Song

The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)

First released 1950English63 recordingson 113 releasesISWC T-070.011.025-3

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Written by

Irving BerlinComposer Irving BerlinLyricist

Recordings

Performance	By
I Got Lost in His Arms / The Best Thing for You	Margaret Whiting	5:58
The Best Thing for You	Walter Norris	6:13
The Best Thing for You Would Be Me	Rosemary Clooney	4:26
The Best Thing for You	Diana Krall	2:37
The Best Thing for You	Ahmad Jamal	4:44
The Best Thing for You	Margie Gibson	2:48
The Best Thing for You	The Stan Getz Quartet	2:44
The Best Thing for You	Chet Baker	4:17
The Best Thing for You Is Me	Wesla Whitfield	3:04
The Best Thing For You	Roy Haynes	3:48
The Best Thing for You	Gary Thomas	7:59
The Best Thing for You Is Me	Dick Hyman	5:39
The Best Thing for You Is Me	Chet Baker Quartet feat. Phil Markowitz	9:44
The Best Thing for You	Bud Powell	4:57
The Best Thing for You	Bob Thompson, His Chorus and Orchestra	2:28
The Best Thing for You	June Christy	2:15
The Best Thing for You	Doris Day	3:19
The Best Thing for You (breakdown)	Bud Powell	1:29
The Best Thing for You	Bud Powell	2:43
The Best Thing For You	Billy Drummond	7:35
The Best Thing for You	Bill Charlap	4:18
The Best Thing for You	Irving Berlin
The Best Thing for You	Stan Tracey	1:53
The Best Thing for You Is Me	The Art Farmer Quartet	4:14
The Best Thing for You	Mark Murphy	4:42
The Best Thing for You	Dave Lambert	2:16
The Best Thing for You Would Be Me	Nat King Cole	2:00
The Best Thing for You	Ahmad Jamal	4:37
The Best Thing for You	Sheila Jordan / Mark Murphy	4:41
The Best Thing for You	Stan Getz Quartet	2:44
The Best Thing for You	Chet Baker	8:12
The Best Thing for You	Joanie Sommers	1:57
The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)	John Proulx	5:57
The Best Thing for You	Ahmad Jamal	4:46
The Best Thing for You	Stan Getz Quartet	2:43
The Best Thing for You	TOKU	4:38
The Best Thing for You	Ken Peplowski	4:32
The Best Things for You Is Me	Benny Golson	2:46
The Best Thing for You	Gary Williams	1:47
The Best Thing for You Is Me	Ryan Kisor	5:09
The Best Thing for You	Charles Lloyd	5:18
The Best Thing for You (5.1 mix)	Diana Krall	2:37
The Best Thing for You	Dakota Staton	1:45
The Best Thing for You	Joanie Sommers	1:40
The Best Thing for You Would Be Me	Nat King Cole	1:58
The Best Thing for You	Bud Powell Trio	5:17
The Best Thing for You Is Me	Bud Powell Trio	4:57
The Best Thing for You Is Me	Bud Powell Trio	5:00
The Best Thing for You	Jonny Abeles	3:32
The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)	Cécile McLorin Salvant	7:13
The Best Thing for You	Randy Sandke	5:16
The Best Thing for You	Stan Getz feat. Horace Silver	2:46
The Best Thing for You	Ahmad Jamal	4:03
The Best Thing for You	Peter Beets	6:16
The Best Thing for You	Nat King Cole	2:01
The Best Thing for You	June Christy	2:17
The Best Thing for You Is Me	Benny Golson	2:49
The Best Thing for You	Stan Getz	2:42
The Best Thing For You	The Red Norvo Trio	2:51
The Best Thing For You	Alfredo Ferrario, Paolo Birro	3:19
The Best Thing for You	Dakota Staton
The Best Thing for You Is Me	Thomas Fonnesbæk Trio	6:27
The Best Thing for You	Paul & Sheila Smith	2:50