Oh, Lady Be Good!

~ Song

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lyricist:	Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:	George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)

publisher:	Chappell Music Ltd. George Gershwin Music Ira Gershwin Music WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/11474 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1131715 [info]

later parody versions:	Lady Be Good (French parody)
later translated versions:	Oh, dama, tem dó
part of:	American Splendor Lady, Be Good (full musical)
is the basis for:	7 Virtuoso Études: Oh, Lady Be Good
arrangements:	Oh, Lady Be Good (for piano solo)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1924-12-29	Oh Lady Be Good		Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	3:03
1924-12-29	Oh, Lady Be Good!		Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	?:??
1924-12-29	Oh, Lady, Be Good!		Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	3:03
1924-12-29	Oh! Lady Be Good		Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	3:03
1924-12-29	Oh! Lady, Be Good!		Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	3:01
1934-11-18	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Coleman Hawkins & Stanley Black	2:46
1934-12-27 – 1934-12-31	Oh Lady Be Good (matrix P 77163)		Django Reinhardt	2:56
1934-12-28	Lady Be Good (studio, 1934-12-28: Studio Ultraphone, Paris, France)		Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France avec Stéphane Grappelli	2:53
1934-12	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Django Reinhardt	2:52
1934-12	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Django Reinhardt	2:53
1934	Lady, Be Good		Django Reinhardt	2:53
1935	Oh, Lady Be Good		Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra	2:32
1936-03-16	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Red Norvo and His Swing Sextette	?:??
1936-03-16	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Red Norvo Sextet	3:04
1936-03-16	Oh! Lady Be Good	instrumental	Red Norvo and His Swing Sextette	3:05
1936-04-27	Oh Lady Be Good		Benny Goodman	3:01
1936-04-27	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	The Benny Goodman Trio	3:03
1936-04-27	Oh, Lady Be Good		The Benny Goodman Trio	3:00
1936-10-09	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Jones‐Smith Incorporated	3:08
1936-11-09	Lady Be Good (alt. take)		Jones‐Smith Incorporated	3:03
1936-11-09	Lady, Be Good		Jones‐Smith Incorporated	3:06
1936-11-09	Oh, Lady Be Good! (Mat. C 1660-1 - Vocalion 3459. CHICAGO, 9/10/1936)	instrumental	Jones‐Smith, Incorporated	3:08
1937-02-08	Oh! Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	4:42
1937-02-12	Oh! Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	3:16
1937-07-12	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Dicky Wells	2:56
1937-09-29	Oh, Lady Be Good (1937-09-29: Paris)	instrumental	Trio de Violons	3:17
1937-09-29	Oh! Lady Be Good (1937-09-29, mx. OLA 2147-1)		Eddie South & Stephane Grappelly	3:18
1937-11-26	Oh, Lady Be Good		Larry Clinton	3:21
1937	Lady Be Good	instrumental and live	Eddie South	3:20
1937	Lady, Be Good!		Jones‐Smith Incorporated	3:11
1938-05-03	Oh, Lady Be Good		Slim Gaillard	2:42
1938-05-03	Oh! Lady Be Good		Slim & Slam	2:43
1938-05-17	Oh, Lady Be Good		Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	2:36
1938-05-17	Oh, Lady Be Good alt take		Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	2:34
1938-06-03	Oh, Lady Be Good	cover, instrumental and live	Kansas City Five	3:23
1938-07-09	Oh, Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	3:34
1938-07-09	Oh! Lady Be Good	live	Count Basie	3:21
1938-07-23	Oh, Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	2:59
1938-07-23	Oh! Lady Be Good	live	Count Basie	3:07
1938-08-09	Oh, Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	2:52
1938-11-15	Oh, Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	?:??
1938-12-09	Oh! Lady Be Good		Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra	3:00
1939-02-02	Oh, Lady Be Good		Count Basie	3:07
1939-02-04	Lady Be Good (New York, 1939-02-04)		Count Basie	3:11
1939-02-04	Oh Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	3:09
1939-02-04	Oh, Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	3:10
1939-02-04	Oh, Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	?:??
1939-02-04	Oh, Lady Be Good		Count Basie & His Orchestra	3:15
1939-02-04	Oh! Lady Be Good (1939-02-04, mx. 64985-A)	instrumental	Count Basie and His Orchestra	3:11
1939-02-04	Oh! Lady Be Good		Count Basie	3:10
1939-02-04	Oh! Lady, Be Good	instrumental	Count Basie and His Orchestra	3:07
1939-08-27	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Artie Shaw	3:07
1939-12-24	Oh, Lady Be Good	live	Earl Warren, Jack Washington, Arthur Bernstein, Jo Jones, Charlie Christian, Freddie Green, Albert Ammons, Count Basie, Meade Lux Lewis, Buddy Tate, Lester Young, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Dickie Wells, Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison & Shad Collins	10:21
1939-12-24	Oh, Lady Be Good		Charlie Christian	9:35
1939 – 1940	Oh! Lady Be Good	instrumental	Teddy Wilson	2:38
1940-02-09	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Joe Sullivan & His Cafe Society Orchestra	2:36
1940-03	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra	2:30
1940-11-30	Oh Lady Be Good	instrumental	Jay McShann	2:57
1940-11-30	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Charlie Parker with Jay McShann & His Orchestra	2:56
1940-11-30	Oh, Lady Be Good!	cover, instrumental and live	Charlie Parker	3:00
1940-12-02	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Charlie Parker	2:56
1940-12-02	Oh! Lady Be Good	instrumental	Jay McShann Octet	2:58
1940-12-03	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Jay McShann & His Orchestra	3:00
1940-12-09	Oh, Lady Be Good		Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra	2:54
1940-12-09	Oh, Lady Be Good		Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra	3:01
1940-12-09	Oh, Lady Be Good (alt tk)		Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra	2:54
1940-12-09	Oh! Lady Be Good	instrumental	Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra	3:00
1940-12-09	Oh! Lady Be Good	instrumental	Teddy Wilson	2:58
1941-02-25	Lady Be Good	cover and instrumental	String Swing	2:39
1941-03-12	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Eddie South	3:15
1941-07-17	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Jimmie Noone Quartet	3:28
1941-09-06	Lady Be Good	instrumental and live	Art Tatum	4:31
1941-09-16	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Art Tatum	4:35
1941-10-24	Lady Be Good (1941-10-24, mx. 068115-2)	instrumental	Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers	2:32
1941-10-24	Lady Be Good (1941-10-24, mx. 068115-1)	instrumental	Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers	2:27
1941-10-24	Oh! Lady Be Good	instrumental	Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers	2:27
1943-02	Oh, Lady Be Good (incomplete)	instrumental	Charlie Parker	1:17
1943-11-16	Lady Be Good (Incomplete)	partial	Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra	1:38
1944-04-22	Oh, Lady Be Good		Muggsy Spanier, Ernie Caceres, Pee Wee Russell, Dick Cary, Eddie Condon, Sid Weiss & Joe Grauso	3:25
1944-04-22	Oh, Lady Be Good - No.2	instrumental	Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtimers	3:15
1944-04-22	Oh, Lady Be Good - No.3	instrumental	Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtimers	3:16
1944-05-12	Lady Be Good (1944-05-12)	instrumental	The Boogie Woogie Trio	2:45
1944-05-24	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Joe Bushkin Sextet	3:27
1944-05-24	Oh, Lady Be Good No. 2	instrumental	Joe Bushkin Sextet	2:46
1944-05	Oh, Lady Be Good		Joe Bushkin and His Sextet & Bill Harris	3:40
1944-06-15	Oh! Lady Be Good	instrumental	Teddy Wilson Sextet	3:28
1944-07-30	Oh, Lady Be Good	live	Nat King Cole	3:04
1944-07-30	Oh, Lady Be Good!	live	Nat King Cole	3:04
1944-12-15	Lady Be Good		Mary Lou Williams and Her Orchestra	3:49
1944	Oh, Lady Be Good		Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtimers	3:30
1944	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental and live	Art Tatum with Les Paul Trio	3:24
1945-02-12	Oh, Lady, Be Good!	live	Joe Guy, Howard McGhee, Willie Smith, Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Ventura, Garland Finney, Ulysses Livingston, Red Callender & Gene Krupa	11:57
1945-05-17	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Bunk Johnson	3:08
1945-06-14	Oh, Lady Be Good		Eddie Condon	2:34
1945-06-14	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Eddie Condon and His Orchestra	2:33
1945-06-14	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	Eddie Condon and His Orchestra	2:33
1945-06-14	Oh, Lady Be Good (alt. tk -1)		Eddie Condon and His Orchestra	2:31
1945-09-25	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	1:48
1945-10-14	Lady Be Good	instrumental	Erroll Garner	2:15
1945	Oh, Lady Be Good	instrumental	James P. Johnson	?:??
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