What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)

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lyricist and composer:Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:Harms, Inc.
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Ella-fitzgerald-what-is-this-thing-called-love-lyrics [info]
https://genius.com/The-nat-king-cole-trio-what-is-this-thing-called-love-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/40671 [info]
Wikidata:Q860211 [info]
referred to in medleys:Medley: Another Openin’, Another Show / From This Moment On / Where Oh Where / What Is This Thing Called Love? / I Love You (order: 4)
Medley 1: Brazil / You Are Too Beautiful / Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out) / Love Walked In / You Made Me Love You / Nothing Could Be Finer / Please Be Kind / Dancing With Tears in My Eyes / Maria / Try Little Tenderness / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / What Is This Thing Called Love / Did You Ever See a Deer Walking (order: 12)
part of:Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue) (number)
is the basis for:100 Proof

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1929-03What Is This Thing Called LoveLeslie "Hutch" Hutchinson2:56
1930-01-20What Is This Thing Called LoveLeo Reisman & Anita Boyer3:20
1930-01-21What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalJames P. Johnson3:10
1930-01-21What Is This Thing Called Love?James P. Johnson3:09
1930-01What Is This Thing Called LoveLibby Holman3:02
1938-09-27What Is This Thing Called LoveArtie Shaw and His Orchestra3:16
1938-09-27What Is This Thing Called LoveArtie Shaw and His Orchestra3:16
1938-09-27What Is This Thing Called Love?Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:12
1938-09-27What Is This Thing Called Love?Artie Shaw and His Orchestra?:??
1938-09-27What Is This Thing Called Love?Artie Shaw3:14
1941-10-24What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalSidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:32
1941-10-24What Is This Thing Called Love? (1941-10-24, mx. 068116-1)instrumentalSidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:31
1941-10-24What Is This Thing Called Love? (1941-10-24, mx. 068116-2)instrumentalSidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:33
1941-12-22What Is This Thing Called LoveTommy Dorsey2:53
1941-12-22What Is This Thing Called Love?Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra2:50
1941-12-22What Is This Thing Called Love?Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:50
1944-01-17What Is This Thing Called LoveThe Nat King Cole Trio2:56
1944-01-17What Is This Thing Called LoveThe Nat King Cole Trio2:59
1944-01-17What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalNat King Cole3:16
1944-01-17What Is This Thing Called Love? (1944-01-17: Los Angeles, CA, USA)King Cole Trio2:59
1944-01-17What Is This Thing Called Love?King Cole Trio2:59
1944-01-17What Is This Thing Called Love? (1944-01-17 recording)cover and instrumentalThe Nat King Cole Trio2:59
1944-01-21What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalJames P. Johnson3:10
1944What Is This Thing Called Love? (Beginning cut) (live, 1944, autumn: Timme Rosenkranz’s apartment, New York, NY, USA)instrumentalDon Byas11:16
1945-05-15What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalCorky Corcoran and his Orchestra2:59
1945-06-07What Is This Thing Called Love? (1945-06-07)instrumentalBarney Kessel’s All Stars2:50
1945-06-07What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalBarney Kessel’s Allstars2:47
1945-08-14What Is This Thing Called LoveBillie Holiday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra3:06
1945-08-14What Is This Thing Called Love?Billie Holiday3:06
1946-02-26What Is This Thing Called LoveGene Krupa and His Orchestra2:56
1946-04-24What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalThe Nat King Cole Trio3:42
1946-05-31What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalThe John Hardee Sextet?:??
1946-05-31What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalThe John Hardee Sextet3:12
1946-05What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalCharlie Ventura3:45
1946-05What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalCharlie Venturo Sextet3:47
1946-05 – 1946-06What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalLucky Thompson Quartet2:51
1946-06-06What Is This Thing Called LoveMel Tormé3:01
1946-06-07What Is This Thing Called LoveHarry James and His Orchestra2:36
1946-06-07What Is This Thing Called Love?Harry James and His Orchestra2:11
1946-06-19What Is This Thing Called LoveArtie Shaw and His Orchestra3:01
1947-04-11What Is This Thing Called LoveBuddy Rich and His Orchestra4:18
1947-07-06What is This Thing Called Love?instrumental and liveDexter Gordon15:37
1947-08-22What Is This Thing Called Loveinstrumental and liveLennie Tristano Allstars13:40
1947-09What Is This Thing Called LoveAnita O’Day2:41
1947-09What Is This Thing Called Love? (1947-09-xx, mx. SRC 564)Anita O’Day2:39
1947-11-14What Is This Thing Called Love? (1947-11-14, mx. 0SW 482-1)instrumentalDjango Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France avec Stéphane Grappelly2:10
1948-05-15What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalErroll Garner2:44
1948-09-25What is the Thing Called LoveTadd Dameron Trio2:44
1949-01-05What Is This Thing Called Love? (1949-01-05, mx. 0SW 562-1)Bill Coleman & his Orchestra2:25
1949-01-05What Is This Thing Called Love? (1949-01-05, mx. 0SW 562-1)instrumentalBill Coleman & his Orchestra2:25
1949-09-08What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalErroll Garner Trio3:00
1950-07What Is This Thing Called LoveThe Dave Brubeck Octet2:43
1950-08-17What Is This Thing Called Loveinstrumental and liveCharlie Parker with Strings2:48
1950-08-17What Is This Thing Called Loveinstrumental and liveCharlie Parker with Strings2:39
1950-08-22What Is This Thing Called Love, (version No. 1)instrumental and liveCharlie Parker2:42
1950-08-22What Is This Thing Called Love?cover and liveCharlie Parker2:45
1950-08-23What Is This Thing Called Love, (version No. 2)instrumental and liveCharlie Parker2:34
1950-08-28Hot House / What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumental, live and medleyCharlie Parker3:54
1950-08What Is This Thing Called Love No. 3liveCharlie Parker2:47
1950-09-16What Is This Thing Called Loveinstrumental and liveCharlie Parker2:51
1950-09-16What Is This Thing Called Loveinstrumental and liveCharlie Parker2:46
1950-09-16What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumental and liveCharlie Parker2:54
1950-09-17What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalCharlie Parker2:54
1950-09-17What Is This Thing Called Love (Late Saturday Night, Sunday September 17, 1950 - Featured With Jazz at the Philharmonic)instrumentalCharlie Parker with Strings2:54
1950-09-17What Is This Thing Called Love?cover and instrumentalCharlie Parker2:54
1951-04-07What Is This Thing Called Loveinstrumental and liveCharlie Parker1:59
1951-04What Is This Thing Called Love?cover and instrumentalStrings and Keys3:02
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalCharlie Parker Big Band?:??
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalCharlie Parker2:41
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called Love (Tuesday March 25, 1952)instrumentalCharlie Parker and His Orchestra2:36
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalCharlie Parker2:36
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalCharlie Parker2:39
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called Love? (alternate take 759-2)instrumentalCharlie Parker2:16
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called Love? (Incomplete 759-1)instrumentalCharlie Parker1:18
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called Love? (Incomplete 759-3)instrumentalCharlie Parker1:21
1952-03-25What Is This Thing Called Love? (New York, March 25, 1952)instrumentalCharlie Parker2:36
1952-06-17What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalNorman Granz15:54
1952-06What Is This Thing Called Love (First Half of June 1952)instrumentalNorman Granz' Jam Session15:51
1952-06What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalFlip Phillips3:19
1952-07What Is This Thing Called Lovecover and instrumentalCharlie Parker, Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges & Flip Philipp15:52
1952-07What Is This Thing Called Love? (Los Angeles, July, 1952)instrumentalCharlie Parker15:55
1952-07What Is This Thing Called Love? [Jam Session]instrumentalCharlie Parker15:53
1952-09-26What Is This Thing Called Love (I)instrumental and liveCharlie Parker2:26
1952-09-26What Is This Thing Called Love (II)instrumental and liveCharlie Parker2:23
1952-09-26What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumental and liveCharlie Parker, With His Quintet & Strings2:27
1952-11-12What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalOscar Peterson3:08
1952-11-30What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumental and liveJutta Hipp4:51
1952-12What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalOscar Peterson3:11
1952What Is This Thing Called LoveliveArt Tatum3:53
1952What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalThe Oscar Peterson Trio3:11
1954-04-27What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalRandy Weston & Sam Gill2:55
1954-08-14What Is This Thing Called LovecoverClifford Brown, Max Roach, Harold Land, Richie Powell, George Morrow, Herb Geller, Keter Betts, Junior Mance, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Dinah Washington15:07
1954-08-14What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalAll Star Live Jam Session14:55
1954-08-24What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalJay & Kai3:11
1954-08-24What Is This Thing Called Love?instrumentalKai Winding & J.J. Johnson3:15
1954-08-27What Is This Thing Called Loveinstrumental and liveCharlie Parker2:13
1954-12What Is This Thing Called LoveinstrumentalCharlie Mingus8:00
1955-02-09What Is This Thing Called LovePeggy Lee2:16
1955-02-16What Is This Thing Called Love? (recorded 1955-02-16)coverFrank Sinatra2:35
1955-05-13What Is This Thing Called LoveBetty Carter & Ray Bryant2:56
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