<P> The song was recorded by Les Brown and His Band of Renown, and on different occasions by Stan Kenton and his band, once with a band vocal, once with The Four Freshmen and June Christy, once with Tex Ritter . Billy Ward and His Dominoes recorded the song, coupled with When the saints go marching in, for Decca during the 1950s . During the 1960s recordings were made by Dion and the Belmonts (1960), The Platters 1962, and The Impressions (1964). In 1991, seminal Swiss Industrial music band The Young Gods released their album of Kurt Weill songs, The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill, including an almost ambient version of September Song, which remains an audience favorite at their concerts to this day . Peter, Paul & Mary covered the song for their 1996 album LifeLines . </P> <P> Recent version by groups include Come Shine 2001, El Pino & the Volunteers, and The Puppini Sisters on their 2011 album Hollywood . </P> <P> Django Reinhardt recorded two versions of the song, one in 1947 with the Quintette du Hot Club de France and another in 1953 . The Melachrino Strings recorded an instrumental version of the song in London on August 18, 1950 . It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 9952 . There are many instrumental renditions during the 1950s as well, including versions by Artie Shaw, Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner, Harry James, Liberace, Earl Bostic, Art Tatum, Mantovani, Sidney Bechet, Red Norvo, Al Hirt, Charles Mingus, Cal Tjader (Latin Kick 1956) and George Shearing on Velvet Carpet (1956). Among the most famous recent versions are the piano solo by Roger Williams, and a "smokey" version by jazz - trumpet legend Chet Baker recorded in 1983 . Other instrumental versions include: Art Pepper on Straight Life (1980). </P> <P> Other instrumental versions include Bireli Lagrene (A tribute to Django Reinhardt 2006), Gary Burton (Departure 2007), Thomas Dutronc (Comme un manouche sans guitare 2007), Jan Lundgren European standards 2009), Ignasi Terraza (Jazz a les Fosques 2009) and David Grisman . </P>

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