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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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This American popular song was published in 1931 with music composed by Harold Arlen and lyrics written by Ted Koehler. Cab Calloway made the first recording of the piece in 1931. The song was premiered in the Cotton Club production called Rhythmania that same year and has since become a widely recorded standard.

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