"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" is a 1941
song
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...
written by
Billy Strayhorn and
Lee Gaines.
Notable recordings
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Johnny Dankworth - ''The Best of Johnny Dankworth'' (2008)
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June Christy
June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued ...
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Recalls Those Kenton Days'' (1959), ''The Best Of The Capitol Years''
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Ella Fitzgerald - ''
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook'' (1958)
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Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though ...
- ''On AFRS: 1944-45'' (2006) vocal by
June Christy
June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued ...
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The Delta Rhythm Boys - ''release charted #17, "their first (and only) chart success"
(December 1945)
See also
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Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Born and raised in Washington, D ...
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Duke Ellington discography
References
Songs with music by Duke Ellington
Songs with lyrics by Lee Gaines
1940s jazz standards
1941 songs
Songs with music by Billy Strayhorn
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