Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Song by Duke Ellington
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"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington.[1] The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940.[2] "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" quickly became a hit after Bob Russell wrote its lyrics in 1942.[3]
Written1940 (music), 1942 (lyrics)
Published1942 by Robbins Music
| "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Duke Ellington | |
| Written | 1940 (music), 1942 (lyrics) |
| Published | 1942 by Robbins Music |
| Composer | Duke Ellington |
| Lyricist | Bob Russell |
Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by The Ink Spots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's band,[4] reached No. 1 on the US Billboard R&B chart in 1943. Both were top-ten pop records, along with a version by Glen Gray. The Duke Ellington version reached No. 8 on the pop chart.[5]
Other versions
- Mose Allison – Young Man Mose, (Prestige, 1958)[6]
- Mose Allison – Creek Bank (Prestige, 1975)[7]
- Louis Armstrong with his All-Stars and Duke Ellington – The Great Reunion (1961)[8] and included on The Great Summit
- Louis Armstrong – I've Got the World on a String (1960)[9]
- Tony Bennett and Miguel Bosé – Viva Duets (2010)
- Michael Bublé – BaBalu (1996)[10]
- Joan Cartwright with Lonnie Smith – In Pursuit of a Melody (1991)[11]
- Chicago – Night & Day Big Band (1995)[12]
- June Christy – Ballads for Night People[13] and Spotlight on June Christy (1995)[14]
- The Coasters – One by One (1960)[15]
- Nat King Cole – Just One of Those Things (1957)[16]
- Harry Connick Jr. – When Harry Met Sally... (1989)[17]
- Sam Cooke – My Kind of Blues (1961)[18]
- Hank Crawford – Dig These Blues (Atlantic, 1965)[19]
- Bing Crosby – recorded on April 15, 1977,[20] and included on the album A Tribute to Duke
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve, 1957)[6][21]
- Eydie Gormé – Eydie Swings the Blues (1957)[22]
- Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (vocals by Kenny Sargent and LeBrun Sisters) – recorded July 27, 1942 for Decca.[23] This reached No. 7 in the pop chart.[24] (1943)
- The Ink Spots reached No. 1 on the R&B chart for two non-consecutive weeks and No. 2 on the pop chart[25] (1943)
- Etta James – The Second Time Around (Argo, 1961)[26]
- Anne Murray – I'll Be Seeing You (2004)[27]
- Anna Nalick - The Blackest Crow (2019)[28]
- Willie Nelson – Stardust (1978)[29]
- Patti Page – Music for Two in Love (1956)[30]