All Too Soon

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"All Too Soon" is a 1940 song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics written by Carl Sigman. It is recorded in the key of C major. It was subsequently recorded by several contemporary and modern artists.

Notable recordings

Duke Ellington

recorded in 1940, available in compilation albums such as Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (2003)

recorded during 1953–1955

Unknown Session (recorded in 1960, released in 1979)

Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (1966)

1969: All-Star White House Tribute (recorded in 1969, released in 2002)

Mildred Bailey - recorded during 1940–1942

Sarah Vaughan - recorded during 1944–1946, The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (1979)

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958), Fitzgerald and Pass... Again (with Joe Pass, 1979)

Peggy Lee, George Shearing - Beauty and the Beat! (1959)

Chris Connor - A Portrait of Chris

Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds (1963)

Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass - All Too Soon: The Duke Ellington Album (1980)

Sathima Bea Benjamin - Musical Echoes (2002)

Jeri Southern

References

All Too Soon Wikipedia

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