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Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (July 10, 1905 – December 28, 1949) was an American jazz singer. Anderson was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra for more than a decade.
"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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Here's Duke Ellington with Ivie Ivy Anderson in I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good soundie. Some of the girls in the soundies were actresses and dancers on stage and screen. The lady...
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Duke Ellington Presents Ivie Anderson by Duke Ellington released in 1973. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Ivie Anderson was an American jazz singer and member of Duke Ellington’s orchestra. She was born in 1902 in Gilroy, California, and died in 1949. Anderson was one of the first African-American women to make a name for herself as a jazz singer.
The song was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra for Brunswick Records on February 2, 1932. Ivie Anderson sang the vocal and trombonist Joe Nanton and alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges played the solos. In later performances, trumpeter Ray Nance often sang the vocal.
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Feb 19, 2020 · Like Mildred Bailey, Ivie Anderson was an early female vocalist who pioneered the jazz idiom in dance bands. She joined Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1931and for the next 12 years she toured and recorded with the band.
