Can’t We Be Friends?

~ Song

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lyricist:Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:Kay Swift
publisher:Warner Bros. Music Corp.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/44665 [info]
Wikidata:Q5028993 [info]
later parody versions:Can’t We Be Friends (Sinatra / Fitzgerald parody)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1929-09-06Can't We Be Friends?Red Nichols and His Five Pennies2:57
1929-09-06Can't We Be Friends?Dick Robertson, Red McKenzie & Red Nichols2:57
1929-09-06Can't We Be Friends?Red Nichols2:57
1929-09-27Can't We Be FriendsPaul Whiteman and His Orchestra, vocals Bing Crosby2:59
1929-09-27Can't We Be FriendsBing Crosby3:07
1929-09-27Can't We Be FriendsBing Crosby2:59
1929-09-27Can’t We Be Friends?Bing Crosby?:??
1929-09-27Can’t We Be Friends?Bing Crosby3:04
1929-09-27Can’t We Be Friends?Bing Crosby with Roy Bargy, Eddie Lang & Matty Malneck2:59
1929-11Can't We Be FriendsLibby Holman4:03
1934Can't We Be FriendsGlen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra2:40
1935-06-06Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalBenny Goodman & The Rhythm Makers3:14
1937-07-06Can’t We Be Friends?Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:00
1937-09-23Can’t We Be FriendsWoody Herman and His Orchestra2:23
1938-08Can't We Be Friendsinstrumental and liveArt Tatum2:23
1940-07-09Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalJohn Kirby and His Orchestra2:51
1942-01-02Can't We Be FriendsMuggsy Spanier & His Orchestra3:13
1942-12-12Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalGeorge Shearing2:44
1943-12Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalJohn Kirby and His Orchestra2:41
1947-11-20Can’t We Be FriendsMildred Bailey3:08
1950-05-08Can’t We Be Friends?instrumentalHerman Chittison3:13
1950-06-28Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalJess Stacy and His Trio2:28
1951-01-31Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalSonny Stitt2:41
1952Can't We Be FriendsliveArt Tatum0:34
1953-09Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalThe Red Norvo Trio3:24
1953-12-28Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalArt Tatum3:47
1954-09-22Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalJoe Harriott with The Tony Kinsey Trio?:??
1954-10-29Ballad Medley (I'm Through With Love, Can't We Be Friends, Don't You Think, I Don't Know Why (I Just Do), If I Had To)instrumental and medleyRoy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie11:19
1954-10-29The Ballad Medley: I’m Through With Love / Can’t We Be Friends / Don’t You Think / I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do / If I Had Youinstrumental and medleyRoy and Diz11:18
1955-02-08Can’t We Be Friends (original studio mix)coverFrank Sinatra2:48
1955-05-13Can't We Be FriendsBetty Carter & Ray Bryant2:29
1955-05-13Can’t We Be FriendsBetty Carter with Ray Bryant2:25
1955-05Can't We Be FriendsBetty Carter2:25
1955-09Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalHal McKusick Octet2:35
1956-04-23Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalGene Ammons12:55
1956-08-16Can’t We Be Friends?coverElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong3:47
1956-08-18Can’t We Be FriendscoverElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong3:50
1957-02-03The Mysterious Punch-Up-The-Conker: Can't We Be Friends?cover and liveMax Geldray2:29
1957-10-11Can’t We Be FriendsinstrumentalRussell Garcia and Strings with Roy Eldridge2:40
1958-05-28 – 1958-06-02Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalJohn Mehegan6:25
1958-12-07Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalSonny Clark4:20
1958-12-07Can’t We Be FriendsinstrumentalSonny Clark4:19
1959-12-30Can’t We Be Friends?Count Basie & His Orchestra5:25
1960-09-09Can't We Be Friends?coverThe Mose Allison Trio4:25
1960-12-20Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalBuck Clayton & Buddy Tate4:04
1961-10-12Can't We Be FriendsRita Reys & Pim Jacobs Trio feat. Kenny Clarke3:31
1963-11-15Can’t We Be FriendsinstrumentalThe Pete Jolly Trio and Friends6:24
1968-02Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalRalph Sutton, Ruby Braff, Milt Hinton, Mousey Alexander4:11
1976-04-17Can't We Be Friendsinstrumental and liveRalph Sutton4:49
1976-04-17Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalRalph Sutton4:42
1978-11-30 – 1978-12-06Can't We Be Friends?coverCarol Sloane?:??
1978-12Can't We Be FriendsCarol Sloane3:50
1984Can’t We Be FriendscoverLinda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra2:28
1987-11Can't We Be FriendsliveGeorge Shearing3:08
1993-05Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalRob McConnell / Ed Bickert / Neil Swainson8:30
1993-06-09 – 1993-06-10Can’t We Be FriendsKarrin Allyson3:28
1997-05Can’t We Be FriendsCarol Sloane & Clark Terry4:32
1999-03-25Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalRuby Braff5:04
2003-04-15 – 2003-04-17Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalRob McConnell Tentet5:19
2005-06Can't We Be Friends?John Pizzarelli3:57
2005-09Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalRoni Ben-Hur4:24
2006-09 – 2006-10Can’t We Be Friends?coverThomas Quasthoff2:43
2013-09-11 – 2013-09-13Can't We Be FriendsLyambiko2:59
2015-12-22Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalHouston Person & Ron Carter4:13
2019-07Can't We Be Friends?coverChris Hopkins Meets The Jazz Kangaroos6:06
Can't We Be FriendsSusie Arioli3:09
Can't We Be FriendsChick Corea & Gary Burton7:24
Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalRay Conniff, Billy Butterfield?:??
Can't We Be FriendsGlen Gray2:42
Can't We Be FriendsGene Ammons12:50
Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalLester Young3:10
Can't We Be FriendsThe Ralph Sutton Quartet Featuring Ruby Braff, Milt Hinton, Mousie Alexander4:16
Can't We Be FriendsRoy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie?:??
Can't We Be FriendsBenny Goodman and His Orchestra3:01
Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalArt Tatum3:47
Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalArt Tatum2:34
Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalArt Tatum2:18
Can't We Be FriendsRoswell Rudd, Fay Victor, Lafayette Harris, Ken Filiano?:??
Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalJoe Temperley3:37
Can't We Be FriendsLouis Armstrong3:47
Can't We Be FriendsIlse Huizinga3:29
Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalJoe Albany3:36
Can't We Be FriendsFrank Sinatra2:47
Can't We Be FriendsinstrumentalGeorge Shearing & Don Thompson2:25
Can't We Be FriendscoverCatherine Russell2:44
Can't We Be FriendscoverJamie Cullum3:35
Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalCharlie Shavers2:45
Can't We Be Friends?Frank Sinatra2:47
Can't We Be Friends?Bob Crosby's Bobcats feat. Matty Matlock2:54
Can't We Be Friends?Frank Sinatra2:47
Can't We Be Friends?Jake Hanna and his After Hours Gang5:40
Can't We Be Friends?coverToni Harper3:30
Can't We Be Friends?Benny Goodman2:59
Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalBennie Green5:35
Can't We Be Friends?coverJamie Cullum6:05
Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalArt Tatum2:29
Can't We Be Friends?Jane Powell4:34
Can't We Be Friends?Anita O’Day2:16
Can't We Be Friends?instrumentalBuster Bailey2:38
Can’t We Be FriendscoverElla Fitzgerald?:??
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