Kaplan's Orchestra (recorded November 1926, released by OKeh Records as catalog number 40726, with the flip side "Elsie Schultz-en-Heim" ) Sam Johnson (pseudonym for Len Joy) and his orchestra (recorded June 9, 1931, released by Aurora Records as catalog number 128 and by Timely Tunes Records as catalog number C-1580, both with the flip side "The One-Man Band" ).Benny Goodman and his orchestra (recorded May 5, 1941, released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36136, with the flip side "Good Evenin', Good Lookin'" ).Richards (recorded October 31, 1950, released by Discovery Records as catalog number 143, with the flip side "What Is There to Say?" ) Shep Fields and his orchestra (recorded April 29, 1941, released by Bluebird Records as catalog number 11150, with the flip side "Marche Slave" ).Arthur Fields (recorded November 1926, released by Emerson Records as catalog number 3095, with the flip side "I'm Gonna Park Myself in Your Arms" ).
The next-most-popular version was by Bing Crosby, recorded on J and released by Brunswick Records as catalog number 6128 and a version recorded by the Boswell Sisters and Victor Young's Orchestra also had some popularity. The biggest hit was by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, with a vocal by Clare Hanlon, released by Victor Records as catalog number 22707. Many versions of the song were recorded in 1931. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt, which opened in May, 1931, where it was sung by Fanny Brice. The song was published in 1931, though a song using the same title, with a similar lyric by Rose and different music, had been published five years earlier. The music was written by Harry Warren, the lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose. " I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" is a popular song. Song by Fanny Brice "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)"