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Frank Sinatra & Celeste Holm

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

1956 · via Thompson Twins

Frank Sinatra & Celeste Holm’s 1956 recording of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” is the earliest release on file. Cole Porter is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Max Bygraves (released 1990), Susannah McCorkle (released 1996) and Acker Bilk, Max Bygraves (released 2008), among 24 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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The band behind "Hold Me Now" reached back for a Cole Porter song, one Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm put on record first, together. Play theirs after the Twins and listen to how far that song had to travel.

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Credited writer: Cole Porter.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1956.

Other recordings on file · first release year

24 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Thompson Twins recorded "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in 1990, but the song was decades older. Who wrote it?Cole Porter
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