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Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Composer ("It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing", "Sophisticated Lady", "Mood Indigo", "Solitude", "In a Mellotone", "Satin Doll"), pianist and conductor, holder of an honorary music degree from Wilberforce University and an LHD from Milton College, Duke Ellington led his own orchestra by 1918, and came to New York in 1923, appearing ...
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Died:(age 75) in New York City, New York, USA |
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2016
Darker Than You Think
(performer: "Take the A Train", "Sophisticated Lady") / (writer: "Sophisticated Lady") (announced)
2016
How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change
(Documentary) (performer: "Angelica") / (writer: "Angelica")
Gotham
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
- Rise of the Villains: Knock, Knock
(2015)
... (performer: "In a Sentimental Mood" - uncredited) / (writer: "In a Sentimental Mood" - uncredited)
2015
Agent Carter
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Valediction
(2015)
... (writer: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)")
2015
Fresh Dressed
(Documentary) (music: "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)") / (performer: "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
2015
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Gang Group Dates
(2015)
... (writer: "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" - uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 2014) (music - 1 episode, 2014)
- Sir Paul McCartney/Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
(2014)
... (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Ben Affleck/Kate Walsh/Tony Bennett
(2014)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - uncredited)
2014
Christmas in Rockefeller Center
(TV Special) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
Boardwalk Empire
(TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes, 2011 - 2014) (performer - 2 episodes, 2014)
- Eldorado
(2014)
... (writer: "Mood Indigo" - uncredited)
- Devil You Know
(2014)
... (performer: "Sam and Delilah" - uncredited)
- What Jesus Said
(2014)
... (writer: "The Mooche" - uncredited)
- The Good Listener
(2014)
... (performer: "Hittin' the Bottle", "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" - uncredited) / (writer: "Black and Tan Fantasy", "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" - uncredited)
- Gimcrack and Bunkum
(2011)
... (writer: "Sweet Mama (Papa's Getting Mad)" - uncredited)
Manhattan
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
- You Always Hurt the One You Love
(2014)
... (performer: "Concerto for Cootie" - uncredited) / (writer: "Concerto for Cootie" - uncredited)
Hawaii Five-0
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- Ho'onani Makuakane
(2013)
... (performer: "Ko-Ko" - uncredited) / (writer: "Ko-Ko" - uncredited)
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (1 episode, 2013) (writer - 3 episodes, 2005 - 2013) (music - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2011)
- Two-Night Finale: First Night
(2013)
... (writer: "Diga Diga Doo")
- Hollywood Night
(2013)
... (writer: "Diga Diga Doo")
- Week 2
(2013)
... ("It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Round Two
(2011)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Round Nine: Results
(2009)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - uncredited)
2013
American Horror Story
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Axeman Cometh
(2013)
... (performer: "New Orleans Low-down" - uncredited)
2012-2013
Miss Fishers mysteriöse Mordfälle
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Blood at the Wheel
(2013)
... (performer: "Old Man Blues" written by nm0590030 & nm0254153)
- Murder in the Dark
(2012)
... (performer: "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) written by nm0254153)
The Mark of Beauty
(TV Series) (1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013) (music - 1 episode, 2013)
- Watashi no Fujisan
(2013)
... (writer: "Caravan")
- Nagasaki
(2013)
... ("Black and Tan Fantasy")
- Chikurin
(2013)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)")
2013
Der Schaum der Tage
(performer: "Fleurette Africaine") / (writer: "Caravan", "The Mood to be Wooed", "Sophisticated Lady", "Fleurette Africaine", "Slap Happy" (uncredited))
The Vampire Diaries
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 2012) (performer - 1 episode, 2012)
- We'll Always Have Bourbon Street
(2012)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing" - uncredited) / (performer: "It Don't Mean a Thing" - uncredited)
2012
30 Rock
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mazel Tov, Dummies!
(2012)
... (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
Breaking Bad
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- Say My Name
(2012)
... (performer: "Overture" - uncredited) / (writer: "Overture" - uncredited)
2012
American Idol
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Final Judgment, Part 1
(2012)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
2012
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #8.8
(2012)
... (writer: "Mood Indigo")
2011
Late Show with David Letterman
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #18.177
(2011)
... (writer: "Caravan" - uncredited)
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2005)
- Top 16 Perform
(2011)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- The Top 20 Perform
(2009)
... (music: "Hit Me With a Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce)")
- Top 14
(2005)
... (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
2011
L.A. Noire
(Video Game) (as Edward Kennedy Ellington, "Maybe I Should Change My Ways") / (performer: "Maybe I Should Change My Ways")
2011
The Fairy
(performer: "Little Max", "Blues in orbit") / (writer: "Little Max", "Blues in orbit")
Mildred Pierce
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Part One
(2011)
... (performer: "Mood Indigo", "The Mooche") / (writer: "Mood Indigo", "The Mooche")
2011
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
(Documentary) (performer: "In A Sentimental Mood") / (writer: "In A Sentimental Mood")
2010
Mafia II
(Video Game) ("IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)") / (writer: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)")
2010
The Pacific
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Peleliu Landing
(2010)
... (writer: "Solitude")
2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "Satin Doll") / (performer: "Satin Doll")
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2009) (writer - 1 episode, 2009)
- Great Nature: 1933-1945
(2009)
... (performer: "Creole Love Call", "Jubilee Stomp", "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo") / (writer: "Creole Love Call", "Jubilee Stomp", "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo")
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (writer: "Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life", "I've Got Those Lost My Man Blues" - uncredited)
2008
Eli Stone
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Grace
(2008)
... (writer: "Hit Me With a Hot Note" - uncredited)
2008
A Christmas Tale
(performer: "Fleurette africaine" (African Flower), "Ad Lib On Nippon") / (writer: "Fleurette africaine" (African Flower), "Ad Lib On Nippon")
2008
X Factor
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.10
(2008)
... (music: "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (music - 2 episodes, 2007) (writer - 1 episode, 2007) (performer - 1 episode, 2005)
- Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
(2007)
... (music: "In a Mellow Tone", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (uncredited))
- Les Paul: Chasing Sound
(2007)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing") / (writer: "Old Man Blues")
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
(2005)
... (performer: "Blowin' in the Wind")
2007
Melba Moore: Live in Concert
(Video) (writer: "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
2007
Great Performances
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song
(2007)
... (music: "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me")
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 2007) (performer - 1 episode, 2007)
- The Second Coming
(2007)
... (writer: "Caravan" - uncredited)
- Kennedy and Heidi
(2007)
... (performer: "Sophisticated Lady") / (writer: "Sophisticated Lady")
- Walk Like a Man
(2007)
... (writer: "Mood Indigo")
2007/II
Ella
(Documentary short) (music: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)") / (performer: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)")
2006
African American Lives
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Searching for Our Names
(2006)
... (writer: "Old Man Blues" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
- The Promise of Freedom
(2006)
... (writer: "Old Man Blues" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
- Listening to Our Past
(2006)
... (writer: "Old Man Blues" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
2005
Rumor Has It...
(performer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light") / (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
Cold Case
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2004 - 2005) (writer - 1 episode, 2004)
- Best Friends
(2005)
... (performer: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Factory Girls
(2004)
... (performer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light") / (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
2004
Australian Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Top 4 Results Show
(2004)
... (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
- Top 4 Performance Show: Big Band
(2004)
... (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes, 2004) (writer - 2 episodes, 2004)
- The Political Dr. Seuss
(2004)
... (performer: "Black and Tan Fantasy) / (writer: "Black and Tan Fantasy - as D. Ellington)
- A Place of Our Own
(2004)
... (performer: "Old Man Blues") / (writer: "Old Man Blues" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
2004
Melinda and Melinda
(music: "In a Mellow Tone" (1939), "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (1942), "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (1938)) / (performer: "Take The 'A' Train" (1941), "In a Mellow Tone" (1939), "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (1938))
Angels in America
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2003) (writer - 1 episode, 2003)
- Part 1: Millennium Approaches
(2003)
... (performer: "Solitude") / (writer: "Solitude" - as Edward "Duke" Ellington)
The Blues
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2003) (writer - 1 episode, 2003)
- Piano Blues
(2003)
... (performer: "Duke's Place") / (writer: "Duke's Place" - as Edward Ellington)
2003
The Human Stain
(music: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (1941)) / (writer: "Day Dream" (1939))
2003
7th Heaven
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- I Love Lucy
(2003)
... (writer: "Jump For Joy" - uncredited)
2003
Race: The Power of an Illusion
(TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- The House We Live In
(2003)
... ("Echoes of Harlem")
Crossing Jordan
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2002) (writer - 1 episode, 2002)
- There's No Place Like Home
(2002)
... (writer: "Mood Indigo" - uncredited)
- With Honor
(2002)
... (performer: "Stardust" - uncredited)
- Blood Relatives
(2002)
... (performer: "Daydream" - uncredited)
2002
The Wire
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Wire
(2002)
... (writer: "Fleurette Africaine" - uncredited)
2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
(lyrics: "Mood Indigo" (1931)) / (music: "Mood Indigo" (1931)) / (performer: "Mood Indigo" (1931))
2001
One Night with Robbie Williams
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me")
2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
(music: "Sophisticated Lady") / (performer: "Sophisticated Lady")
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
(TV Movie) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
1999
Sweet and Lowdown
(music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1931)) / (writer: "Caravan" (1936))
1999
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "DIMINUENDO IN BLUE & CRESCENDO IN BLUE") / (writer: "DIMINUENDO IN BLUE & CRESCENDO IN BLUE")
1999
The Matrix
(performer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light") / (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang
(1999)
... ("Night Train")
1999
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Home Alone
(1999)
... (music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
1998
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
(Documentary) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)")
1997
The Big One
(Documentary) (performer: "Mississipi Moan" (1927)) / (writer: "Mississipi Moan" (1927))
1997
Oz
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- A Game of Checkers
(1997)
... (writer: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" - uncredited)
- To Your Health
(1997)
... (writer: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" - uncredited)
1995
Devil in a Blue Dress
(performer: "HY-AH SU", "MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WAYS") / (writer: "HY-AH SU", "MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WAYS")
Baseball
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 3 episodes, 1994) (writer - 3 episodes, 1994)
- The Capital of Baseball
(1994)
... (performer: "Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me") / (writer: "Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me")
- The National Pastime
(1994)
... (performer: "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "The New Black and Tan Fantasy", "East St. Louis Toodle-ooo") / (writer: "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "The New Black and Tan Fantasy", "East St. Louis Toodle-ooo")
- A National Heirloom
(1994)
... (performer: "Mood Indigo", "Doin the Voom Voom") / (writer: "Mood Indigo", "Doin the Voom Voom")
1994
Corrina, Corrina
(performer: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)") / (writer: "IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)")
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(1993)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
1992
Malcolm X
(performer: "Arabesque Cookie") / (writer: "Drop Me Off in Harlem", "Azure", "Arabesque Cookie")
1991
Guilty by Suspicion
(performer: "I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO") / (writer: "I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO")
1989
Valentina
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Ciao Valentina
(1989)
... (performer: "In a Mellowtone")
1989
Harlem Nights
(music: "Drop Me Off In Harlem", "The Gal From Joe's", "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "Sophisticated Lady") / (performer: "Drop Me Off In Harlem", "Take The 'A' Train") / (writer: "Black Beauty", "Mood Indigo")
1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys
(writer: "Prelude to a Kiss", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me", "Solitude" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)
1987
Dolly
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(1987)
... (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
1986
Der singende Detektiv
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Clues
(1986)
... (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" - uncredited)
- Heat
(1986)
... (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" - uncredited)
- Skin
(1986)
... (writer: "Rockin' in Rhythm" - uncredited)
1985
Kerouac, the Movie
(Documentary) ("I've Got the World On a String") / (performer: "Jumpin' Pumpkins, "Creole Love Call") / (writer: "Jumpin' Pumpkins, "Creole Love Call")
1984
The Cotton Club
(lyrics: "Creole Love Call", "Mood Indigo") / (music: "The Mooche", "Cotton Club Stomp #2", "Drop Me Off In Harlem", "Creole Love Call", "Ring Dem Bells", "East St.Louis Toodle-O", "Cotton Club Stomp #1", "Mood Indigo", "Daybreak Express Medley")
1984
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 25 June 1984
(1984)
... (writer: "I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)")
1982
Police Squad!
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)
(1982)
... ("Satin Doll")
1980
Rough Cut
(writer: "Sophisticated Lady", "Satin Doll", "C Jam Blues", "Mood Indigo", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "In a Sentimental Mood", "Prelude to a Kiss", "Caravan", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
1978
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Cleo Laine
(1978)
... (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing")
1977
The Richard Pryor Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1977)
... (writer: "Solitude", "Satin Doll")
1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.8
(1976)
... (writer: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good")
1976
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot and Heavy, Cool and Groovy All Star Jazz Show
(1976)
... (music: "Mood Indigo")
1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
(Documentary) (music: "Saddest Tale (Blues)" (1934)) / (performer: "Downtown Uproar" (1938)) / (writer: "Downtown Uproar" (1938))
1973
Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly
(TV Special) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues", "Rocks in My Bed", "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)", "Mood Indigo")
1970
The Mike Douglas Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 11 September 1970
(1970)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
1969
Love You Madly: A Salute to Duke Ellington
(TV Movie) (writer: "Creole Love", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "In a Sentimental Mood", "Lay-by", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Rockin' in Rhythm", "Sophisticated Lady", "C-jam Blues")
1968
The Jonathan Winters Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.15
(1968)
... (music: "Satin Doll" - uncredited)
The Bell Telephone Hour
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1967) (writer - 1 episode, 1967)
- On the Road with Duke Ellington
(1967)
... (performer: "You Can Take the A Train", "Satin Doll", "Solitude", "Salute to Morgan State", "Rondolet", "Traffic Jam", "Soda Fountain Rag", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore") / (writer: "Sophisticated Lady", "Mood Indigo", "Satin Doll", "Solitude", "Salute to Morgan State", "Rondolet", "Traffic Jam", "Soda Fountain Rag", "David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might", "In the Beginning God", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
Center Stage
(TV Mini-Series) (music - 1 episode, 1967) (performer - 1 episode, 1967) (writer - 1 episode, 1967)
- The Barbara McNair and Duke Ellington Special
(1967)
... (music: "Dancers in Love", "Solitude", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Satin Doll", "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "Sophisticated Lady") / (performer: "C-Jam Blues", "Take the A Train", "Dancers in Love", "Solitude", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "Mood Indigo", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "Sophisticated Lady") / (writer: "C-Jam Blues", "Mood Indigo")
1966
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.4
(1966)
... (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "Mood Indigo", "Satin Doll" - uncredited)
1966
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.14
(1966)
... (music: "In My Solitude" - uncredited)
1963
La revue des feuilletons
(TV Series short) (music - 1 episode)
- Janique Aimée
(1963)
... (music: "Concerto for Cootie" - uncredited)
1963
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Dinah Shore Show
(1963)
... (writer: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing")
1962
The Avengers
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Decapod
(1962)
... (writer: "You Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" - uncredited)
1961
Paris Blues
(music: "You Know Something?", "Battle Royal", "Bird Jungle", "What's Paris Blues?", "Mood Indigo" (uncredited), "Autumnal Suite" (uncredited), "Nite", "Wild Man Moore" (uncredited), "Paris Stairs", "I Wasn't Shopping", "Guitar Amour", "A Return Reservation", "Paris Blues")
1961
Glenn Miller Time
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(1961)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - uncredited)
1960
Dante
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Punch from Judy
(1960)
... (writer: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good")
1958-1960
Peter Gunn
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- The Judgement
(1960)
... (writer: "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)")
- The Long, Long Ride
(1960)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning To See the Light")
- The Vicious Dog
(1958)
... (writer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1959) (writer - 1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #12.4
(1959)
... (music: "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - uncredited)
- Episode #10.19
(1958)
... (writer: "Jump for Joy" - uncredited)
Timex All-Star Jazz Show
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 1957 - 1959) (performer - 1 episode, 1959)
- The Golden Age of Jazz
(1959)
... (music: "Satin Doll", "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited) / (performer: "Satin Doll", "Take the 'A' Train", "Sophisticated Lady" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 30 December 1957
(1957)
... (music: "Ballet of the Flying Saucers" - uncredited)
Jazz Party
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1958) (music - 1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #1.23
(1958)
... (music: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)")
- Episode #1.22
(1958)
... (writer: "C Jam Blues" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.20
(1958)
... (writer: "Solitude")
You Bet Your Life
(TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 1956 - 1958) (writer - 1 episode, 1954)
- Episode #8.38
(1958)
... (music: "Sophisticated Lady")
- Episode #7.2
(1956)
... (music: "Mood Indigo")
- Episode #5.9
(1954)
... (writer: "Sophisticated Lady")
1957
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The McGuire Sisters
(1957)
... (music: "I Got I Bad and That Ain't Good" - uncredited)
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1957)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - uncredited)
1957
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.9
(1957)
... (music: "Don't Get Around Much Any More" - uncredited)
1956
Stars of Jazz
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 12 November 1956
(1956)
... (writer: "Sophisticated Lady")
Show Time at the Apollo
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes) (writer - 2 episodes) (music - 1 episode)
- Revue in Rhythm
... ("The Mooche") / (performer: "The Hawk Talks", "The Mooche")
- Harlem Merry-Go-Round
... (performer: "Caravan", "VIP Boogie") / (writer: "Caravan")
- Blues in Harlem
... (music: "Sophisticated Lady") / (performer: "Mood Indigo", "Sophisticated Lady") / (writer: "Mood Indigo")
1950
No Way Out
(music: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Sophisticated Lady", "In a Sentimental Mood" - uncredited)
Adventures in Jazz
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1949) (writer - 1 episode, 1949)
- Episode #1.15
(1949)
... (performer: "Mood Indigo", "Take the 'A' Train", "C-Jam Blues", "Sophisticated Lady", "On a Turquoise Cloud", "Pitter Panther Patter", "Warm Valley") / (writer: "Mood Indigo", "C-Jam Blues", "Sophisticated Lady", "On a Turquoise Cloud", "Pitter Panther Patter", "Warm Valley")
1949
Symphony in Swing
(Short) (arranger: "Frankie and Johnnie") / (performer: "Frankie and Johnnie")
1949
Floor Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.9
(1949)
... (writer: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)", "Concerto for Cootie")
1947
Date with Duke
(Short) (performer: "Perfume Suite" - uncredited) / (writer: "Perfume Suite" - uncredited)
1945
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
(Short) (music: "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)", "Don't Get Around Much Any More" - uncredited)
1943
Harry Parry and His Radio Rhythm Club Septet
(Short) (writer: "I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good")
1937
The Hit Parade
(lyrics: "I've Got to be a Rough Cutter") / (music: "I've Got to be a Rough Cutter")
1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
(Short) (writer: "Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life")
1934/II
Vaudeville
(Short) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - uncredited)
1933
Advice to the Lovelorn
(music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing)" (Uncredited))
1933
Betty Boop's May Party
(Short) (music: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - uncredited)
1929
Black and Tan
(Short) (music: "Cotton Club Stomp") / (performer: "Black and Tan Fantasy", "Black Beauty", "The Duke Steps Out", "Cotton Club Stomp", "Hot Feet") / (writer: "Black and Tan Fantasy", "Black Beauty", "The Duke Steps Out")
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(April 9 to May 30, 2010) He was composer for the musical, "Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies," in The Arena Stage production at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington D.C. Donald McKayle was producer. Lloyd Mayers was dance and musical arranger. Malcolm Dodds and Lloyd Mayers were vocal arrangers. Mercer Ellington was original ... See more »Publicity Listings:
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