Goody Goody

Other popular recordings in 1936 were by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (with vocalist Helen Ward), Freddy Martin & His Orchestra (vocal by Terry Shand), and by Bob Crosby & His Orchestra.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/505 505] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/505 }}

Frankie Lymon performed it live on television on several occasions, including twice in 1957 on The Ed Sullivan Show.{{Citation|last=Jeremy Almquist|title=Frankie Lymon - Goody Goody HD (The Ed Sullivan Show (December 22, 1957)|date=2017-02-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMh39MtLNc|accessdate=2017-05-16}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}} He also had a hit with his recording of the song in the United States, reaching #20 that year, as well as #24 in the UK. It was released as a recording with his group the Teenagers, but was, in fact, a solo recording released on Gee 1039

• Teddy Stauffer & the Original Teddies (1936){{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6162382-Original-Teddies-Teddy-Stauffer-Alone-Goody-Goody?srsltid=AfmBOoquEcj3ZYqqE9gUvVnJM00P0buvpidX08zhzzwqgvScVXuey9aD|website=www.discogs.com|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}
• Peggy Lee, early 1950s
• Mel Torme - Gene Norman Presents Mel Torme At The Crescendo (1955){{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5867903-Mel-Torm%C3%A9-Gene-Norman-Presents-Mel-Torme-At-The-Crescendo?srsltid=AfmBOorzsIpwRiCmO0aviwRMjelueKpXPrXaR3Tm7AgHSORejvYywrEs|website=www.discogs.com|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}
• Ella Fitzgerald – Ella at the Opera House (1957),{{cite web |title=allmusic.com |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ella-fitzgerald-at-the-opera-house-mw0000191820 |website=allmusic.com |accessdate=April 3, 2025}} Get Happy! (1959){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/get-happy!-mw0000044909|title=Get Happy! - Ella Fitzgerald | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 3, 2025}}
• Julie London – Julie Is Her Name, Volume II (1958){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/julie-is-her-name-vol-2-mw0000839595|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}
• Della Reese – Della (1960){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/della-mw0000658820|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=April 4, 2025}}
• Helen Shapiro - Helen (1961) {{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/767227-Helen-Shapiro-Helen?srsltid=AfmBOopn-ig-WvZLQEIH8N85pxLBB5-saR5rNxeROiJ9wEl70m_N9lXW|website=www.discogs.com|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}
• Frank Sinatra – Sinatra and Swingin' Brass (1962){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sinatra-and-swingin-brass-mw0000083435|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=April 4, 2025}}
• Robert "Goodie" Whitfield - Call Me Goodie (1982){{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/681941-Goodie-Call-Me-Goodie|website=www.discogs.com|accessdate=April 4, 2025}}
• Rosemary Clooney – Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer (1987){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rosemary-clooney-sings-the-lyrics-of-johnny-mercer-mw0000195035|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=November 13, 2024}}
• Chicago – Night & Day Big Band (1995){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/night-day-big-band-mw0000175235|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=April 4, 2025}}
• Camille O'Sullivan – performed the song, with Will Young, in the 2005 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated film Mrs. Henderson Presents,{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mrs-henderson-presents-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000347473|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=April 3, 2025}} starring Dame Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins and Will Young. The movie's soundtrack was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.
• Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – Cheek to Cheek (2014){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cheek-to-cheek-mw0002718602|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}
• Freak Kitchen – Cooking with Pagans (2014){{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8455920-Freak-Kitchen-Cooking-With-Pagans|website=www.discogs.com|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}
• Beau Monga – X-Factor NZ (2015)

• The song is referenced several times in the 1936 Kaufman and Hart play "You Can't Take It With You".
• Shelley Winters's character in Curtis Harrington's 1971 thriller What's the Matter with Helen? plays the song at the end of the movie.
• The song was performed by 'Wayne & Wanda' in an episode of The Muppet Show.{{Cite book |last=Lees |first=Gene |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68622719 |title=Portrait of Johnny : the life of John Herndon Mercer |date=2004 |isbn=0-634-09929-9 |location=Milwaukee, WI |oclc=68622719}}
• A recording by the BBC Dance Orchestra was featured in the film The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007).
• Bobby Rydell performed the song at his live shows (Las Vegas, 2015).

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