Putting on the Ritz

~ Recording by Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Puttin' On the Ritz3:07Kenny Ball & His JazzmenMidnight in MoscowKenny Ball & His JazzmenAlbum
Kapp RecordsKS-3276
1.12Puttin’ on the Ritz3:10Kenny Ball & His JazzmenThe Pye Jazz AnthologyKenny Ball & His JazzmenAlbum + Compilation
Castle Music (subsidiary of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)CMDDD 138
2.10Puttin' on the Ritz3:09Kenny Ball & His JazzmenThe Pye Jazz AlbumsKenny Ball & His JazzmenAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003-11-04
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)
1.4Puttin' On the Ritz3:09Kenny Ball & His JazzmenGreatest Hits from The Roaring Twenties: The Sound of the Jazz AgeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2021-09-03
Dockland Music
1.15Putting on the Ritz3:10Kenny Ball & His JazzmenBack at the StartKenny Ball & His JazzmenAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

banjo:Paddy Lightfoot
bass:Vic Pitts
clarinet:Dave Jones (reeds, UK)
drums (drum set):Ron Bowden
piano:Ron Weatherburn
trombone:John Bennett (trombone)
trumpet:Kenny Ball
recording of:Puttin’ On the Ritz (cover)

Related works

Puttin’ On the Ritz

lyricist and composer:Irving Berlin (in 1929)
publisher:Berlin Irving Music Corp
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
later translated parody versions:Puttin’ on the Fritz
later translated versions:Rilluttele yö
לך לשפת הים
later versions:Puttin’ on the Ritz (alternative lyrics by Marcella Puppini)
part of:Idiot’s Delight (film)