Between_the_Devil_and_the_Deep_Blue_Sea_(song)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)
Song by Cab Calloway
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" is an American popular song published in 1931,[1] with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, and first recorded by Cab Calloway in 1931. It was introduced in the 1931 Cotton Club show Rhythmania[2] and is now a widely recorded standard.