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Best Wishes (Duke Ellington song)
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Wikipedia article
'"Best Wishes"' is a 1932 Duke Ellington song, one of his own tunes, with words by Ted Koehler.Naomi Musiker, Reuben Musiker - Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music 1135917701 2014 "These compositions were followed by 'Mood Indigo' (1931), 'Creole Love Call' (1932) and 'Best Wishes' (1932)" The tune was first recorded 17 May 1932. However, in 1933 on a visit to England, Ellington claimed that "Since I have been in England I have composed a new number entitled Best Wishes, which was played and broadcast on June 14 (1933) for the first time." Ellington also stated that he had dedicated the song "the title not the lyrics", to Britain, that the tune would give British listeners "a better insight into the Negro mind".The Duke Ellington Reader - Page 89 Mark Tucker, Duke Ellington - 1993 "I have been in England I have composed a new number entitled Best Wishes,4 which was played and broadcast on June 14 for the first time. The lyric is by Ted Koehler, one of the writers of Stormy Weather..."
Cover versions
* Reel Life (Sonny Rollins album) 1982
References
Category:1932 songs
Category:Duke Ellington songs
Category:Songs with music by Duke Ellington
Category:Songs with lyrics by Ted Koehler
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