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SKU: A0.500017

Composed by Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, and Johnny Mercer. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113246. Published by John Fries (A0.500017).

TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. Johnny Mercer was often asked to write lyrics to already popular songs. Lyrics to Satin Doll were written after the song was a hit in its instrumental version. Ellington used Satin Doll as the closing number in most of his concerts.

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SKU: A0.501369

Composed by Bob Russell and Duke Ellington. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Blues,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #114265. Published by John Fries (A0.501369).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.   Don't Get Around Much Anymore is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington. The song was originally entitled Never No Lament and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. Don't Get Around Much Anymore quickly became a hit after Bob Russell wrote its lyrics in 1942. Two different recordings of Don't Get Around Much Anymore, one by The Ink Spots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's own band, reached No. 1 on the R&B chart in the US in 1943. Both were top-ten pop records, along with a version by Glen Gray. The Duke Ellington version reached No. 8 on the pop chart. This arrangement includes the lyrics.

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SKU: A0.499835

Composed by Bob Russell and Duke Ellington. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113107. Published by John Fries (A0.499835).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. Don't Get Around Much Anymore is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington. The song was originally entitled Never No Lament and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. Don't Get Around Much Anymore quickly became a hit after Bob Russell wrote its lyrics in 1942. Two different recordings of Don't Get Around Much Anymore, one by The Ink Spots and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's own band, reached No. 1 on the R&B chart in the US in 1943. Both were top-ten pop records, along with a version by Glen Gray. The Duke Ellington version reached No. 8 on the pop chart.

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SKU: A0.1171521

Composed by Duke Ellington and Lee Gaines. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #771842. Published by John Fries (A0.1171521).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) is a 1941 popular song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Lee Gaines. The song has been recorded numerous times by a number of artists in the years since, having become a jazz standard.  Hit recordings have been by Paul Weston & His Orchestra (vocal by Matt Dennis) (reached No. 21 in the Billboard charts in 1947) and by The Four Aces (No. 20 in 1952).

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SKU: A0.1147622

Composed by Ira Gershwin and Vernon Duke. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #747855. Published by John Fries (A0.1147622).

TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER! I Can't Get Started, also known as I Can't Get Started with You or I Can't Get Started (with You), is a popular song. It was written in 1936 by Vernon Duke (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the film Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, where it was performed by Bob Hope and Eve Arden. ]Hal Kemp and his Orchestra recorded it and it had a bit of popularity, rising briefly to 14th place on the recording charts. Bunny Berigan's 1937 version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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SKU: A0.499597

By Duke Ellington. By Albany Bigard, Duke Ellington, and Irving Mills. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #112893. Published by John Fries (A0.499597).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  The tune was composed for a radio broadcast in October 1930 and was originally titled Dreamy Blues. It was the first tune I ever wrote specially for microphone transmission, Ellington recalled. The next day wads of mail came in raving about the new tune, so Irving Mills put a lyric to it. Renamed Mood Indigo, it became a jazz standard..

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SKU: A0.499563

Composed by Duke Ellington and Paul Francis Webster. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #112868. Published by John Fries (A0.499563).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941. It was introduced in the musical revue Jump for Joy by Ivie Anderson.

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SKU: A0.500000

Composed by Duke Ellington and Milt Gabler. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113230. Published by John Fries (A0.500000).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  In a Mellow Tone, also known as In a Mellotone, is a 1939 jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Milt Gabler. The song was based on the 1917 standard Rose Room by Art Hickman and Harry Williams, which Ellington himself had recorded in 1932. Howard Stern used a recording of this song (from Ellington's Blues in Orbit album) as the opening theme to The Howard Stern Show from 1987 to 1994.

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SKU: A0.499501

By Count Basie. By E.Y. Yip Harburg and Vernon Duke. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #112847. Published by John Fries (A0.499501).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  April in Paris is a popular song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by Yip Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical Walk a Little Faster. Count Basie's 1955 recording on the album of the same name is the most famous, and that particular performance was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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SKU: A0.500002

Composed by Duke Jordan. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113232. Published by John Fries (A0.500002).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  Jordu is a jazz standard written by Irving Duke Jordan in 1953. This song was first made popular by Clifford Brown and Max Roach, but many other jazz musicians have performed or recorded renditions of it, including Stan Getz, Chet Baker, and Charlie Byrd.