Guys and Dolls

In the musical Guys and Dolls, the character Sister Sarah sings a song. This role was originally performed by Isabel Bigley on Broadway, and the song is included on the original cast album. During a bet, Sky Masterson takes Sarah Brown to Havana for dinner and makes her drink alcohol. As Sarah becomes less reserved, she realizes she is in love with Sky, and he feels the same. She sings the song after their memorable dinner, but Sky refuses to take advantage of her being drunk. The song was also recorded by Lizbeth Webb, who first performed the role in the original London production in 1953 at the London Coliseum.

Miles Davis

The song became a popular jazz piece after Miles Davis included it on the 1958 Prestige album Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet. The group included tenor saxophone player John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. Miles Davis made the song his favorite piece, and it appears on many live recordings and collections in different versions. Many jazz musicians have performed the tune, and it remains a favorite in jam sessions.

The version by Miles Davis was also used in the final scene of the final episode of The Cosby Show, where Cliff rigged the doorbell outside to play the opening notes of the song. He and Clair then danced off the set to it, breaking the fourth wall.

Covers

• Petula Clark recorded it for her 1966 album My Love.
• Holly Cole recorded it for her first album, Blame it on my Youth (1991).
• Bing Crosby recorded the song with Patty Andrews on September 7, 1950. It appeared on the album Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from….
• Doris Day had a top-20 hit with her version recorded on September 28, 1950.
• Blossom Dearie recorded the song for her 1959 album Once Upon A Summertime. The recording included musicians Ed Thigpen, Ray Brown, and Mundell Lowe, who were part of a well-known Oscar Peterson rhythm section.
• Ella Fitzgerald recorded it for Ella Swings Lightly (1958).
• Red Garland recorded a version of the song outside of Miles Davis’s quintet for his album Red Garland's Piano (1957).
• Chelsea Krombach sings it on her first album, Profile (2004).
• Amel Larrieux covered the song on her 2007 jazz standards album, Lovely Standards.
• In 2002, guitarist Chuck Loeb covered the song on his album My Shining Hour.
• Dinah Shore covered the song on the 1963 Reprise album Musical Repertory Theatre of Guys and Dolls.
• Sarah Vaughan sang the song as a duet with Joe Williams, backed by the Count Basie Orchestra, on Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan.
• Dinah Washington covered it for her album In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956).
• Seth MacFarlane covered the song on his 2022 album Blue Skies.
• Gerald Clayton covered the song on his 2010 album Bond: The Paris Sessions.