Easy Living is a 1937 jazz standard written by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin for the film Easy Living. A popular 1937 recording on Brunswick Records by Teddy Wilson features Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Lester Young. The tune is in 4/4 time, in the key of F major, and follows a 32-bar AABA form in the swing style. Since then it has been recorded many times by artists such as Clifford Brown, Bill Evans, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Lee Morgan, Paul Desmond, Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan, making it a enduring staple of the jazz repertoire.
