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Ev'ryone has a favorite song, my heart has one too; but I lost my favorite song, that's why I'm so blue. by Duke Ellington , 193...

Recorded in New York City, New York, U.S.A., on October 1, 1928, "Black Beauty," composed by Edward "Duke" Ellingt...

In the 1943 musical Reveille with Beverly , a character named Beverly Ross moderates a radio show with swing music, dedicated to local servi...

Wikipedia entry : "Sophisticated Lady" is a jazz standard, composed as an instrumental in 1932 by Duke Ellington, to which words ...

From the Wikipedia entry : A man of suave demeanor and puckish wit that masked occasional brusqueness, Ellington preferred to call his style...

Billy Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American composer, pianist and arranger, best known for his successful collaborat...