Duke Ellington

US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader

1899 to 1974
from Washington, D.C.

On fono: 108 songs
50 collaborators
21 cited facts
21 sources

The people around them

Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Bob Thiele
Produced by, Written by
12 songs
Allan Emig
Engineered by
9 songs
Billy Strayhorn
Written by
8 songs
Irving Townsend
Produced by
8 songs
Norman Granz
Produced by
8 songs
Rudy van Gelder
Engineered by
8 songs
Fred Plaut
Engineered by
4 songs
Ray Hall
Engineered by
4 songs
Lee Herschberg
Engineered by
3 songs
Sonny Burke
Produced by
3 songs
Count Basie
Written by
2 songs
Irving Mills
Written by
2 songs

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Bob Thiele produced 8 of Duke Ellington’s top 10 songs
Bob Thiele is Duke Ellington’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 12 songs
Duke Ellington recorded most at Radio Recorders Studios (10 songs)
Duke Ellington wrote or co-wrote 45 of 108 songs on fono (42%)
Credited songs by Duke Ellington span 72 years, 1945 to 2017 (75 songs)

Top songs

From Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
1. 1
  Big Nick
  1963
2. 2
  In a Sentimental Mood
  1963
3. 3
  My Little Brown Book
  1963
4. 4
  Take the Coltrane
  1963
5. 5
  The Feeling of Jazz
  1963
6. 6
  Stevie
  1963
7. 7
  Angelica
  1963
8
I’m Just a Lucky So and So
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, 1961
From First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
1. 9
  Corner Pocket (Until I Met You)
  1961
2. 10
  Jumpin’ at the Woodside
  1961

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Where the songs were made

Releases

2017
- An Intimate Piano Session
  Album
- Duke Ellington the Collector from 1928 to 1940
  Album
2015
- A Giant Among the Giants: The Best LPs 1950 to 1961
  Album
2014
- The Duke: Historically Speaking
  Album
2012
- The Real… Duke Ellington
  Album
2009
- The Essential
  Album
2008
- The Best of Duke Ellington 1932-1939
  Album
2007
- Original Album Classics
  Album
2005
- Concept of Freedom
  Album
2002
- Portrait
  Album

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (21)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

1MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Billy Strayhorn Trio
Duke Ellington is a member of Billy Strayhorn Trio
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2MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington & His Band
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington & His Band
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3MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
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4MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington & the Jungle Band
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington & the Jungle Band
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5MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington Octet
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington Octet
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6MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington Quartet
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington Quartet
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7MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
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8MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
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9MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington’s Hot Five
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington’s Hot Five
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10MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington’s Jazz Ensemble
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington’s Jazz Ensemble
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11MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington’s Spacemen
Duke Ellington is a member of Duke Ellington’s Spacemen
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12MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
Duke Ellington is a member of Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
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13MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of Mills' Ten Black Berries
Duke Ellington is a member of Mills' Ten Black Berries
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14MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of The Duke Ellington Sextet
Duke Ellington is a member of The Duke Ellington Sextet
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15MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of The Duke Ellington Trio
Duke Ellington is a member of The Duke Ellington Trio
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16MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of The Harlem Footwarmers
Duke Ellington is a member of The Harlem Footwarmers
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17MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is a member of The Washingtonians
Duke Ellington is a member of The Washingtonians
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18MusicBrainz Duke Ellington is from Washington, D.C.
Duke Ellington is from Washington, D.C.
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19Wikidata The genre of Duke Ellington is gospel music
The genre of Duke Ellington is gospel music
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20Wikidata The genre of Duke Ellington is jazz
The genre of Duke Ellington is jazz
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21Wikidata The genre of Duke Ellington is swing
The genre of Duke Ellington is swing
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