Duke Ellington’s Singers, Part 2 - The Syncopated Times

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Duke Ellington’s Singers, Part 2 - The Syncopated Times

Duke Ellington’s compositions have been sung so often, particularly those that he wrote prior to the early 1950s, that it is surprising that it was not until 1931 when he hired Ivie Anderson that he had a regular singer with his orchestra. During the Swing Era, most big bands employed at least one female and […]