Biography

"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]

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)
• Tony Bennett and Michael Bublé – Duets II (2011)^[10]
• Tony Bennett (solo version) – Tony Makes It Happen (1967)^[11][12]
• Michael Bublé – BaBalu (1996)^[13]
• Joan Cartwright with Lonnie Smith – In Pursuit of a Melody (1991)^[14]
• Chicago – Night & Day Big Band (1995)^[15]
• June Christy – Ballads for Night People^[16] and Spotlight on June Christy (1995)^[17]
• The Coasters – One by One (1960)^[18]
• Nat King Cole – Just One of Those Things (1957)^[19]
• Natalie Cole – Unforgettable... with Love (1991)^[20]
• Harry Connick Jr. – When Harry Met Sally... (1989)^[21]
• Sam Cooke – My Kind of Blues (1961)^[22]
• Hank Crawford – Dig These Blues (Atlantic, 1965)^[23]
• Bing Crosby – recorded on April 15, 1977,^[24] and included on the album A Tribute to Duke
• Bill Doggett – A Salute to Ellington (King, 1957)^[25]
• Dr. John with Ronnie Cuber – Duke Elegant (1999)^[6]
• Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve, 1957)^[6][26]
• Eydie Gormé – Eydie Swings the Blues (1957)^[27]
• Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (vocals by Kenny Sargent and LeBrun Sisters) – recorded July 27, 1942 for Decca.^[28] This reached No. 7 in the pop chart.^[29] (1943)
• Earl Holliman – Capitol (1958)^[30]
• Tab Hunter on Dot. The B-side to "Ninety-Nine Ways", which was a No. 11 hit in March 1957. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" itself charted at No. 74 in March 1957.
• The Ink Spots reached No. 1 on the R&B chart for two non-consecutive weeks and No. 2 on the pop chart^[31] (1943)
• Mark Isham & Kate Ceberano – Bittersweet (2009)
• Etta James – The Second Time Around (Argo, 1961)^[32]
• Harry James with Buddy Rich – Live! (Sunbeam, 1979)
• B.B. King with the Maxwell Davis Orchestra – Compositions of Duke Ellington and Others (1960)
• B.B. King with Duke Ellington Orchestra – King of the Blues (1992)
• Grace Knight – Come in Spinner, ABC TV (Australia) (1990)^[33]
• Paul McCartney – B-side to "Once Upon a Long Ago" (1987),^[34][35] and "Снова в СССР" (1987)
• Anne Murray – I'll Be Seeing You (2004)^[36]
• Anna Nalick - The Blackest Crow (2019)^[37]
• Willie Nelson – Stardust (1978)^[38]
• Patti Page – Music for Two in Love (1956)^[39]
• The Radars – (Zodiac, 1967)
• Cliff Richard – Bold as Brass (2010)^[40]
• Rod Stewart – As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2 (2003)^[41]
• Mel Tormé – The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks (Verve, 1961)^[42]
• Ed Townsend – Glad to Be Here (1959)^[43]
• Brooks Williams – Blues and Ballads (2006)^[44][45]

References

External links

• "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" Arrangement for guitar