<p>A page directly from The Great American Songbook, with three wildly different perspectives on culture and meaning. Irving Berlin's Puttin' On The Ritz, originally recorded by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra, covered by Taco, and by Neil Diamond. </p> <p>Outro music is Irving Berlin's Cheek to Cheek, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. </p>

A page directly from The Great American Songbook, with three wildly different perspectives on culture and meaning. Irving Berlin's Puttin' On The Ritz, originally recorded by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra, covered by Taco, and by Neil Diamond. Outro music is Irving Berlin's Cheek to Cheek, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

291 - Puttin' On The Ritz - The CoverUp

Amanda and Rich talk about cover songs. How do they relate to the originals? What's the definitive version of the song? The better version? What makes them interesting musically? Is it a karaoke version? Great but unknown? A horror show? A complete surprise? A Hasselhoff?

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