I've got to be a rug cutter/ I've got to be a rug cutter/ The New East St Louis Toodle-o/ The New East St Louis Toodle-o/ I can't believe that you're in love with me/ Downtown uproar/ Digga digga do/ Digga digga doBlue reverie/ Blue reverie/ Whispeing tiger (tiger rag)/ Whispering tiger (tiger rag)/ There's a lull in my life/ There's a lull in my life/ It's swell of you/ It's swell of youYou can't run away from love tonight/ You can't run away from love tonight/ Azure/ Azure/ The lady who coul
Line-up :
Duke Ellington (pn) Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones (tp) Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard, Harry Carney (cl, sax) Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke (sax) Fred Guy (gt) Billy Taylor, Hayes Alvis (cb) Sonny Greer (dms) Ivie Anderson, Buddy Clark (voc) Freddy Jenkins (tap dancing, bells)
CBS, 1937