"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" is a 1941 popular song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Lee Gaines. The song has been recorded numerous times by a number of artists in the years since, having become a jazz standard.[1] Hit recordings have been by Paul Weston & His Orchestra (vocal by Matt Dennis) (reached No. 21 in the Billboard charts in 1947) and by The Four Aces (No. 20 in 1952).[2]
Other notable recordings
edit- Louis Armstrong – originally recorded with Duke Ellington in 1961 for an album called The Great Reunion and later included in the compilation CD The Great Summit (2001)
- Dave Brubeck
- Clark Terry – Duke with a Difference (1957)
- Chris Connor – A Jazz Date With Chris Connor (1956)
- Miles Davis – Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet (1955)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)
- Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells – Together (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells album) (1964)
- Joni James – The Mood Is Romance (1961).[3]
- Diana Krall – for her album Only Trust Your Heart (1995)
- Peggy Lee – included on her album Olé ala Lee (1961)
- Oscar Peterson – Great Connection (1974)
- Jane Monheit - Live At The Rainbow Room (2003)
- Lou Rawls – for his album Your Good Thing (1969)[4]
- Jo Stafford – Jo + Jazz (1960)
- Sarah Vaughan – for the album Sarah + 2 (1962)
- Dave Grusin – Homage to Duke (1993)
- Mulgrew Miller, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – The Duets (1999)
References
edit- ^ Jazz Standards entry
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 525. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
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