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Is there a definitive version of Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies”?

As I understand it, the song was written by Berlin for a Rodgers and Hart show, and the star Belle Baker was the first to record it, but Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra have the most famous versions. Is there a simple definitive version, un-swung (a la Ella), without added frills (Frank’s bombastic horn section) or affected accents (Jim Reeves!)?

Well, I think you might’ve just answered your own question, as far Ias I know those two versions by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald are the definitive versions of Blue Skies.

Rodgers & Hart – “Where or When” from “Babes in Arms” – Brian d’Arcy James & Susan Egan