| Cover | | Date
  | Title
Album | Points
| US
peak | UK
peak | US
AC
peak | US
dance
peak | US
R&B
peak | Comment |
|---|
| The Benson Orchestra of Chicago |
| 1. | 11/1923 | | 110
 | 6
US | | | | | [Victor 19136]
written by Ray Henderson  |
| Isham Jones & His Orchestra |
| 2. | 05/1925 | | 87
| 10
US | | | | | [Brunswick 2789]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Bud Green |
| Blossom Seeley |
| 3. | 05/1925 | | 144
| 2
US | | | | | [Columbia 304]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Bud Green |
| Billy Murray |
| 4. | 08/1925 | | 117
| 5
US | | | | | [Victor 19628]
written by Ray Henderson , Billy Rose & Lew Brown |
| Billy Jones & Ernest Hare |
| 5. | 08/1925 | | 117
| 5
US | | | | | [Okeh 40354]
written by Ray Henderson , Billy Rose & Lew Brown |
| Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra |
| 6. | 02/1926 | | 90
| 9
US | | | | | [Victor 19845]
written by Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young |
| Al Jolson |
| 7. | 03/1926 | | 164
| ✫1
US | | | | | [Brunswick 3014]
written by Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young |
| Gene Austin |
| 8. | 03/1926 | | 159
| ✫1
US | | | | | [Victor 19899]
written by Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Widow Young |
| Ernie Golden & His Orchestra |
| 9. | 03/1926 | | 48
| 15
US | | | | | [Brunswick 2999]
written by Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Widow Young |
| Art Landry & His Orchestra |
| 10. | 04/1926 | | 86
| 10
US | | | | | [Victor 19850]
written by Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Widow Young |
|
| Frank Crumit |
| 11. | 05/1926 | | 54
| 12
US | | | | | [Victor 19928]
written by Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young |
| Gene Austin |
| 12. | 07/1926 | | 170
| ✫1
US | | | | | [songwriter #5 hit]
[Victor 20044]
written by Ray Henderson & Mort Dixon |
| Nick Lucas |
| 13. | 08/1926 | | 123
| 4
US | | | | | [Brunswick 3184]
written by Ray Henderson & Mort Dixon |
| Benny Krueger and His Orchestra |
| 14. | 09/1926 | | 102
| 7
US | | | | | [Brunswick 3186]
written by Ray Henderson & Mort Dixon |
| Leo Reisman and His Orchestra |
| 15. | 09/1926 | | 57
| 11
US | | | | | [Columbia 653]
written by Ray Henderson & Mort Dixon |
| Nick Lucas |
| 16. | 1927 | | 85
| 10
US | | | | | [Brunswick 3602]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown |
| Arden-Ohman Orchestra |
| 17. | 1927 | | 49
| 14
US | | | | | [Brunswick 3592]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown |
| Aileen Stanley |
| 18. | 1927 | | 43
| 17
US | | | | | [Victor 20825]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown |
| Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra |
| 19. | 1927 | | 128
| 3
US | | | | | [Victor 20757]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown |
| Ben Bernie & His Orchestra |
| 20. | 1927 | | 42
| 17
US | | | | | [Brunswick 3464]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra |
| 21. | 1927 | | 140
| 2
US | | | | | [Victor 20513]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Ruth Etting |
| 22. | 1927 | | 94
| 8
US | | | | | [Columbia 908]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| 23. | 1928 | | 109
| 6
US | | | | | [Columbia 1563]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Al Jolson |
| 24. | 1928 | | 219
| ✫1
US | | | | | [songwriter #3 hit]
[Brunswick 4033]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Jan Garber and His Orchestra |
| 25. | 1928 | | 50
| 14
US | | | | | [Columbia 1550]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra |
| 26. | 1928 | | 165
| ✫1
US | | | | | [Victor 35883]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Cliff Edwards |
| 27. | 1928 | | 87
| 10
US | | | | | [Columbia 1295]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Nick Lucas |
| 28. | 1928 | | 55
| 12
US | | | | | [Brunswick 3749]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Ted Weems and His Orchestra |
| 29. | 12/1928 | | 102
| 7
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra |
| 30. | 1929 | | 111
| 6
US | | | | | vocal Bing Crosby
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown |
| Helen Kane |
| 31. | 1929 | | 130
| 3
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra |
| 32. | 1929 | | 116
| 5
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Ruth Etting |
| 33. | 1929 | | 48
| 15
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians |
| 34. | 1929 | | 57
| 11
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra |
| 35. | 1929 | | 91
| 9
US | | | | | [Brunswick 4501]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown |
| Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra |
| 36. | 1929 | | 103
| 7
US | | | | | vocal Bing Crosby
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown |
| Gene Austin |
| 37. | 1929 | | 54
| 12
US | | | | | [Victor 21779]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Ruth Etting |
| 38. | 1929 | | 48
| 15
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Johnny Hamp & His Orchestra |
| 39. | 11/1929 | | 117
| 5
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva (as B. G. De Sylva) & Lew Brown |
| Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees |
| 40. | 1931 | | 126
| 3
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Kate Smith |
| 41. | 1931 | | 53
| 12
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson & Lew Brown |
| Don Bestor & His Orchestra |
 | 42. | 1935 | | 46
| 14
US | | | | | [Brunswick 7495]
written by Ray Henderson , Irving Caesar & Ted Koehler |
| Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest |
| 43. | 10/1944 | | 172
| 3
US | | | | | [songwriter #4 hit]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Dinah Shore |
| 44. | 11/1944 | | 70
| 12
US | | | | | [Victor 20-1594]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Benny Strong and His Orchestra |
| 45. | 05/1949 | | 31
| 30
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Widow Young |
| Richard Hayes |
| 46. | 11/1952 | | 57
| 15
US | | | | | hit for Kitty O'Connor in 1928
[Mercury 5910]
written by Ballantine DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson |
| Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 47. | 03/1953 | | 99
| 10
US | | | | | #1 hit for Al Jolson in 1926
[Capitol 2400]
written by Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young |
| Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 48. | 04/1957 | | 6
| 68
US | | | | | written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Connie Francis |
| 49. | 06/1961 | | 225
| 6
US | 6
UK | ✫1
AC | | | [songwriter #2 hit]
#1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1928
[MGM 13019]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Dorothy Provine |
| 50. | 12/1961 | | 44
| | 17
UK | | | | written by Billy Rose, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson |
| P.J. Proby |
| 51. | 09/1964 | | 70
| 117
US | 8
UK | | | | [London 9705]
written by Ray Henderson , Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
| Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson |
 | 52. | 05/1992 | | 268
| 10
US | 2
UK | | 3
dance | ✫1
R&B | [songwriter #1 hit]
with special guests BBD & Ralph Tresvant
written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson |
![The Best Things in Life Are Free [remix]](./wp/cache/img_song/75/JMGSong_26875.jpg "The Best Things in Life Are Free [remix]") | 53. | 12/1995 | | 78
| | 7
UK | | | | written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson |
| Top 100 hits | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Top 40 hits | 49 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Top 10 hits | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| ✫ #1 hits | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | |
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