker - C'est si facile de vous aimer (1937)
• Harry Connick Jr. - Come by Me (1999)
• Doris Day - Hooray for Hollywood (1958)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
• Al Hirt - Trumpet and Strings (1962)^[2]
• Lem Winchester and Ramsey Lewis trio - A Tribute to Clifford Brown (1958)
• Shirley Bassey - The Fabulous Shirley Bassey (1959)
• Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook (1959)
• Stan Kenton - Mellophonium Moods (1962)
• Howard McGillin - Anything Goes 1987 revival cast recording. (1987)
• Susannah McCorkle - Easy to Love: The Songs of Cole Porter (1996), Most Requested Songs (2001)
• Linda Lawson - Introducing Linda Lawson (1960)
• Frank Sinatra - Ring-A-Ding-Ding (1961)
• Bill Evans - Conception (Studio recording of April 1962, issue 1981, reissue 2014)
• Lee Wiley - Hot House Rose (1996), Legendary Song Stylist (1999)
• Judy Garland - Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941). Cut from final film. Released on the album Collectors Gem.
• Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker with Strings (Studio recordings of July 1950)
• Johnny Mathis - Johnny Mathis (1956)
• Sammy Davis Jr. – Starring Sammy Davis Jr. (1955)

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