I asked for some recommended recordings of this lovely song, which I can’t

get out of my head — other than Ella’s recording, which I have. Readers

came through with the following:

Bette Midler — on her “greatest hits” CD.

Marlene Dietrich (in German!) — on “The Cosmopolitan Marlene Dietrich.”

(From an Ella fan, therefore to be taken seriously): There was a Cole

Porter tribute album done to benefit AIDS research in 1990 and the Pogues

along with Kirsty Maccoll did a medley with Ms. Otis Regrets and Just One of

Those Things that is actually pretty darn cool.

The great jazz singer Alberta Hunter, recorded with the Jack Jackson

orchestra in 1934. She performs it as an off-the-cuff telephone conversation

between two unflappable, easily distracted people.