Johnny Hodges

Aliases: Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
Johnny Hodges and His Strings
Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
Real name: John Cornelius Hodges
Born: July 25, 1907
Died: May 11, 1970
Country: United States
IPI: 00014210546 28 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Swing and mainstream jazz alto and soprano saxophonist. Hodges was a longtime soloist with the Duke Ellington organization.
Member of: The Ellingtonians

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing REL	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1947	(196 artists) Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
	A Sailboat in the Moonlight REC	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1937	(21 artists) Originally by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians REL
i	B. A. Blues	Johnny Hodges	1973	Joan Chamorro & Eva Fernández
i	Ballad for Very Tired and Very Sad Lotus Eaters	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1957	(15 artists)
i	Blue Hodge	Johnny Hodges	November 1961	(12 artists)
i	Blues O' Mighty	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1964	Unverified
i	Bunny	Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges	1959	Sant Andreu Jazz Band
i	Castle Rock	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	May 1951	(26 artists)
i	Charlotte Russe	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	January 1951	(151 artists)
i	Cool Your Motor	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1960	Gustl Mayer's Jazz Stampede
i	Day Dream	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra	1941	(298 artists)
i	Digits	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington Men	June 1957	(2 artists)
i	Dooji Woodji	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1939	(8 artists)
i	Funky Blues	Ray Brown [US], Benny Carter, J.C. Heard, Johnny Hodges, Barney Kessel, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peter…	March 1953	Jay Geils
i	Going Out the Back Way	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	1943	(2 artists)
i	Going Up	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges plus others	1959	(2 artists)
i	Gone and Crazy	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington Men	June 1957	Enrico Tomasso
i	Good Queen Bess	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	April 18, 1941	(30 artists)
i	Hash Brown	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1966	Earl Hines
i	Haupe	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Johnny Hodges (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges)	June 1959	Unverified
i	I'd Be There	The Ben Webster - Johnny Hodges Sextet	2000	(3 artists)
i	I'm In Another World	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1939	Unverified
i	Jeep's Blues	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1938	(54 artists)
i	Junior Hop	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra	1941	Unverified
i	Meet Mr. Rabbit	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1957	(5 artists)
i	One for the Duke	Johnny Hodges	1984	(2 artists)
i	Open Ears	Hodges & Hines	1968	(2 artists)
i	Passion Flower	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	1943	(84 artists)
i	Rabbit's Blues	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	May 1951	(9 artists)
i	Rosanne	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1952	Burt Bacharach
i	Saturday Afternoon Blues	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1960	(2 artists)
i	Snibor	Johnny Hodges	1956	(10 artists)
i	Spotted Dog	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1965	Marion Brown
i	Squaty Roo	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra	1942	(38 artists)
i	Sweet as Bear Meat	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1954	(4 artists)
i	That's the Blues Old Man	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	April 18, 1941	(2 artists)
i	The Jeep Is Jumpin'	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	September 29, 1938	(29 artists)
i	Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra	1942	(264 artists)
i	Walkin' the Frog	Johnny Hodges	1984	Harry Allen
i	Wings & Things	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1965	(2 artists)
i	You Need to Rock	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges plus others	1959	(4 artists)

Covers by Johnny Hodges

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Again	Johnny Hodges	1963	Vera Lynn REC,REL, Ida Lupino BRD
i	All Too Soon	Johnny Hodges	1973	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Autumn in New York - Sweet Lorraine - Time on My Hands - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - If You Were Mine…	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1956	J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL, The Radiolites [Ben Selvin], Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL, Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC, (unknown performer) BRD, Elizabeth Spencer
i	Azure	Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orchestra (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)	1962	Unverified
i	Basin Street Blues	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges	1959	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i	Beale Street Blues	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges	1959	Prince's Band
	Believe It Beloved	Al Hibbler and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1952	"Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i	Black and Tan Fantasy	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1957	The Washingtonians (Duke Ellington)
i	Blue Velvet	Johnny Hodges	1963	Arthur Prysock with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver REL, Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra REC
i	Blue Velvet	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Arthur Prysock with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver REL, Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra REC
i	But Not for Me	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i	Canadian Sunset	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i	C Jam Blues	Johnny Hodges	1967	Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i	C Jam Blues	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	April 1966	Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i	Come Sunday	Johnny Hodges	September 1954	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i	Creole Love Call	Johnny Hodges with Oliver Nelson	1970	King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Creole Love Call	Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis	1964	King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Day Dream	Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orchestra (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)	1962	Unverified
i	Deep Purple	Johnny Hodges	1963	Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i	Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars with Johnny Hodges	1965	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Don't Blame Me	Johnny Hodges	1962	Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Johnny Hodges	1954	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Don't Get Around Much Any More	Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orchestra (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)	1962	Unverified
i	Don't Sleep in the Subway	Johnny Hodges	1967	Petula Clark
i	Don't Take Your Love from Me	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1960	Mildred Bailey
i	Drop Me Off in Harlem	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Echoes of Harlem	Johnny Hodges with Oliver Nelson	1970	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Fantastic, That's You	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Gary McFarland and Co./Clark Terry
i	Fantastic, That's You	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	April 1966	Gary McFarland and Co./Clark Terry
i	Flamingo	The Trio featuring Eddie Heywood, Johnny Hodges, Shelly Manne	1944	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i	Follow Me	Johnny Hodges	1963	Marjorie Smith PRF, Mary Sue Berry REC
i	Gone with the Wind	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1960	(unknown)
i	Good Queen Bess	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars with Johnny Hodges	1965	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
i	Good Queen Bess	Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges	1967	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
i	I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me	Johnny Hodges	1966	Dolores Valesco
i	I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me	The Ben Webster - Johnny Hodges Sextet	2000	Dolores Valesco
i	I Can't Get Started	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i	I Cried for You	Johnny Hodges – Wild Bill Davis - Featuring Kenny Burrell	March 1964	The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i	I Didn't Know About You	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1960	Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
	If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra, vocal by Mary McHugh (Johnny Hodges, Mary McHugh)	1938	Unverified
	I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good	Johnny Hodges	September 1954	Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1938	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis	1964	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	I'm Beginning to See the Light	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Harry James and His Orchestra
i	I'm Beginning to See the Light	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	April 1966	Harry James and His Orchestra
i	I'm Beginning to See the Light	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	Harry James and His Orchestra
	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter	Johnny Hodges	1957	"Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orchestra (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)	1962	Unverified
i	In a Mellotone	Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges	1967	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	In a Mellow Tone	Johnny Hodges	September 1954	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	In a Sentimental Mood	Johnny Hodges	1962	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	In a Sentimental Mood	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1950	Irving Gillette (Henry Burr)
i	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges	1967	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	It Had to Be You	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1957	The Ambassadors [US2]
	It Must Be True	Al Hibbler and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1953	Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i	It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream	Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra	1950	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal by Albert Hibbler
i	It's Only a Paper Moon	Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges	1967	Claire Carleton
i	I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good	Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orchestra (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)	1962	Unverified
i	Jeep's Blues	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars with Johnny Hodges	1965	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i	Jeep's Blues	Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orchestra (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)	1962	Unverified
i	Johnny Come Lately	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington Men	June 1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Johnny Come Lately	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Just a Memory	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges plus others	1959	Franklyn Baur
	Just Squeeze Me	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Nance
i	Key Largo	Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Jones, Billy Taylor, Jr., Billy Strayhorn	1947	Anita O'Day with Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i	Lady Be Good	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i	Let's Fall in Love	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges and Others	1960	Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
i	Lil' Darlin'	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Lost in Meditation	Johnny Hodges – Wild Bill Davis - Featuring Kenny Burrell	March 1964	Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
i	Love Is Here to Stay	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i	Loveless Love	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges	1959	(unknown)
i	Love Song from "Mutiny on the Bounty" (Follow Me)	Johnny Hodges	1962	Native Tahitian Singers - The MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster
i	Love You Madly	Johnny Hodges – Wild Bill Davis - Featuring Kenny Burrell	March 1964	(unknown)
i	Mean to Me	Hodges & Hines	1968	Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
i	Misty	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Erroll Garner Trio
i	Mood Indigo	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars with Johnny Hodges	1965	The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i	Nice Work if You Can Get It	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
i	Night and Day	The Trio featuring Eddie Heywood, Johnny Hodges, Shelly Manne	1944	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i	On Green Dolphin Street	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1956	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i	On the Sunny Side of the Street	The Trio featuring Eddie Heywood, Johnny Hodges, Shelly Manne	1944	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i	Over the Rainbow	Hodges & Hines	1968	Judy Garland
i	Peg o' My Heart	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1965	Jose Collins PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC,REL
i	Perdido	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1950	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Perdido	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	April 1966	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
	Please	Al Hibbler and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1952	Bing Crosby, Eddie Lang BRD, Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Prelude to a Kiss	Johnny Hodges	1962	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
	Prelude to a Kiss	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mary McHugh	September 29, 1938	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Pyramid	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1966	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Rent Party Blues	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1939	The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i	Rockin' in Rhythm	Johnny Hodges with Oliver Nelson	1970	The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
i	Rose Room	Johnny Hodges	1955	Prince's Band
i	Rosetta	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	April 1966	Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
i	Royal Garden Blues	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges	1959	Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i	Ruint	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars with Johnny Hodges	1965	Mercer Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Ruint	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges plus others	1959	Mercer Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Satin Doll	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1960	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Satin Doll	Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis	1964	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Scarlett O'Hara	Johnny Hodges	1963	Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
i	Skokiaan	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1954	The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia
i	Solitude	Johnny Hodges	September 1954	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Somebody Loves Me	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i	Someone to Watch over Me	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i	Someone to Watch over Me	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i	Something to Live For	Johnny Hodges	1962	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Sometimes I'm Happy	Johnny Hodges	1966	The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i	So Much in Love	Johnny Hodges	1963	The Tymes
i	Sophisticated Lady	Johnny Hodges	September 1954	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Sophisticated Lady	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Sophisticated Lady	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Squeeze Me	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges and Others	1960	Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
i	Stardust	Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orchestra (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)	1962	Unverified
i	Star Dust	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i	St. Louis Blues	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges	1959	Prince's Band
i	Stolen Sweets	Johnny Hodges – Wild Bill Davis - Featuring Kenny Burrell	March 1964	Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine REL, Stanley Turrentine REC
i	Stompy Jones	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars with Johnny Hodges	1965	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Stompy Jones	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges and Others	1960	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Stormy Weather	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1966	Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i	Summertime	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i	'S Wonderful	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
i	Take the "A" Train	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1965	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Take the "A" Train	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Tangerine	Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis	1964	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	Tea for Two	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1952	Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
i	The Gal from Joe's	Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and His Orchestra (Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn)	1962	Unverified
i	The Jeep Is Jumpin'	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i	The Last Time I Saw Paris	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra	September 1958	Kate Smith REC, Ann Sothern BRD
i	The Man I Love	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i	Theme from The Eleventh Hour	Johnny Hodges	1962	(unknown)
i	The Midnight Sun Will Never Set	Johnny Hodges	1966	Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones
i	The Nearness of You	Johnny Hodges	1967	Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i	The Nearness of You	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1965	Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i	There Is No Greater Love	Johnny Hodges	November 1961	Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
	There Is No Greater Love	Al Hibbler and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1953	Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i	The Sheik of Araby	Johnny Hodges	1953	Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i	The Very Thought of You	Johnny Hodges	1967	Al Bowlly
i	The Wonder of You	Johnny Hodges	1967	Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Joya Sherrill REL
i	They All Laughed	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Ginger Rogers BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC
i	They Can't Take That Away from Me	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
i	Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis	1964	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i	Time on My Hands	The Trio featuring Eddie Heywood, Johnny Hodges, Shelly Manne	1944	Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL
i	Tippin' In	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	April 1966	Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i	Wabash Blues	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges	1959	Isham Jones Orchestra
i	Warm Valley	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1956	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Weary Blues	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges	1959	Louisiana Five
i	What Is This Thing Called Love	Ray Brown [US], Benny Carter, J.C. Heard, Johnny Hodges, Barney Kessel, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peter…	March 1953	Elsie Carlisle
i	When My Baby Smiles at Me	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Ted Lewis Jazz Band
i	Wonderful!, Wonderful	Johnny Hodges	1963	Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra and Chorus
i	You're Driving Me Crazy	Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Jones, Billy Taylor, Jr.	1947	Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
i	You've Changed	Johnny Hodges	1967	Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes

Songs written by Johnny Hodges

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
A Little Taste	Johnny Hodges, Dave Frishberg	Dave Frishberg	April 1981	Covered by Veronica Swift
Blues O' Mighty	Johnny Hodges, Edith Cue Hodges	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1964	Unverified
Cool Your Motor	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	April 5, 1958	Covered by Gustl Mayer's Jazz Stampede
Cotton Club Stomp	Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	May 3, 1929	Covered by (11 artists)
Funky Blues	Johnny Hodges	Ray Brown [US], Benny Carter, J.C. Heard, Johnny Hodges, Barney Kessel, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, and Ben Webster	July 1952	Covered by Jay Geils
Going Out the Back Way	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	July 3, 1941	Covered by (2 artists)
Gone and Crazy	Irving Mills, Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington Men	June 1957	Covered by Enrico Tomasso
Good Queen Bess	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	November 2, 1940	Covered by (30 artists)
Hash Brown	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	January 1966	Covered by Earl Hines
I'd Be There	Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster	The Ben Webster - Johnny Hodges Sextet	2000	Covered by (3 artists)
I'm Beginning to See the Light	Duke Ellington, Harry James, Johnny Hodges, Don George	Harry James and His Orchestra	November 21, 1944	Covered by (400 artists)
I'm In Another World	Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1939	Unverified
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream	Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Don George	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal by Albert Hibbler	December 18, 1946	Covered by (30 artists)
Jeep's Blues	Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	March 28, 1938	Covered by (54 artists)
Meet Mr. Rabbit	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	September 1, 1956	Covered by (5 artists)
Mood to Be Wooed	Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	January 4, 1945	Covered by (3 artists)
Once Upon a Time	Johnny Hodges	Earl Hines	January 1966	Covered by Oliver Nelson [US]
One for the Duke	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges	November 1960	Covered by (2 artists)
Open Ears	Johnny Hodges	Hodges & Hines	1968	Covered by (2 artists)
Rabbit's Blues [You Blew Out the Flame in My Heart]	Ervin Drake, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Shirl	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	January 15, 1951	Covered by (9 artists)
Rent Party Blues	Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges	The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]	March 1, 1929	Covered by (69 artists)
Ruint	Johnny Hodges, Mercer Ellington	Mercer Ellington and His Orchestra	1959	Covered by (4 artists)
Saturday Afternoon Blues	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	April 5, 1958	Covered by (2 artists)
Spotted Dog	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	July 27, 1965	Covered by Marion Brown
Squaty Roo	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra	July 3, 1941	Covered by (38 artists)
Sweet as Bear Meat	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1954	Covered by (4 artists)
That's the Blues Old Man	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	November 2, 1940	Covered by (2 artists)
The Jeep Is Jumpin'	Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	August 24, 1938	Covered by (29 artists)
The Wonder of You	Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Don George	Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Joya Sherrill REL	August 7, 1945	Covered by (2 artists)
Walkin' the Frog	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges	1984	Covered by Harry Allen
Wings & Things	Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1965	Covered by (2 artists)
You Need to Rock	Johnny Hodges	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges plus others	August 14, 1958	Covered by (4 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
3 Shades of Blue	Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson	1970	Flying Dutchman
Back to Back	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges	1959	Verve Records
Blue Hodge	Johnny Hodges	November 1961	Verve Records
Blue Notes	Johnny Hodges	1966	Verve Records
Blue Pyramid	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1966	Verve Records
Blue Rabbit	Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis	1964	Verve Records
Blues-A-Plenty	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1960	Verve Records
Con-Soul and Sax	Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges	1965	RCA Victor
Don't Sleep in the Subway	Johnny Hodges	1967	Verve Records
Duke's in Bed	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All-Stars Without Duke	1957	Verve Records
Ellingtonia '56	Johnny Hodges	1956	Norgran Records
Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges	Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges	1959	Verve Records
In Atlantic City	Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges	1967	RCA Victor
Inspired Abandon	Lawrence Brown's All-Stars with Johnny Hodges	1965	Impulse!
Johnny Hodges and His Strings Play the Prettiest Gershwin	Johnny Hodges and His Strings	1959	Verve Records
Johnny Hodges, Vol. 1	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	January 1951	Mercer Records
Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	Lawrence Welk & Johnny Hodges	May 1966	Dot Records
Master of Jazz	Johnny Hodges	1984	Storyville [DK]
Memories of Ellington	Johnny Hodges	September 1954	Norgran Records
Mess of Blues	Johnny Hodges – Wild Bill Davis - Featuring Kenny Burrell	March 1964	Verve Records
Not So Dukish	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	September 1958	Verve Records
Previously Unreleased Recordings	Johnny Hodges	1973	Verve Records
Sandy's Gone	Johnny Hodges	1963	Verve Records
Side by Side	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges plus others	1959	Verve Records
Side By Side	Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges and Others	1960	Verve Records
Stride Right	Johnny Hodges, Earl "Fatha" Hines	April 1966	Verve Records
Swing's Our Thing	Hodges & Hines	1968	Verve Records
Swing with Johnny Hodges	Johnny Hodges	1953	Norgran Records
The Big Sound	Johnny Hodges and The Ellington Men	June 1957	Verve Records
The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956-61	Johnny Hodges	2000	Mosaic Records
The Eleventh Hour	Johnny Hodges	1962	Verve Records
Triple Play	Johnny Hodges	1967	RCA Victor
Used to be Duke	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1956	Norgran Records
Wings & Things	Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis	1965	Verve Records

EPs

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Dance Bash #1	Johnny Hodges	1955	Norgran Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1947	Sunrise [US2]
Day Dream	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra	1941	Bluebird
Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Johnny Hodges	1954	Norgran Records
Dooji Wooji	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1939	Vocalion [US]
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1938	Vocalion [US]
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter	Johnny Hodges	1957	Verve Records
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream	Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra	1950	Mercer Records
Jeeps Blues	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	May 1951	Mercury
Manhattan Jam - A Sailboat in the Moonlight	Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra - Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1937	Variety [US]
Passion Flower	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	1943	Bluebird
Perdido	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1950	Vogue
Please	Al Hibbler and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	November 1952	Mercury
Prelude to a Kiss	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	September 29, 1938	Vocalion [US]
Rabbit's Blues	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	May 1951	Mercury
Rendezvous with Rhythm	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1938	Vocalion [US]
Rent Party Blues	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1939	Vocalion [US]
Rosanne	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1952	Mercury
Sweet as Bear Meat	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1954	Norgran Records
That's the Blues Old Man	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)	April 18, 1941	Bluebird
There Is No Greater Love	Al Hibbler and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	1953	Mercury
Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra	1942	Bluebird
You're Driving Me Crazy	Johnny Hodges	1947	Wax [US2]

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Eddie Heywood on the 88	Eddie Heywood	1944	Signature [US]
	Norman Granz' Jam Session #2	various artists	March 1953	Mercury

Tributes

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Dedikation - En tribut till Johnny Hodges	Arne Domnérus	1971	Megafon
Dompan!	Arne Domnérus	2001	Fresh Sound Records
Passion Flower	Marion Brown	1978	Baystate
The Year of the Rabbit	Bobby Watson	1987	New Note
To Benny and Johnny with Love from Herb Geller	Herb Geller	July 9, 2002	Hep Jazz

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#264292	Vu Ngoc Nhu Thao	2022-12-19 00:10:53 UTC	processed	2023-09-23 15:00:08 UTC by Oliver One
#345732	Con Chapman	2023-08-02 14:00:05 UTC	need info	2023-09-28 13:22:40 UTC by Bastien

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