Rise Again
Jazz & Swing
p. 142
Alternate Title: 
Never No Lament
First Line: 
Missed the Saturday dance, heard they crowded the floor

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Duke Ellington
Bob Russell

Reference

Genre: 
jazz / swing

About the Song

"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was composed & recorded as an instrumental swing tune by Duke Ellington in 1940.  It became a hit after Bob Russell wrote lyrics to Ellington's tune in 1942.

list of covers: https://secondhandsongs.com/work/10904/all

notable recordings include:

  • The Ink Spots 1942
  • Big Crosby 1957
  • Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington Orchestra 1957
  • Louis Armstrong with Duke Ellington 1963
  • Etta James 1961
  • Willie Nelson 1978
  • Harry Connick Jr 1989 for the film "When Harry Met Sally"
  • Natalie Cole 1991
  • Valentine Ryder 1998
  • Tony Bennett & Michael Buble 2011
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