Puttin' On The Ritz - Various Cover Versions

Various Cover Versions

This tune has enjoyed a number of revivals including:

• A hit swing music version by Benny Goodman in 1939
• An Ella Fitzgerald version, also in a swing music style.
• A song and dance routine by Clark Gable in 1939's Idiot's Delight (film)
• A song and dance number performed by Fred Astaire in the 1946 film Blue Skies using the revised lyrics.
• A humorous duet in Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein, performed in character by Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and Peter Boyle as the inarticulate monster, which parodies Fred Astaire's 1946 film version. This version would later be used in the 2007 musical adaptation of the same name.
• Alvin and the Chipmunks covered Taco's version of the song (see above) for "Don't Be a Videot," a 1984 episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
• Neil Diamond covered the song on his 1998 album, The Movie Album: As Time Goes By.
• A song by Shiny Toy Guns on the first version of their album We Are Pilots in 2005 called just "Ritz"
• A speed metal cover was performed by the Finnish band Leningrad Cowboys in 2006 on their album Zombies Paradise.
• The original song was also covered by Rufus Wainwright in 2007 on his album Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.
• The Taco version of the song was used in Baby Geniuses (1999)
• In Family Guy, the chorus of the song was sung by Stewie Griffin; in the episode Season 2, Episode 19: "The Story On Page One"
• The song is also used in the title music for the Game Boy Game Super Hunchback.
• The song is performed by Bertie Wooster (Hugh Laurie) in the 1990–1993 ITV Jeeves and Wooster TV series. The character at first struggles to sing the verses, until Jeeves (Stephen Fry) points out the song's peculiar time signature and syncopated delivery.