DUKE ELLINGTON - ALL THE HITS AND MORE 1927-54 - It's a comprehensive overview of his most successful output during a primary era of his career Duke Ellington was one of the most important and influential figures in the entire history of jazz, as pianist, bandleader, composer and innovator, his career spanning half century as the genre evolved from the early days of electric recording. However, while critics and commentators focus on his over-arching significance as a giant of the medium, it's easy to forget that he was a genius at composing tune and songs for the medium of the 3-minute 78rpm single, and during the first three decades of his career before rock 'n' roll changed the pop landscape irrevocably, he had more than 70 records that were credited as chart hits. This great-value 4-CD set comprised all those 77 recordings which are listed in recognised sources as hits, plus another 20 or so which are regarded as significant compositions which became standards, or were hits for other artists. It includes his No. 1s with "Three Little Words", "Cocktails For Two", "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", and the Billboard R&B No. 1s "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Sentimental Lady", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" and "Main Stem", along with classics like "Mood Indigo", "Sophisticated Lady", "Moon Glow", "Solitude", "Caravan", "Take The 'A' Train" and "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good". It's a comprehensive overview of his most successful output during a primary era of his career, and a great showcase for the artistry which made the Duke such a revered and iconic personality.

Tracklist:

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
Black And Tan Fantasy
Creole Love Call
Black Beauty
Doin' The New Low Down
Diga Diga Doo
The Mooche
Three Little Words
Ring Dem Bells
Blue Again
Mood Indigo
Rockin' In Rhythm
Creole Rhapsody Part 1
Limehouse Blues
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Creole Rhapsody (New Version)
Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland)
Moon Over Dixie
Best Wishes
Blue Ramble
Drop Me Off In Harlem
Sophisticated Lady
Stormy Weather
I'm Satisfied
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
Daybreak Express
Cocktails For Two
Moon Glow
Solitude
Saddest Tale
Merry Go Round
In A Sentimental Mood
Accent On Youth
Cotton
Isn't Love The Strangest Thing?
Love Is Like A Cigarette
Clarinet Lament
Echoes Of Harlem
Oh Babe! Maybe Someday
Jazz Lips
Yearning For Love
The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
There's A Lull In My Life
Scattin' At The Kit Kat
Caravan
Azure
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
Diminuendo In Blue
Crescendo In Blue
Harmony In Harlem
If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do?)
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
The Gal From Joe's
La Do Doody Do
Lambeth Walk
Prelude To A Kiss
Something To Live For
You, You, Darlin'
Ko Ko
At A Dixie Roadside Diner
Sepia Panorama
Harlem Air Shaft
In A Mellotone
All Too Soon
Flamingo
Take The A Train
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
Hayfoot, Strawfoot
Just A-Settin' And A-Rockin'
Rocks In My Bed
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament)
The 'C' Jam Blues
Perdido
Bojangles
A Slip Of The Lip (Can Sink A Ship)
Sentimental Lady
Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Main Stem
My Little Brown Book
Someone
I Don't Mind
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care To Know)
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
Come To Baby, Do
I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
Don't Be So Mean To Baby (Cause Baby's So Good To You)
Satin Doll
Boo Dah
Skin Deep

UPC: 824046717223
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 4.7.23
Format: CD

Duke Ellington - All The Hits And More 1927-54 (CD)