| recordings |
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| 1928-07-23 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Jack Hylton & His Orchestra | 3:19 |
| 1935-12-23 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra | 3:23 |
| 1947-06-05 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra | 2:55 |
| 1948 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Woody Herman’s Second Herd | 3:08 |
| 1959-09-25 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover and instrumental | The Piano of Roland Hanna | 4:03 |
| 1959-09-25 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental | The Piano Of Roland Hanna | 4:03 |
| 1961-03-26 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover and instrumental | Hank Mobley | 5:20 |
| 1961-03 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental | Blue Mitchell | 3:19 |
| 1962-06-27 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental | The Three Sounds | 5:02 |
| 1965-08 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental and live | Lou Donaldson | 6:00 |
| 1969-02-02 | The Best Things in Life Are Free (live on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 2, 1969) | cover and live | The Temptations | 2:04 |
| 1971-06-20 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental | The JPJ Quartet, Budd Johnson | 4:35 |
| 1977-09-19 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover and instrumental | Ove Linds sextett | 1:57 |
| 1977-12 | The Best Things In Life Are Free | instrumental and live | The Red Garland Trio | 8:55 |
| 1980-02-06 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental | Lou Donaldson, Red Garland Trio | 5:39 |
| 1991-06-29 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover | The Gene Harris Quartet | 7:34 |
| 2001 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Jesse van Ruller | 5:00 |
| Best Things in Life Are Free | | Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson | 2:57 |
| Hooked on the Roaring ’20s Medley | instrumental and medley | Larry Elgart & His Manhattan Swing Orchestra | 6:33 |
| Medley: Second Hand Rose / Give Me the Simple Life / I Got Plenty of Nothin’ / Brother Can You Spare a Dime? / Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out / Second Hand Rose / The Best Things in Life Are Free | medley | Barbra Streisand | 5:43 |
| Medley: The Best of Times / The Best Things in Life Are Free / Bei Mir Bist Du Schon | instrumental and medley | Robert Wolfe | 4:53 |
| Medley:: Second Hand Rose / Give Me the Simple Life / I Got Plenty of Nothin’ / Brother Can You Spare a Dime? / Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out / Second Hand Rose / The Best Things in Life Are Free | medley | Barbra Streisand | ?:?? |
| Overture / The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Gordon MacRae | 3:56 |
| Second Hand Rose (Barbra’s mother) / Act II medley from My Name Is Barbra: Second Hand Rose / Give Me the Simple Life / Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home / Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down and Out) / Second Hand Rose / The Best Things in Life Are Free | medley and partial | Barbra Streisand | 4:28 |
| The Best Thing in Life Are Free | cover | Frankie Randall | 1:47 |
| The Best Things in Life Are | cover | Lena Horne | 2:11 |
| The Best Things in Life are Free | instrumental | Robert Bentley Orchestra, Robert Bentley | 3:05 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental | Markus Schlesag | ?:?? |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover | Wawau Adler | 3:25 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | June Allyson & Peter Lawford | 2:57 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | The Ink Spots | 2:31 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | June Allyson & Peter Lawford | 3:18 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover and instrumental | Leslie Rossiter Band | 3:14 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover | Lena Horne | 2:10 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover and live | Sam Cooke | 1:32 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental and live | Sydney Lipton and His Orchestra | ?:?? |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover and instrumental | Mike Jones | 5:19 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover | The Norman Luboff Choir | 3:11 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Morgana King | 4:56 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Melbourne Ska Orchestra | 2:57 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Kay Starr | 1:36 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | instrumental | Erroll Garner | 3:28 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Mario Lanza | 2:18 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | June Allyson & Peter Lawford | ?:?? |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Frank Sinatra | 1:33 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Jack Hylton and His Orchestra | 3:23 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover | Teresa Brewer, The World’s Greatest Jazzband, Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart | 4:19 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Gordon MacRae | 2:36 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover | Sam Cooke | 1:31 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae | 2:25 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover | Palast Orchester with its singer Max Raabe | 3:08 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Scatman Crothers | 2:55 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | cover | Jo Stafford | 2:25 |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 2:25 |
| The Best Things In Life Are Free | | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 2:30 |
