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It Don't Mean A Thing (The Very Best O...

6.5M streams

6,517,133

Jazz Foundations Vol. 36

6.5M streams

6,515,047

The Ultimate Jazz Archive 39 (1 Of 4)

6.2M streams

6,200,206

November Blues - Jazz Songs for Cold D...

5.4M streams

5,445,697

Ivie And Duke Vol 2

2.5M streams

2,458,127

Chocolate Shake

106.1K streams

106,128

Hayfoot, Strawfoot

93.4K streams

93,354

I Got It Good and That Ain't Bad!

92K streams

92,038

The Ivie Anderson Collection 1932-46

86.1K streams

86,120

Golden Selection (Remastered)

25.8K streams

25,776

Biography

Ivie Anderson was a classy yet swinging singer, the best that Duke Ellington ever had. Early on she worked at the Cotton Club in shows and sang with Anson Weeks, Curtis Mosby, Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders, and Earl Hines (1930). And then, from February 1931 until 1942, Ivie Anderson was an integral part of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, introducing "It Don't Mean a Thing" and singing such numbers as "Stormy Weather," "I'm Checkin' Out -- Go'om Bye," and a variety of pop tunes. When she left Ellington, it was because of asthma. She opened up a restaurant in Los Angeles and recorded eight songs in 1946, but her illness eventually struck her down. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi