"Side by Side" is a popular song by Harry M. Woods written in 1927, and is now considered a standard. Background Harry Woods, who practised songwriting only as a sideline, wrote numerous 1920s standards, including "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)", "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover", and "Try a Little Tenderness". He composed his songs on piano, despite the fact that he was born without fingers on his left hand. Kay Starr recording The song is probably best known in a 1953 recording by Kay Starr. The Kay Starr recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1688 with the flip side "The Breeze". Recorded versions The song has been recorded by many artists including: Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards (1927) Elmer Gross's Dance Kings (recorded April 23, 1927, released by Silvertone Records as catalog number 5109, with the flip side "One O'Clock Baby", recorded by Eddie Miles) (Vocal Trio by) Keller Sisters and Lynch with Charley Straight and His Orchestra as "The Tuxedo Orchestra" (recorded on March 31, 1927; released by Brunswick Records as catalog number 3516-A, with the flip side "Nesting Time") Keller Sisters and Lynch with the Clevelanders, March 28, 1927, Brunswick studios, no masters, rejected Nick Lucas (The Crooning Troubadour) (recorded March 24, 1927; released by Brunswick Records as catalog number 3512, with the flip side "Why Should I Say I'm Sorry?") Lee Morse (1927) (comedian, with piano and guitar, recorded March 16, 1927; released by Columbia Records as catalog number 974-D, with the flip side "My Idea of Heaven") Oreste and his Queensland Orchestra with Jack Kaufman, late 1927, Menlo Park, Edison cylinder The Rhythm Boys including Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (recorded April 29, 1927, issued by Victor Records as catalog number 20627, with the flip side "Pretty Lips") Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin (duet, with ukulele and orchestra, recorded May 25, 1927; released by Victor Records as catalog number 20714, with the flip side "Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away," and by HMV Records as catalog number B2519) Horace Winters Orchestra (vocal: I. Kaufman), issued by Silvertone Records in 1927 as catalog number 5151, with the flip side "Just Another Day Wasted Away" Merle Twins, Syncopating Songsters, New York, 1928, Vitaphone 612 The Gene Krupa Orchestra w. vocals by Anita O'Day (recorded January 23, 1942; released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36726, with the