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Pages in category "Songs with music by Duke Ellington" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... Best Wishes (Duke Ellington song) Black and ...
The Popular Duke Ellington is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring many of the tunes associated with his orchestra rerecorded in 1966 and released on the RCA label in 1967.
The Music Of Duke Ellington Played By Duke Ellington: Columbia Unclear if all or only some tracks were previously released 1956 In a Mellotone: RCA Victor: 1940–1942 1959 [3] Ellington Moods: Jazz Legacy The Duke's D.J. Special: Fresh Sound Records 1964 Daybreak Express: 1964 Great Times! Riverside: with Billy Strayhorn: 1965 Jumpin ' Punkins ...
Charles Mingus, who had been fired by Ellington decades earlier, wrote the elegy "Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love" in 1974, a few months after Ellington's death. Stevie Wonder wrote the song " Sir Duke " as a tribute to Ellington, which appeared on his album Songs in the Key of Life released in 1976.
Duke Ellington: Mack David: 1921 "I'm Just Wild About Harry" Eubie Blake: Noble Sissle: 1925 "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" Ray Henderson: Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young: 1940 "Imagination" Jimmy Van Heusen: Johnny Burke: 1926 "In a Little Spanish Town" Mabel Wayne: Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young: 1935 "In a Sentimental Mood" Duke Ellington: Manny ...
The musicians were members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, which often split into smaller combinations to record songs under different band names. For this recording, which included Ellington and Tizol as performers, the session band leader was Bigard. As of 2024 this is the most covered song in history, with over 500 versions published. [2]
"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" [39] is a song composed by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, with lyrics by Lee Gaines. "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" [40] [41] [42] is a song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Lee Gaines. "Salt Peanuts" [43] [44] is a jazz composition by Kenny Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie.
The music was composed and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at the Lincoln Tavern in Chicago; [3] the lyrics were contributed by Irving Mills. According to Ellington, the song's title was the credo of trumpeter Bubber Miley, [4] who was dying of tuberculosis at the time; [5] Miley died the year the song was released. [6]