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Aliases
The Chicago Footwarmers [US3]
The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert - Dec. 19, 1944
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Memphis Men
Duke Ellington & His Orch.
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Quintet
Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
Duke Ellington's Orchestra
The Duke Ellington Small Bands
The Harlem Footwarmers
Harlem Hot Chocolates
Joe Turner and His Memphis Men
The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers
The Six Jolly Jesters
Ten Black Berries
The Washingtonians
The Whoopee Makers [Duke Ellington]
Real name
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Born
April 29, 1899
Died
May 24, 1974
Country
United States
IPI
00009211814 173 works
00043281895 125 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Legendary jazz composer, arranger and bandleader, Duke Ellington wrote a series of songs that became standards, including "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," "Cotton Tail," "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," "Solitude," and "In a Sentimental Mood."
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971
Member of
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
Family
Mercer Ellington Son
Related
Rudy Jackson [US1] Member of The Washingtonians (1927)
Cat Anderson Member of Ellington's band (1944-1947; 1950-1959; 1961-1971)
Juan Tizol Member of Ellington's band 1929 to 1944 and 1951 to 1953.
Sam Woodyard Drummer in Ellington's band 1955 to 1966.
Ozzie Bailey Singer in Duke Ellington Orchestra
Milt Grayson Vocalist in Duke Ellington's Orchestra(s)
Cornell Smelser Member of Jungle Band
Alvin Raglin Bassist of Duke Ellington's Orchestra (1941-1945)
Sonny Greer
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive   November 14, 1930 Ethel Waters REC,PRF
listen on Internet Archive i 1928 Prince's Band
January 1968 (unknown), (unknown)
May 1953 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i May 1959 Pinto Colvig, Mary Moder & Dorothy Compton
listen on Internet Archive 1930 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
listen on Internet Archive June 30, 1938 Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman
1965 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i   October 10, 1929 Edith Wilson PRF, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REC,REL
  1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Patti Page – Pete Rugolo & His Orchestra REL, Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle REC
i 1959 Louisiana Five
listen on Internet Archive January 1931 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
i 1959 Isham Jones Orchestra
i   February 1962 Joe Newman Octet REL, Count Basie and His Orchestra REC
i 1962 Jacques Hélian et son orchestre REC,REL, Jean Bretonnière BRD, Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser
listen on Internet Archive i 1931 W. Arlington
1973 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   1947 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
listen on Internet Archive September 7, 1935 Henry Allen and His Orchestra
1934 Mae West & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1960 The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
listen on Internet Archive i 1928 Eddie Nelson
listen on Internet Archive i (Duke Ellington) 1930 Original Dixieland Jass Band
i April 1954 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
1966 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 1950 Edward Allen
i 1960 The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
listen on Internet Archive i   April 11, 1941 Lottie Gilson PRF, Dan Quinn REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1932 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 18, 1931 Milt Shaw and His Detroiters
i 1962 Orchestre Joe Heyne
i October 1964 Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber
i May 1959 Rita Montaner
1931 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
  1966 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
i September 1961 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i October 1964 David Tomlinson
i 1963 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i The Hawk Talks Duke Ellington 1958 Unverified
i 1976 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
i May 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Allan Jones & Jeanette MacDonald
listen on Internet Archive i April 10, 1942 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i Tenderly Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1958 Unverified
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i February 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
February 1953 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i Take the "A" Train Duke Ellington and Count Basie (Duke Ellington, Count Basie) 1961 Unverified
1949 Lena Horne - Orchestra conducted by Luther Henderson
1966 Lena Horne - Orchestra conducted by Luther Henderson
i (Duke Ellington) March 1928 Marion Harris
listen on Internet Archive i October 1946 (unknown)
i October 1964 Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and Pearlies
January 1968 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
i   1956 Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF
i 1960 The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
i 1964 Mr. Acker Bilk with The Leon Young String Chorale
i   1933 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Prince's Band
i 1959 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive i (Duke Ellington) 1930 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive 1932 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive 1930 (unknown), (unknown), Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
i October 1964 Dick Van Dyke and Chimney Sweeps
i October 1964 Julie Andrews
i (Duke Ellington) 1928 Waring's Pennsylvanians
i   1960 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
i 1962 Mlle Lucienne Boyer
May 21, 1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, The Boswell Sisters
1957 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, The Boswell Sisters
listen on Internet Archive i November 29, 1940 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   November 1960 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edvard Grieg PRF, Otta Brønnum REC,REL
1957 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i February 1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
October 1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1968 Johnny Hodges
listen on Internet Archive (Duke Ellington) 1929 The Little Chocolate Dandies
i October 1964 (unknown)
  (Duke Ellington) 1930 The Charleston Chasers [US] REC, Lillian Roth BRD
August 8, 1936 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1973 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, The Coasters
i May 1959 Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
March 13, 1931 Ethel Merman
listen on Internet Archive November 1930 Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
i 1959 Mercer Ellington and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1947 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i 1959 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i March 24, 1932 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive 1938 The Biltmore Society Orchestra (Hazay Natzy)
i Rose of the Rio Grande Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
  1957 Joe Turner with Freddie Slack Trio REC, Joe Turner [US1] PRF
listen on Internet Archive   October 24, 1941 Joe Turner with Freddie Slack Trio REC, Joe Turner [US1] PRF
i 1957 The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
1931 Hoagy Carmichael
i April 1965 John Laurenz with Orchestral Accompaniment
November 1947 Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer's Orchestra
March 1933 Ethel Waters
i May 1959 Elizabeth Spencer
January 1968 Elizabeth Spencer
listen on Internet Archive i September 1951 (unknown)
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Norman Leyden
i 1960 The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
i April 1954 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
1966 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit), Nancy Wilson with Orchestra conducted by Billy May
i 1960 The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
  1974 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 1962 Edith Piaf
listen on Internet Archive i July 6, 1939 Victoria Spivey
i 1964 Melina Mercouri
1934 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i August 16, 1940 Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Terry Allen
i   1956 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   November 1960 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edvard Grieg PRF, Arthur Pryor's Band REC,REL
i 1964 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero
i   April 1965 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i   1934 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
May 21, 1956 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
September 1961 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
1973 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i 1963 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
1974 Ernest Rogers, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1947 Victor Military Band
listen on Internet Archive   November 14, 1930 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i March 21, 1930 Carmichael's Collegians
i May 22, 1930 (unknown)
i 1962 (unknown)
i 1966 Tony Bennett
i 1959 (unknown)
March 21, 1936 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Pete Woolery
i   1979 Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i December 20, 1928 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1984 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i March 5, 1938 Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
i 1934 Carl Brisson and Kitty Carlisle
i 1931 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i October 1964 David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke and Londoners
i Let's Get Together Duke Ellington 1974 Unverified
i   1960 Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
i Laura Duke Ellington 1956 Unverified
i May 1959 Arthur Ball
i   May 1959 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid and Chorus REC, Wini Shaw, Judy Canova and Chorus BRD
listen on Internet Archive March 18, 1931 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Nance
listen on Internet Archive October 1946 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Covered by (125 artists)
i October 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1971 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
1957 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 (unknown)
i 1959 Franklyn Baur
i February 1962 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i (Duke Ellington) 1928 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i October 1964 Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews
i Jingle Bells Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1962 Unverified
i 1962 Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts
i April 1965 The Beatles
1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1974 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
May 21, 1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1973 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
October 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1933 Irving Gillette (Henry Burr)
i   November 1960 Arthur Pryor's Band REC,REL, Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edvard Grieg PRF
listen on Internet Archive I Never Felt This Way Before Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries December 20, 1940 Unverified
i 1956 Victor Herbert
January 1968 Victor Herbert, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
i   May 1959 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Dennis King PRF
i 1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i September 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i January 18, 1929 Adelaide Hall
March 1933 Adelaide Hall
September 1961 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1968 Unverified
May 21, 1956 (unknown)
1957 Harry James and His Orchestra
1966 Harry James and His Orchestra
October 1963 Harry James and His Orchestra
1973 Harry James and His Orchestra
December 1944 Harry James and His Orchestra
i October 1964 Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke
January 1968 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
May 21, 1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1964 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
  May 21, 1956 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1957 Unverified
  October 1963 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
  1973 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do) Rosemary Clooney with The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington) 1990 Unverified
1926 Ethel Waters
1974 Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.
  1957 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
  1966 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
  January 1945 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
i April 1965 Don Gibson
listen on Internet Archive   January 18, 1929 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
listen on Internet Archive   1933 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
  1956 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler with Kay Davis
1973 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler with Kay Davis
How Come You Do Me Like You Do Florence Bristol with Duke Ellington and Otto Harwick (Duke Ellington) 1924 Unverified
January 1931 Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band
listen on Internet Archive November 14, 1930 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby)
i   1964 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars REC, Carol Channing and David Hartman PRF
i Happy Go Lucky Local Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1960 Unverified
May 20, 1933 Ramona and Her Grand Piano
i May 1959 Alice Nielsen & Eugene Cowles
i December 7, 1928 Alma Rotter - Rube Bloom - Eddie Lang
i   May 1959 Debroy Somers Band (With Vocal Chorus by Dan Donovan) REC, Bobby Howes PRF
Goin' Out of My Head Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington 1967 Unverified
i 1980 Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i Frustration Duke Ellington 1956 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i   1947 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
  January 1968 Marjorie Smith PRF, Mary Sue Berry REC
i   1964 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive September 20, 1940 (unknown)
i   October 1964 Julie Andrews and Chorus REL, The Phil Nimmons Group REC
1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Joya Sherrill
July 18, 1934 (unknown)
Covered by (5 artists)
i Easy Street Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1971 Unverified
September 1961 Barney Bigard and Orchestra, (unknown)
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
September 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Don't Take Your Love from Me Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 2002 Unverified
  October 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
  1973 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
  September 1948 Peggy Lee with The Dave Barbour Sextette REL, Peggy Lee with Buddy Cole's Four of a Kind REC
September 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  September 1928 Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC
  April 8, 1932 The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
i November 1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 1933 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain
i 1956 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i September 1951 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
i 1934 (unknown)
i   April 1965 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i 1956 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
1957 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i Day Dream Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1968 Unverified
i 1960 The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
i Dancing in the Dark Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1958 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive February 3, 1928 King Oliver's Jazz Band
Covered by (225 artists)
i September 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1962 Pierre Dudan - Orch. dir. Jacques-Henry Rys
  1966 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
  January 1968 Louis Jourdan PRF, Doug Crosley REL
i   1934 Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC, Carl Brisson BRD
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1966 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i 1974 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
i December 1940 Douglas Richardson
i 1960 The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
i October 1964 Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber
i 1974 Don Redman and His Orchestra
i June 1937 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
1957 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters, Valaida & Lulle Ellboys orkester
i February 1963 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i   1964 Frank Sinatra REL, Jackie Gleason BRD
i (Duke Ellington) March 1928 Friars Society Orchestra
i 1941 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 1975 Count Basie and His Orchestra
February 1954 Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
i   1964 Bob Dylan REC, The Chad Mitchell Trio REL
i September 1961 The Washingtonians (Duke Ellington)
listen on Internet Archive i 1947 Prince's Band
i 1959 Prince's Band
i 1959 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
January 18, 1929 Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra
March 1933 Adelaide Hall - Accompanied by Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Sammy Davis, Jr. - With Dave Cavanaugh's Music
1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Sammy Davis, Jr. - With Dave Cavanaugh's Music
i October 1964 Julie Andrews
i   November 1960 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edvard Grieg PRF, Arthur Pryor's Band REC,REL
i 1960 The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
i   November 1960 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edvard Grieg PRF, Victor Grand Concert Band REL
i Angelica Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 1963 Unverified
i All the Things You Are Duke Ellington 2004 Unverified
i 1962 Jean Sablon with Orchestra directed by Paul Baron
(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Joya Sherrill March 1945 Unverified
i April 1965 The Beatles
  January 1968 Paul Wallace REL, Paul Wallace and Sandra Church PRF
i   July 1, 1937 Ivie Anderson BRD, Dick McDonough and Carl Kress Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barry McKinley REC
i   May 1959 Edith Day PRF, Helen Clark REC
i Ain't Misbehavin' Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra July 13, 1933 Unverified
i 1963 Ray Bryant
  1966 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i   1979 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Foster and The Sentimentalists REL, Bing Crosby REC
May 1930 Cornell & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i September 7, 1935 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett

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