I Didn't Know About You

"I Didn't Know About You" is a 1944 song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Bob Russell.^[1]

Alec Wilder wrote that it "works well as a song in [the] series of Ellington instrumentals with Russell lyrics. The main strain is the most melodic, vocally, of the three Russell wrote lyrics for."^[2]

Notable recordings

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
Mel Tormé, George Shearing - Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)
Sarah Vaughan - The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (1979)

Notes

^ Bob Russell Biography. Listen to Classical Music by Bob Russell
^ Wilder, Alec. American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1972), 240.

v • d • e Duke Ellington

Albums	The Blanton–Webster Band · Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band · Ellington at Newport · The Complete Porgy and Bess · Such Sweet Thunder · Ellington Indigos · Newport Jazz Festival (1958) · Black, Brown and Beige · Jazz Party · Anatomy of a Murder · Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · Money Jungle · The Great Paris Concert · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · Ella at Duke's Place · Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · The Far East Suite · The Stockholm Concert, 1966 · ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · Francis A. & Edward K.

Songs	All Too Soon · Azure · Caravan · Cotton Tail · Day Dream · Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Drop Me Off in Harlem · Everything But You · I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues · I Didn't Know About You · I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So · In a Mellow Tone · In a Sentimental Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' · Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) · Mood Indigo · Prelude to a Kiss · Rocks in My Bed · (In My) Solitude · Satin Doll · Sophisticated Lady

Compositions	Black, Brown and Beige · C Jam Blues · Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue

Orchestra Members	Cat Anderson · Ivie Anderson · Harold Ashby · Shorty Baker · Butch Ballard · Louie Bellson · Barney Bigard · Jimmy Blanton · Wellman Braud · Lawrence Brown · Red Callender · Harry Carney · Mercer Ellington · Jimmy Forrest · Peter Giger · Tyree Glenn · Paul Gonsalves · Sonny Greer · Jimmy Hamilton · Otto Hardwick · Johnny Hodges · Al Hibbler · Quentin Jackson · Louis Metcalf · James "Bubber" Miley · Ray Nance · Tricky Sam Nanton · Oscar Pettiford · Russell Procope · Betty Roché · Al Sears · Willie Smith · Billy Strayhorn · Rex Stewart · Billy Taylor · Clark Terry · Juan Tizol · Ben Webster · Arthur Whetsol · Cootie Williams · Britt Woodman · Sam Woodyard

Other	Black and Tan Fantasy · Cabin in the Sky · Duke Ellington Bridge · Duke Ellington House · Duke Ellington School of the Arts · Irving Mills · Sophisticated Ladies

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