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Notable recordings of the song by other artists include: * Washboard Rhythm Kings – Washboard Rhythm Kings Vol. 3 (1932) * Boswell Sisters (1932) * Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grappelli – Swing from Paris (1935) * Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955) * Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957), Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (1967), Ella in London (1974) * Gigi Gryce – Gigi Gryce (Metrojazz, 1958) * Nina Simone – Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962) * Alvin and the Chipmunks – Alvin and the Chipmunks episode "Match Play" (1984) * June Christy – A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening (1986), Big Band Specials (1962) * Carmen McRae, Betty Carter – The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets (1

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  • It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)(song)
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  • Notable recordings of the song by other artists include: * Washboard Rhythm Kings – Washboard Rhythm Kings Vol. 3 (1932) * Boswell Sisters (1932) * Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grappelli – Swing from Paris (1935) * Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955) * Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957), Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (1967), Ella in London (1974) * Gigi Gryce – Gigi Gryce (Metrojazz, 1958) * Nina Simone – Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962) * Alvin and the Chipmunks – Alvin and the Chipmunks episode "Match Play" (1984) * June Christy – A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening (1986), Big Band Specials (1962) * Carmen McRae, Betty Carter – The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets (1
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  • Notable recordings of the song by other artists include: * Washboard Rhythm Kings – Washboard Rhythm Kings Vol. 3 (1932) * Boswell Sisters (1932) * Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grappelli – Swing from Paris (1935) * Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955) * Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957), Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (1967), Ella in London (1974) * Gigi Gryce – Gigi Gryce (Metrojazz, 1958) * Nina Simone – Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962) * Alvin and the Chipmunks – Alvin and the Chipmunks episode "Match Play" (1984) * June Christy – A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening (1986), Big Band Specials (1962) * Carmen McRae, Betty Carter – The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets (1987) * Tony Bennett – MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett (1995), Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999) * The SuperJazz Big Band of Birmingham, Alabama recorded the song on the CD, "UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis." (2001) * Chuck Brown - It don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't got That Go-Go Swing) (1987) * Gabin – Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap (2002) * Eva Cassidy – American Tune (2003) * The Mills Brothers – Golden Greats (2002), Goodbye, Blues (2005) * Della Reese, Raven-Symoné, Anneliese van der Pol- That's So Raven (2006) * Club des Belugas – SWOP! (feat. Brenda Boykin) (2008) * The Puppini Sisters – The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo (incorporating some new lyrics and music and lyrics from "Puttin' on the Ritz", "Over the Rainbow", "Mambo Italiano" and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby") (2008) The song's refrain was sung several times by various characters in the 1993 movie Swing Kids. On American Public Media's Marketplace, when they "do the numbers", the instrumental plays to denote the financial markets ended the day mixed, e.g., the DJIA gained while the NASDAQ lost. MC Shan did a rap version of the song in 1990. Evander Holyfield & Edyta Sliwinska danced a Quickstep to this song in Season 1 of Dancing with the Stars. Nancy Grace & Tristan MacManus danced a Quickstep to this song in Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars.
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