Charlie Parker does a straight forward cover of the piece, available on many collections of his work. He plays with a smoothness that contrasts with the fast-paced bebop he helped to invent. The pianist takes a solo as well, but unfortunately is not credited in Special Music Company's "Bird Flies High" anthology.

Sarah Vaughan sings the most soulful rendition of the batch, on the collection entitled (appropriately enough) "Sarah Sings Soulfully", by Roulette Jazz. Hers was the first version I'd heard to include the lyrics, which were added to the piece by Williams/Honighen well after it was first written and recorded:

Suppertime I'm sad
Then it really gets bad
Memories always start
After sundown…

It begins to tell
Round Midnight, Round Midnight
I do pretty well
'Til after sundown
Suppertime I'm feeling sad
But it really gets bad
Round Midnight

Memories always start
Round Midnight, Round Midnight
Haven't got the heart 
To stand those memories
When my heart is still with you--
And old Midnight knows it too

When some quarrel we had  needs mending
Does it mean that our love is ending?
Darling I need you
Lately I find
You're out of my arms
And I'm out of my mind…

Let our love take wing some midnight
Round Midnight
Let the Angels sing
For your returning
Let our love be safe and sound
When old Midnight comes around

Just let our love take wing 
And let the Angels 
Sing your returning
Please let our love be safe and sound
When old Midnight comes around
Round Midnight….

Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea's "Play" (Blue Note) has (arguably) the most beautiful version of the piece. McFerrin's breathy, almost unearthly voice is complemented by Corea's elegance on the piano. The version starts slow and smooth, but gains strength and rhythm when Corea takes over the soloist role.

Of course, Thelonious Monk's (the original composer) version carries the most depth. The version on "Monk: The Composer" is Monk playing unaccompanied, and the simplicity of the instrumentation provides a frame for the power of the work itself.