Coquette (song)

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"Coquette" is a 1928 fox trot jazz standard. It was composed by Johnny Green and Carmen Lombardo, with lyrics by Gus Kahn.^[1] Guy Lombardo had great success with the song in 1928.^[2]

Film appearance

Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians (vocal Carmen Lombardo) recorded on March 21, 1928, and released on Columbia 1345-D.^[3]
Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra (recorded on March 2, 1928, and released on Victor 21301.^[4]
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra recorded on March 14, 1928 and released on Okeh 41007^[5]
Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees - recorded February 7, 1929 and released on Victor 21880.
The Ink Spots - recorded August 17, 1939 and released on Decca 3077.^[6]
Louis Armstrong - recorded April 17, 1942 and released on Decca 4327.^[7]
Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grappelli (1946)
Frankie Laine (1947)
Billy Eckstine recorded for MGM Records in 1953 and released on MGM 11439.^[8] This version briefly reached the Billboard charts at No. 26.^[9]
The Hi-Lo's included in the Rosemary Clooney album Ring Around Rosie (1957)
Johnnie Ray for his live album Johnnie Ray In Las Vegas (1957)^[10]
Fats Domino 1958 (Imperial Records X 5553), as the B-side to Whole Lotta Lovin', and on the 1961 What A Party! album (Imperial Records LP 9164)
Russell Garcia & his Orchestra (on his 1958 album The Johnny Evergreens),^[11] starring Ted Nash on alto, flute, piccolo, tenor.
Dinah Washington for her album Dinah '62 (1962)^[12]
Nat King Cole included in the album L-O-V-E (1965)
Bing Crosby on the 1965 album Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love
Paul McCartney included in the album Run Devil Run (1999)

^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 276. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

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