Do Nothing till You Hear from Me
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Other recordings to reach the Billboard charts in 1944 were by Woody Herman and by Stan Kenton (vocal: Red Dorris).[3]
Other versions
"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" has since been performed by many other famous musical artists, including:
- Nat King Cole, 1944, with The King Cole Trio[4]
- Billie Holiday, 1944 – Live, 1955, Studio, Stay With Me[5]
- Lena Horne, 1944, appears on her 2002 compilation album The Young Star[6]
- Patti Page, 1949, released in 1986 on The Uncollected Patti Page (1949): Patti Page with Lou Stein's Music[7]
- Hampton Hawes, 1956 – All Night Session! Vol. 3
- Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1957[8] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the album Shall We Dance? (2012).[9]
- Ella Fitzgerald, 1957, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Abbey Lincoln, 1957, Abbey Lincoln's Affair: A Story of a Girl in Love
- Mose Allison, 1959 – Autumn Song
- Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, 1961, The Great Summit[10]
- Don Lamond & His Orchestra, 1962, Off Beat Percussion
- Anita O'Day, 1962, All the Sad Young Men
- Nina Simone, 1962, Nina Simone Sings Ellington
- Dinah Washington, 1962, In Love
- Sammy Davis Jr. (with Sam Butera & the Witnesses, 1965, When the Feeling Hits You!
- Keith Jarrett, 1987, Solo Tribute
- Harry Connick Jr., 1988, 20
- Robert Palmer, 1992, Ridin' High
- Diana Krall, 1993, Stepping Out
- Tony Bennett, 1999, Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool
- Dr. John, 1999, Duke Elegant[11] –
- Silje Nergaard, 2000, Port of Call[12]
- Andy Williams, 2000, Released on his 2001 live album Andy Williams Live[13]
- Mary J. Blige, 2001, Red Hot + Indigo
References
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- ↑ The King Cole Trio. Sessions of 1944. Nat King Cole: An Informal Discography.
- ↑ Holiday, Billie. B. Live Sessions. Billie Holiday Songs.
- ↑ Horne, Lena. The Young Star (CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono). RCA/BMG/Bluebird. 2 September 2002.
- ↑ Page, Patti. The Uncollected Patti Page...with Lou Stein's Music. Hindsight, 1986.
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- ↑ Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington. The Complete...Sessions. Roulette Records, 1990.
- ↑ Dr. John. Duke Elegant (CD, Album).Parlophone, 1999.
- ↑ Nergaard, Silje. Port of Call (CD, Album, Digipak). EmArcy, 2000.
- ↑ Williams, Andy. Andy Williams Live: Treasures from His Personal Collection. Neon Records, 10 July 2001.
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