When Duke Ellington wrote this tune, he called it "Never No Lament," and his orchestra recorded it under that name in 1940. But then Bob Russell came along two years later and wrote some dynamite lyrics that gave the melody a whole new life as "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." The following year, there were no fewer than three versions on the charts at the same time -- The Duke's own as well as renditions by The Ink Spots and Glen Gray. Here's Michelle Lewis’s take on the turn from a spring 2021 rehearsal.

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