Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell. The tune was originally titled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Ellington in 1940 as a big band instrumental. Russell's lyrics and the new title were added in 1942.
Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by The Ink Spots and the other by Ellington's own band, reached #1 on the R&B charts in 1943. Both were top ten pop records, along with a version by Glen Gray.
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Cover versions
- 1943: The Ink Spots reached #1 on the R&B charts.
- 1959: June Christy recorded the song for her Ballads for Night People album.
- 1975: Title track of live recording of jam session with Rolf Ericsson, Tommy Körberg, Dick Morrissey, Terry Smith, and others - Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Live at Bullerbyn.
- 1978: Willie Nelson recorded the song for his album Stardust.
- 1987: Paul McCartney - Снова в СССР.
- 1989: Harry Connick, Jr. - Soundtrack of When Harry Met Sally.
- 1991: B. B. King - King of the Blues compilation.
- 2003: Rod Stewart had also covered this song on his As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2 cover album of Pop Standards.
- 2007: Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis during their performance at Allen Room for Jazz at Lincoln Center, later released as Two Men with the Blues. However, this track is not on the album.
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