East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)

Recorded versions

• "East of the Sun" was first recorded by Hal Kemp for Brunswick Records on Dec. 1, 1934, and has remained a jazz standard since the 1950s.
• Another of the first recordings was by Arthur Tracy on September 22, 1935 according to CD jacket of ASV Living Era Hits of '35, CD AJA 5185.
• Frank Sinatra recorded it in 1940 with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Album - Head On My Pillow Making - mars 1936.
• Sarah Vaughan recorded it in a 1949 Columbia session for the album Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi., and also her 1953 EP "Hot Jazz "
• Charlie Parker recorded it as early as 1952; it is featured on numerous albums, including two renditions on The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Date 1952.
• Benny Goodman recorded a memorable version with his sextet, also in 1952; this performance is included on Benny Goodman Sextet.
• Stan Getz recorded it in 1955, and it was featured as the first track on his seminal double album The West Coast Jazz.
• One of the most popular recordings was by Louis Armstrong, featured in his 1957 double-album I've Got the World on a String.
• The Four Freshmen recorded it on their album Four Freshmen and Five Saxes.
• Keely Smith recorded it in 1958 for her Capitol album, Politely with Billy May & His Orchestra.
• Lee Wiley recorded it for West of the Moon.
• Ella Fitzgerald included this on her 1959 Verve release Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers with the Frank De Vol Orchestra and Harry "Sweets" Edison on trumpet.
• Frank Sinatra recorded it on I Remember Tommy.
• Al Hirt released a version on his 1962 album, Trumpet and Strings.
• Cal Tjader recorded the song on his 1964 album, Breeze from the East.
• Ellis Marsalis Recorded the song in the Wynton Marsalis album of 1991, Standard Time Vol. 2.
• Tony Bennett recorded the song on his 1992 tribute to Sinatra Perfectly Frank.
• Betty Carter recorded the song on her 1996 album I'm Yours, You're Mine.
• Diana Krall recorded the song on her album When I Look in Your Eyes and again on Live in Paris.

• Guy Mitchell
• Billie Holiday,
• Tommy Dorsey,
• George Shearing
• Dakota Staton, Lester Young,
• Scott Hamilton,
• Stacey Kent
• Sonny and Perley,
• Alexis Cole,
• Rebecca Parris, and Joshua Redman.