First, let's hear some of Duke Ellington's
popular songs introduced
by Duke himself.
[recording starts] I'd like very much to play a few of
those songs we've written and have had various
degrees of popularity.
I hope you'll recognize them.
[music plays]
Duke Ellington and his orchestra in
a concert at Seattle, Washington, in March
of nineteen fifty-two playing
a medley of famous Ellington popular
songs "Don't Get Around Much Anymore,"
"In a Sentimental Mood," "Mood Indigo,"
"I'm Beginning to See the Light," "Prelude
to a Kiss," "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't
Got That Swing," "Solitude,"
and "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
to which Duke could have added "Do Nothing
'til You Hear From Me," "I've Got it Bad
and That Ain't Good," Caravan,"
"Sophisticated Lady," and many
another American classics.