"Quicksilver" was recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and his orchestra on November 25, 1949[1] and it became a top 10 hit in February 1950.
[5] Another version of this song was recorded by Doris Day & Her Country Cousins in 1949[6] and this also reached the USA charts with a peak position of No.
[7] Another song of the same title was later recorded by Horace Silver in 1952,[8] based on his interpretation of "Lover Come Back to Me".
"Quicksilver" was performed and recorded live in 1954 at New York City's Birdland by Art Blakey and his Quintet which included Silver, Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, and Curly Russell.
[11] The song has more recently been performed in tributes to Horace Silver, such as the Arale Kaminsky Quintet in 2014.