Don't Get Around Much Anymore

For the 1975 live recording, see Don't Get Around Much Anymore – Live at Bullerbyn.
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
Song by Duke Ellington
Written1940 (music), 1942 (lyrics)
Published1942 by Robbins Music
Composer(s)Duke Ellington
Lyricist(s)Bob Russell

"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington.[1] The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940.[2] "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" quickly became a hit after Bob Russell wrote its lyrics in 1942.[3]

Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by The Ink Spots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's band,[4] reached No. 1 on the US Billboard R&B chart in 1943. Both were top-ten pop records, along with a version by Glen Gray. The Duke Ellington version reached No. 8 on the pop chart.[5]

  1. ^ "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  2. ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  3. ^ Furia, Philip; Lasser, Michael L. (2006). America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415972468.
  4. ^ "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #9". Digital.library.unt.edu. 1972.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 185.