Cover Versions
Ten years later, in 1944, Warner Bros. resurrected "Don't Fence Me In" for Roy Rogers to sing in the movie, Hollywood Canteen. Many people heard the song for the first time when Kate Smith introduced it on her radio broadcast of October 8, 1944. "Don't Fence Me In" was also recorded by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters in 1944. Crosby entered the studio on July 25, 1944, without having seen or heard the song. Within 30 minutes, he and The Andrews Sisters had made the recording, which later sold over a million copies and topped the Billboard charts for eight weeks in 1944–45.
Ella Fitzgerald recorded this on her Verve Cole Porter Songbook album, it was also released on her Verve release "Ella Fitzgerald Sings More Cole Porter."
Covers of the song were also made by the original "Singin' Cowboy" Gene Autry. Eddy Arnold included it on his release "A Dozen Hits". Willie Nelson recorded his cover with Leon Russell.
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