Recording: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Performed by
Stuff Smith
Recording date
March 7, 1957
First release
On Audio album Stuff Smith (1958)
Comments
Instrumental
Rating

Song info

Song
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Written by
Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
First release
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra on audio single It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (1932)
Language
English

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1932
2 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Roger Wolfe Kahne and His Orchestra 1933
3 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Joe Daniels & His Hot Shots 1937
4 It Don't Mean a Thing Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1939
5 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Erroll Garner 1952
6 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Thelonious Monk 1955
7 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington and his Orchestra May 21, 1956
8 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Don Lawson with Kenny Baker [2], Bruce Turner 1956
9 It Don't Mean a Thing June Christy 1958
10 It Don't Mean a Thing The Teddy Wilson Trio 1958
11 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Stuff Smith 1958
12 It Don't Mean a Thing The Bobby Hackett Quartet 1959
13 It Don't Mean a Thing Marty Paich 1959
14 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Ernestine Anderson 1960
15 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Louis Bellson His Drums and Orchestra 1960
16 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) The Modern Jazz Quartet 1960
17 It Don't Mean a Thing Elmer Snowden Quartet 1961
18 It Don't Mean a Thing André Previn 1961
19 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Mavis Rivers 1961
20 It Don't Mean a Thing Nina Simone 1962
21 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Rich/Krupa 1962
22 It Don't Mean a Thing Shirley Scott 1963
23 It Don't Mean a Thing The Rooftop Singers 1964
24 It Don't Mean a Thing Charlie Shavers 1964
25 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Joe Williams 1966
26 It Don't Mean a Thing Alex Welsh and His Band 1968
27 It Don't Mean a Thing Svend Asmussen & Red Mitchell 1969
28 It Don't Mean a Thing Ray Price [1] 1971
29 It Don't Mean a Thing Charlie Byrd 1972
30 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Barney Kessel, Stephane Grapelli 1972
31 It Don't Mean a Thing The Sonny Stitt Quartet 1974
32 It Don't Mean a Thing Gene Ammons 1975
33 It Don't Mean a Thing Kenny Burrell 1975
34 It Don't Mean a Thing Carol Sloane 1977
35 It Don't Mean a Thing Bob Wilber & Pug Horton 1978
36 It Don't Mean a Thing Kenny Davern 1979
37 It Don't Mean a Thing Marty Grosz, Wayne Wright 1979
38 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Digby Fairweather 1979
39 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing June Christy and the Koala All Star Orchestra 1979
40 It Don't Mean a Thing Pee Wee Erwin 1981
41 It Don't Mean a Thing Phyllis Hyman and Gentlemen 1981
42 It Don't Mean a Thing (Reprise) Gregory Hines and Company 1981
43 It Don't Mean a Thing Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter, Tony Williams 1983
44 It Don't Mean a Thing Doc Cheatham and His New York Quartet 1983
45 It Don't Mean a Thing... If It Ain't Got That Swing Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass 1983
46 It Don't Mean a Thing Panama Francis and the Savoy Sultans 1984
47 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Teresa Brewer 1984
48 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Kronos Quartet with Ron Carter 1985
49 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Clark Terry, Red Mitchell 1986
50 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Rebecca Parris, Eddie Higgins with Michael Monaghan 1987
51 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Carmen McRae & Betty Carter 1987
52 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Pat Donohue 1987
53 It Don't Mean a Thing The Real Group November 1989
54 It Don't Mean a Thing Bill Allred's Goodtime Jazz Band 1989
55 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Helen Merrill featuring Stan Getz 1989
56 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Tommy Newsom & His TV Jazz Stars 1990
57 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Cleo Laine July 9, 1991
58 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Lenny Solomon 1991
59 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Giovanni Hidalgo 1993
60 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing! Paul Gonsalves, Earl Hines 1993
61 It Don't Mean a Thing Ørkenens Sønner 1994
62 It Don't Mean a Thing Floyd McDaniel 1994
63 It Don't Mean a Thing Ann Farholt 1994
64 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Stanley Cowell Trio 1995
65 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau September 30, 1996
66 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) The Rosenberg Trio 1996
67 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Julie Budd September 9, 1997
68 It Don't Mean a Thing The Polyjesters 1999
69 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Herman Brood 1999
70 It Don't Mean a Thing Joscho Stephan January 31, 2000
71 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Oliver Jackson September 12, 2000
72 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Hot Club de Norvège 2000
73 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Donna Byrne 2000
74 Air Mail Special / It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Emilie-Claire Barlow 2001
75 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Lynne Arriale Trio February 5, 2002
76 It Don't Mean a Thing Randy Weston 2002
77 It Don't Mean a Thing The Rosenberg Trio October 24, 2003
78 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Eva Cassidy 2003
79 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Kevin Mahogany January 25, 2005
80 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Angela Scappatura 2005
81 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Mitzi Zilka 2005
82 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) John Cipolla and Doc Livingston 2005
83 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Jenny Davis 2005
84 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) The Pfister Sisters April 2006
85 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing The Puppini Sisters October 2007
86 It Don't Mean a Thing Jelani Eddington 2008
87 It Don't Mean a Thing Vocaloca med DR Big Bandet 2008
88 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Anne Ducros 2010
89 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Joe Jackson featuring Iggy Pop June 21, 2012

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