DUKE ELLINGTON
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SSRH 833
May 23, 2026
DUKE ELLINGTON
1946 – PART 2
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
RCA Victor Recording Sessions
July 9, 1946 – Hollywood
July 10, 1946 – Hollywood
September 3, 1946 – Hollywood
Capitol Transcriptions Recording Sessions
July 11, 1946 – Hollywood
July 16, 1946 – Hollywood
July 17, 1946 – Hollywood
Treasury Department Broadcast
“Your Saturday Date With The Duke”
July 6, 1946
1:15-2:00 p.m. (Pacific)
Million Dollar Theatre
Los Angeles, California
(ABC) (KECA)
Treasury Department Broadcast
“Your Saturday Date With The Duke”
July 27, 1946
1:15-2:00 p.m. (Pacific)
Orpheum Theatre
San Diego, California
(ABC) (KGB)
Playlist
(3JSep46) (D6VB 2133-1, Unissued) Midriff (10Jul46) (D6VB 2100-1, Unissued) Hey, Baby (Ray nance, vocal), (D6VB 2098-1) You Don’t Love Me No More (Albert Hibbler, vocal) (9Jul46) (D6VB 2093-1, RCA Victor 40-0134) Rockabye River (16Jul46) (B299/300) One O’Clock Jump (11Jul46) (B245/246) Come Rain Or Come Shine (Kay Davis, vocal) (17Jul46) (B249/250) Moon Mist (B247/248) In A Jam (6Jul46) Take the “A” Train (opening theme), Caravan, Sono, Bond Announcement, Laughing On The Outside (Albert Hibbler, vocal), Take the “A” Train (to break), Take the “A” Train (from break), The Blues (Kay Davis, vocal), Teardrops In the Rain, I’m Just A Lucky So and So (Albert Hibbler, vocal), Bon Announcement, Metronome All Out, Just A Sittin’ and a Rockin’ (Ray Nance, vocal), One O’Clock Jump (to program close) (27Jul46) Take the “A” train (opening theme), Jump For Joy (Ray Nance, vocal), A Gathering in a Clearing, Bond Announcement, Come Rain Or Come Shine (Kay Davis, vocal), Suddenly It Jumped, Take the “A” Train (from station break); Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy, In A Sentimental Mood, Mood Indigo, I’m Beginning To See the Light, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, Solitude, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Bond Announcement, Passion Flower; Just You, Just Me; You Don’t Love Me No More (Albert Hibbler, vocal), Unbooted Character, Bon Announcement, Cotton Tail (to program close) (16Jul46) (B-245/246) Suddenly It Jumped
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