They performed the song on ABC's Thanksgiving special dedicated to, written, directed, produced and hosted by Gaga, entitled A Very Gaga Thanksgiving. Bennett praised Gaga's performance in the song, saying that she is a real "jazz lady". Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga recorded a version of this song for his 2011 album Duets II. Sinatra also recorded a new version titled "Maureen Is a Champ" for Ringo Starr's wife Maureen Starkey never commercially released, it was issued on the Beatles' Apple Records as Apple 1. Sinatra sang the song with new lyrics as "The Gentleman Is a Champ" at tribute events for Spiro Agnew and Orson Welles. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Greco (whose version updates the lyrics to include several 1950s pop-culture references), Bing Crosby and Pat Suzuki in the 1950s and Shirley Bassey in the 1960s, becoming a signature song for Sinatra. Joey Evans (Sinatra) sings the song to Vera Simpson (Hayworth) as he tries to entice the wealthy widow Simpson into financing Evans's dream of owning his own night club. The song was also used in the film version of Pal Joey starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. Her performance appeared in the film Words and Music, a fictionalized biography of the partnership of Rodgers and Hart.
Lena Horne recorded the song with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Orchestra on March 30, 1948. VersionsĮarly recordings from 1937 include one by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (featuring Edythe Wright on vocals), Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters, Sophie Tucker, and Bernie Cummins on the Vocalion records label (#3714). The song appears in the film version of Babes in Arms (1939) as an instrumental version only. This song is a spoof of New York high society and its strict etiquette (the first line of the verse is " I get too hungry for dinner at eight.") and phony social pretensions. " The Lady Is a Tramp" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms, in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green.