Straighten Up and Fly Right - Nat King

Straighten Up and Fly Right
Written by: Nat King Cole, Irving Mills

Straighten Up and Fly Right Lyrics

A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything
Was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey
Off his back
The monkey grabbed his neck and said
"Now listen, Jack..."

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top

Ain't no use in divin'
What's the use of jivin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top

The buzzard told the monkey
You are chokin' me
Release your hold, I will set you free
The monkey looked the buzzard right
Dead in the eye and said
"Your story's so touching, but it sounds just like a lie"

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top

Fly right

Straighten Up and Fly Right Singers

1. The King Cole Trio (Billboard hit 1944) 1944.

2. Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra May 1944 3. LaVergne Smith 1955 4. DeJohn Sisters - Arnie Goland July 1958 5. Lloyd Price 1961 6. Oscar Brown, Jr. September 1962 7. Living Strings and Living Voices July 1965 8. Marvin Gaye November 1965 9. Sammy Davis Jr. 1965 10. Earl Grant May 1966 11. The Oscar Peterson Trio 1966 12. Carmen McRae 1973 13. John Pizzarelli, Jr. May 1983 14. Helen Shapiro 1983 15. Dee Sharp 1983 16. Vince Jones 1984 17. Linda Ronstadt September 16, 1986 18. Supersax 1986 19. Greetje Kauffeld 1987 20. Donna Byrne 1990 21. Natalie Cole 1991 22. Rosemary Clooney 1992 23. Diana Krall 1993 24. Lena Jansson 1993 25. Beachfront Property 1993 26. Clark Terry with Pee Wee Claybrook & Swing Fever 1995 27. Maria Anadon 1995 28. Frenchy September 24, 1996 29. Randy Greer 1996 30. Harmonious Wail 1996 31. The D's 3 September 1, 1998 32. Otto Brandenburg 1998 33. Neal McCoy January 19, 1999 34. Girls from Mars July 16, 1999 35. Sister Swing 1999 36. Larry Franco 1999 37. Tok Tok Tok 1999 38. The Four Freshmen 1999 39. Robert Mosci 1999 40. Majken & Fjeldtetten 2000 41. Steve March Tormé feat. Mel Tormé 2000 42. Nnenna Freelon featuring Take 6 2000 43. Claes Janson 2000 44. Cadence 2000 45. Robbie Williams November 19, 2001 46. Michelle Walker November 24, 2001 47. Jörg Seidel 2001 48. Blue Moon Big Band 2001 49. Joe Massters, Chris Clark 2001 50. The Jonathan Wyatt Big Band 2002 51. Monty Alexander 2002 52. Lyle Lovett February 23, 2003 53. Suzy Bogguss June 17, 2003 54. Jennifer Scott Trio 2003 55. Meta de Vries 2003 56. Michael Coppola ‎and Rhonda Thomas 2003 57. Victoria Newton April 19, 2004 58. String of Pearls 2004 59. Grace Kelly March 22, 2005 60. Rachel Charson September 7, 2005 61. Dianne Reeves September 27, 2005 62. Hazel Miller 2005 63. Claudia Morris April 3, 2006 64. Raffaëla April 2006 65. Marci Haus July 5, 2006 66. Suss von Ahn October 2006 67. George Melly - Digby Fairweather's Half Dozen & Friends 2006 68. Trudy Kerr 2006 69. Allan Harris September 2007 70. Denise Dale and the Hi Hat Club 2007 71. Julie Lendon Stone 2007 72. Suzi Gilbert 2007 73. The Slammers Maximum Jive Band 2007 74. Jubilee Jazz Orchestra featuring Randy Greer 2007 75. Sliding Hammers April 23, 2008 76. La Tanya Hall December 9, 2008 77. VOCES8 December 2008 78. Jerry Costanzo 2008 79. Mikaela Kahn 2008 80. Take 6 2008 81. Agathe Jazz Quartet 2008 82. Saunders Sermons March 26, 2009 83. Nancy Coletti 2009 84. Company B Jazz Band 2009 85. Betty Buckley 2010 86. Carolyn Martin 2010 87. Fred Buccini 2011 88. Martin Lechner 2011 89. Bi-Cameral Mind 2011 90. Kayla Taylor Jazz 2011 91. Liam Burrows 2011 92. Blue Champagne 2011 93. Gary Williams with the James Pearson Trio 2011 94. Michael Masci September 25, 2012 95. Gregg Arthur September 2012 96. Izzy Chait 2012 97. Colin Hunter with Joe Sealy 2012 98. George Benson June 4, 2013 99. Cheryl Bentyne and Mark Winkler September 10, 2013 100. Alexandra Sherling August 18, 2014 101. Eyal Vilner Big Band February 2015 102. Joanie Pallatto & Marshall Vente March 3, 2015 103. Gunther Neefs October 9, 2015 104. Ginger December 11, 2015 105. Peter Sprague & Leonard Patton 2015 106. Paul Jones 2015 107. Beleza February 1, 2016 108. Nicki Parrott March 15, 2017.


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