I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket

"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Astaire had a huge hit with the song in 1936 and other popular versions that year were by Jan Garber (vocal by Fritz Heilbron) and by Guy Lombardo (vocal by Carmen Lombardo).^[1]

Other notable recordings

• Boswell Sisters - recorded for Decca Records (catalog No.709A) on February 12, 1936.^[2]
• Louis Armstrong - recorded for Decca Records (catalog No.698A) on February 4, 1936.^[3]
• Zarah Leander - Swedish version titled "Du ä' så väldigt lik en ja' känner" (1936)
• Bing Crosby - recorded the song for his film Blue Skies in 1945 but it was cut from the film.
• Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - in 1945 but not released until Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 6 (1987)^[4]
• Fred Astaire - for his album The Astaire Story (1953)^[5]
• Carmen McRae - Blue Moon (1956)^[6]
• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis Again (1957)^[7]
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)^[8]
• Diane Schuur and B.B. King - Heart To Heart (1994)^[9]
• Stacey Kent - Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire (2000)^[10]
• Velody - "Faces" (2015)