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"It Don't Mean a Thing" is originaly a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills, singed in 1932 by the vocal diva Ivie Anderson.
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"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills. It is now accepted as a jazz standard, and jazz historian Gunther Schuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title".
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Jan 12, 2018 · Ivie Anderson sang the vocal and trombonist Joe Nanton and alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges played the instrumental solos. This 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of...
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Jul 10, 2023 · Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises It Don't Mean A Thing · Ivie Anderson · Duke Ellington · Edward Kennedy Ellington Raisin' The Rent ℗ 1999 © HEP Records™ a division of...
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Her first appearance on record, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", recorded in 1932, was a hit. She participated in Ellington's first European tour in 1933. [2] In 1940, she recorded "Solitude", "Mood Indigo", and "Stormy Weather". [4]
It don't mean a thing Lyrics: It don't mean a thing / If it ain't got that swing / (doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah / Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah) / It don't mean a...
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