Stage production

Jump for Joy - A Sun-Tanned Revu-Sical

Opening date: July 10, 1941
Comments: All-black musical revue featuring music by Duke Ellington. It opened at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles and boasted a cast of 60, including the Ellington orchestra, Ivie Anderson, Marie Bryant, Joe Turner, Herb Jeffries, Dorothy Dandridge, and comedian Wonderful Smith. The songs included 'I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good', 'Rocks in My Bed' and 'Subtle Slough', an instrumental which Ellington played on stage and which became 'Just Squeeze Me, Don’t Tease Me' when Lee Gaines added the lyric.

Title	Performer	Written by	Info
Bli-Blip PRF	Paul White and Marie Bryant	Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller	Covered by (7 artists) Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Nance REC,REL
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) PRF	Ivie Anderson	Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster	Covered by (545 artists) Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
Rocks in My Bed PRF	Joe Turner [US1]	Duke Ellington	Covered by (37 artists) Originally by Joe Turner with Freddie Slack Trio REC
Subtle Slough	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	Duke Ellington	Covered by (268 artists)