TONY BENNETT - DON'T GET AROUN D MUCH ANYMORE

DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE

TONY BENNETT

SONGWRITERS: DUKE ELLINGTON & BOB RUSSELL

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: DUETS II

LABEL: COLUMBIA.

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 2011

"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Bob Russell. The tune was originally called "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra on May 4, 1940 as a big-band instrumental. Russell's lyrics were added in 1942.

Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by The Ink Spots and the other 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.

Missed the Saturday dance

Heard they crowded the floor

Couldn't bear it without you

Don't get around much anymore

I thought I'd visit the club

Got as far as the door

They'd have asked me about you

Don't get around much anymore

Well darling, I guess that my mind's more at ease

But nevertheless, why stir up memories?

I've been invited on dates

Might have gone but what for

It's awfully different without you

Don't get around much anymore

Darling, I guess, my mind's more at ease

But nevertheless, why stir up memories?

They've been invited on dates

I might have gone but what for

It's awfully different without you

Don't get around much anymore

Oh baby, don't get around much anymore.