| recordings |
|---|
| 1951-01-23 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Stan Getz feat. Horace Silver | 2:46 |
| 1951-01-23 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Stan Getz Quartet | 2:44 |
| 1951-03-01 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Stan Getz | 2:42 |
| 1955-01-12 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Bud Powell | 2:43 |
| 1955-01-12 | The Best Thing for You (breakdown) | instrumental and partial | Bud Powell | 1:29 |
| 1957-01 | The Best Thing for You | | June Christy | 2:17 |
| 1959-06-29 | The Best Thing for You | | Bob Thompson, His Chorus and Orchestra | 2:28 |
| 1960-09 | The Best Thing for You Is Me | | The Art Farmer Quartet | 4:14 |
| 1960-12-13 | The Best Thing for You Is Me | instrumental | Benny Golson | 2:49 |
| 1961 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental and live | Ahmad Jamal | 4:37 |
| 1962 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Bud Powell Trio | 5:17 |
| 1962 | The Best Thing for You Is Me | instrumental | Bud Powell Trio | 5:00 |
| 1962 | The Best Thing for You Is Me | instrumental | Bud Powell Trio | 4:57 |
| 1964-05-08 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Charles Lloyd | 5:18 |
| 1977 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Chet Baker | 4:17 |
| 1978-11-30 | The Best Thing for You Is Me | instrumental and live | Chet Baker Quartet feat. Phil Markowitz | 9:44 |
| 1978-12-29 | The Best Thing for You | | Chet Baker | 8:12 |
| 1990 | I Got Lost in His Arms / The Best Thing for You | cover and medley | Margaret Whiting | 5:58 |
| 1992-05 | The Best Thing for You | | Gary Thomas | 7:59 |
| 1995-12-15 | The Best Thing For You | instrumental | Billy Drummond | 7:35 |
| 1997-12-22 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Bill Charlap | 4:18 |
| 1998-12-21 | The Best Thing for You Is Me | instrumental | Ryan Kisor | 5:09 |
| 2001-05-15 – 2001-05-17 | The Best Thing for You Is Me | | Wesla Whitfield | 3:04 |
| 2001-05-22 | The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Peter Beets | 6:16 |
| 2002-05 | The Best Thing For You | instrumental | Roy Haynes | 3:48 |
| The Best Thing for You | | Nat King Cole | 2:01 |
| The Best Thing for You | | Irving Berlin | ?:?? |
| The Best Thing for You | cover | Dave Lambert | 2:16 |
| The Best Thing for You | | Bud Powell | 4:57 |
| The Best Thing for You | cover | Diana Krall | 2:37 |
| The Best Thing for You | cover | TOKU | 4:38 |
| The Best Thing for You | cover | Gary Williams | 1:47 |
| The Best Thing for You | | Nat King Cole | 1:59 |
| The Best Thing for You | | Joanie Sommers | 1:57 |
| The Best Thing for You | | Joanie Sommers | 1:40 |
| The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Ahmad Jamal | 4:46 |
| The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Ahmad Jamal | 4:03 |
| The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Ahmad Jamal | 4:44 |
| The Best Thing for You | | Doris Day | 3:19 |
| The Best Thing for You | | Margie Gibson | 2:48 |
| The Best Thing for You | | June Christy | 2:15 |
| The Best Thing for You | cover | Dakota Staton | 1:45 |
| The Best Thing for You | instrumental | The Stan Getz Quartet | 2:44 |
| The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Ken Peplowski | 4:32 |
| The Best Thing for You | instrumental | Jonny Abeles | 3:32 |
| The Best Thing For You | | Alfredo Ferrario, Paolo Birro | 3:19 |
| The Best Thing for You (5.1 mix) | cover | Diana Krall | 2:37 |
| The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me) | | John Proulx | 5:57 |
| The Best Thing for You Is Me | | Dick Hyman | 5:39 |
| The Best Thing for You Would Be Me | | Nat King Cole | 2:00 |
| The Best Thing for You Would Be Me | | Nat King Cole | 1:58 |
| The Best Thing for You Would Be Me | | Rosemary Clooney | 4:26 |
| The Best Things for You Is Me | instrumental | Benny Golson | 2:46 |
