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It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
by
Ella Fitzgerald
First released:
1957,
Length:
4:15
Creators
(9)
Instruments
Alvin Stoller
(04 Sep 1957 - 16 Sep 1957)
drums (drum set)
Barney Kessel
(04 Sep 1957 - 16 Sep 1957)
guitar
Ben Webster
(04 Sep 1957 - 16 Sep 1957)
tenor saxophone
Joe Mondragon
(04 Sep 1957 - 16 Sep 1957)
double bass
Paul Smith
(04 Sep 1957 - 16 Sep 1957)
piano
Stuff Smith
(04 Sep 1957 - 16 Sep 1957)
violin
Vocals
Ella Fitzgerald
(04 Sep 1957 - 16 Sep 1957)
lead vocals
Engineer
Val Valentin
Producer
Norman Granz
Works
(1)
Recording Of
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
(04 Sep 1957 - 16 Sep 1957)
cover
Composer
Duke Ellington
(Aug 1931)
Lyricist
Irving Mills
(1931)
Releases containing this recording
(18)
Official
Album
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
1957
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
1957
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
1988
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
1988
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
22 Mar 1999
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
23 Mar 1999
Ella Fitzgerald
Album - Compilation
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
02 Nov 1993
Ella Fitzgerald
Day Dream: Best of the Duke Ellington Songbook
21 Mar 1995
Ella Fitzgerald
Reader’s Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest Performances
1997
Ella Fitzgerald
Reader's Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest Performances
1998
Ella Fitzgerald
Classic Jazz: Jazz Legends
2001
Various Artists
The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald
2001
Ella Fitzgerald
Classic Jazz: Jazz Masters
25 Jun 2002
Various Artists
Vintage Verve
2006
Various Artists
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin & Duke Ellington Songbooks
2008
Ella Fitzgerald
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
18 Nov 2013
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella & Her Fellas: 40 Original Vocal and Instrumental Collaborations
2018
Ella Fitzgerald
The Great Ladies of Jazz
Various Artists