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For Dancers Only

Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra

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  • 1990
  • 2:42
  • 155 BPM · G# major

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  1. Released on Classics, also Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra), Muggles (Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra) and Solo Flight (Benny Goodman and His Orchestra)

  2. Written by Don Raye, also Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (The Andrews Sisters), I’ll Remember April (Miles Davis) and You Don’t Know What Love Is (Sonny Rollins)

  3. Part of The Chronological Classics: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1937-1939, also Annie Laurie, Hell's Bells and Frisco Fog

  4. Written by Sy Oliver, also T’Aint What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (Fun Boy Three), The Minor Goes Muggin’ (Duke Ellington) and Easy Does It (The Oscar Peterson Trio)

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Written by
Don Raye, Sy Oliver and Vic Schoen
Performed by
Al Norris, Dan Grissom, Earl Carruthers, Ed Brown, Eddie Durham, Eddie Tompkins, Edwin Wilcox, Elmer Crumbley, Jimmy Crawford, Joe Thomas, Moses Allen, Paul Webster, Russell Bowles, Sy Oliver and Willie Smith
Part of
The Chronological Classics: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1937-1939
Released on
Classics

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  1. 1MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Al Norris

    For Dancers Only was performed by Al Norris

    MusicBrainz

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  2. 2MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Dan Grissom

    For Dancers Only was performed by Dan Grissom

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Earl Carruthers

    For Dancers Only was performed by Earl Carruthers

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Ed Brown

    For Dancers Only was performed by Ed Brown

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Eddie Durham

    For Dancers Only was performed by Eddie Durham

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Eddie Tompkins

    For Dancers Only was performed by Eddie Tompkins

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Edwin Wilcox

    For Dancers Only was performed by Edwin Wilcox

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Elmer Crumbley

    For Dancers Only was performed by Elmer Crumbley

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Jimmy Crawford

    For Dancers Only was performed by Jimmy Crawford

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Joe Thomas

    For Dancers Only was performed by Joe Thomas

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Moses Allen

    For Dancers Only was performed by Moses Allen

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Paul Webster

    For Dancers Only was performed by Paul Webster

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Russell Bowles

    For Dancers Only was performed by Russell Bowles

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  14. 14MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Sy Oliver

    For Dancers Only was performed by Sy Oliver

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  15. 15MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was performed by Willie Smith

    For Dancers Only was performed by Willie Smith

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  16. 16MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was written by Don Raye

    For Dancers Only was written by Don Raye

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  17. 17MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was written by Sy Oliver

    For Dancers Only was written by Sy Oliver

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  18. 18MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was written by Vic Schoen

    For Dancers Only was written by Vic Schoen

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  19. 19MusicBrainz For Dancers Only is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1937-1939

    For Dancers Only is part of the release The Chronological Classics: Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra 1937-1939

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  20. 20MusicBrainz Classics is the label of the song For Dancers Only

    Classics is the label of the song For Dancers Only

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  21. 21MusicBrainz For Dancers Only was released on 1990

    For Dancers Only was released on 1990

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026