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"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a #jazzStandard with music by #DukeEllington. It was originally an instrumental entitled "Never No Lament", and in that form was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. It quickly became a hit after #BobRussell wrote the "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" lyrics for it in 1942. Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by #TheInkSpots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's band.
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"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a #jazzStandard with music by #DukeEllington. It was originally an instrumental entitled "Never No Lament", and in that form was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. It quickly became a hit after #BobRussell wrote the "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" lyrics for it in 1942. Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by #TheInkSpots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's band.
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"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a #jazzStandard written by composer #DukeEllington. The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" quickly became a hit after #BobRussell wrote its lyrics in 1942. Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by #TheInkSpots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's band.
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Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, Ella at Duke’s Place, 1966 on Verve
The album is divided between “The Pretty, The Lovely, The Tender, The Hold-Me-Close Side” and “The Finger-Snapping, Head-Shaking, Toe-Tapping, Go-For-Yourself Side.” Recorded by Val Valentin and produced by Norman Granz (those are his black & white photos), this is Verve at its mid-60s best.
In addition to Ellington and Fitzgerald, personnel included Louis Bellson on drums; John Lamb on […]
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