All Too Soon
1940 song by Duke Ellington and Carl Sigman
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"All Too Soon" is a 1940 song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics written by Carl Sigman. It is recorded in the key of C major. It was subsequently recorded by several contemporary and modern artists.
Notable recordings
- Duke Ellington
- recorded in 1940,[1] available in compilation albums such as Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (2003)
- recorded during 1953–1955[2]
- Unknown Session (recorded in 1960, released in 1979)
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (1966)
- 1969: All-Star White House Tribute (recorded in 1969, released in 2002)[3]
- Mildred Bailey - recorded on June 13, 1941, for Decca Records (No. 3888B)[4]
- Sarah Vaughan - recorded during 1944–1946,[5] The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (1979)
- Jeri Southern - for her album Jeri Gently Jumps (1957)[6]
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958), Fitzgerald and Pass... Again (with Joe Pass, 1979)
- Peggy Lee, George Shearing - Beauty and the Beat! (1959)
- Nancy Harrow – recorded November 2/3, 1960, for Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1961)
