Ellington Medley: Cotton Tail / I Didn't Know About You / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / I'm Beginning to See the Light

~ Recording by George Shearing & Mel Tormé

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Ellington Medley: Cotton Tail / I Didn't Know About You / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / I'm Beginning to See the Light5:30George Shearing & Mel TorméMel & George "Do" World War IIGeorge Shearing & Mel TorméAlbum + Live
  • US1991-07-16
Concord JazzCCD-4471
6.6Ellington Medley5:29George Shearing & Mel TorméComplete Concord RecordingsGeorge Shearing & Mel TorméAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording of:Cotton Tail (in 1990-09: live, medley)
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (in 1990-09: live, medley)
I Didn’t Know About You (in 1990-09: live, medley)
I’m Beginning to See the Light (in 1990-09: live, medley)

Related works

Cotton Tail

lyricist and composer:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
later versions:Cotton Tail (English language version)

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

lyricist:Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
composer:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1940)
publisher:EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher)
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
Harrison Music Corp.
Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
referred to in medleys:Duke Ellington Fantasy (order: 4)
Sweet Gipsy Rose Medley (order: 8)
version of:Never No Lament
arrangements:Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Tony Bennett dual language arrangement) (translated)

I Didn’t Know About You

lyricist:Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1944)
composer:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944)
is based on:Sentimental Lady

I’m Beginning to See the Light

lyricist:Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
writer:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
composer:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944)
Johnny Hodges (in 1944)
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
referred to in medleys:Duke Ellington Fantasy (order: 2)