"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" | |
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Song by Cab Calloway | |
Published | 1931Mills Music | by
Songwriter(s) | Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler |
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" is an American popular song published in 1931, [1] with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, and first recorded by Cab Calloway in 1931. It was introduced in the 1931 Cotton Club show Rhythmania [2] and is now a widely recorded standard.
Joel Whitburn identified the most successful early recordings as being by: [3]
Featured in the 2013 show After Midnight .
In 1991, George Harrison recorded a version of the song which was later included on his posthumous 2002 album Brainwashed.