Discography
Ellington songs featuring Anderson include
1932
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Brunswick 6265) February 2, 1932
- "Delta Bound" (Columbia 37298) December 21, 1932 (not issued until the 1940s)
1933
- "I've Got the World on a String" (UK Columbia CB-625) February 15, 1933 (recorded in New York but only issued overseas)
- "Happy as the Day Is Long" (Brunswick 6571) May 9, 1933
- "Raisin' the Rent" (Brunswick 6571) May 9, 1933
- "Get Yourself a New Broom (and Sweep Your Blues Away)" (Brunswick 6607) May 9, 1933
- "I'm Satisfied" (Brunswick 6638) August 15, 1933
1934
- "Ebony Rhapsody" (Victor 24622) April 12, 1934
- "Troubled Waters" (Victor 24651) May 9, 1934
- "My Old Flame" (Victor 24651) May 9, 1934
1935
- "Let's Have a Jubilee" (unissued on 78) January 9, 1935
- "Cotton" (Brunswick 7525) August 19, 1935
- "Truckin'" (Brunswick 7514) August 19, 1935
1936
- "Dinah Lou" (unissued on 78) January 20, 1936
- "Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?" (Brunswick 7625) February 27, 1936
- "Love Is Like a Cigarette" (Brunswick 7627) February 28, 1936
- "Kissin' My Baby Goodnight" (Brunswick 7627) February 28, 1936
- "Oh Babe! Maybe Someday" (Brunswick 7667) February 28, 1936
- "Shoe Shine Boy" (Brunswick 7710) July 17, 1936
- "It Was a Sad Night in Harlem" (Brunswick 7710) July 17, 1936
1937
- "I've Got To Be a Rug Cutter" (Master MA-101) March 5, 1937
- "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" (as The Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-629) March 25, 1937
- "Did Anyone Ever Tell You?" (as The Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-541) March 25, 1937
- "Where Are You?" (as The Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-541) March 25, 1937
- (The Gotham Stompers session included members of Ellington's band plus members of Chick Webb's.)
- "There's a Lull in My Life" (Master MA-117) April 9, 1937
- "It's Swell of You" (Master MA-117) April 9, 1937
- "The Old Plantation" (as Ivie Anderson And Her Boys From Dixie) (Variety VA-591) April 22, 1937
- "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (as Ivie Anderson And Her Boys From Dixie) (Variety VA-591) June 8, 1937
- "Alabamy Home" (Master VA-137) June 8, 1937
1938
- "If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)" (Brunswick 8093) February 24, 1938
- "Scrounch" (Brunswick 8093) February 24, 1938
- "Carnival in Caroline" (Brunswick 8099) March 3, 1938
- "Swingtime in Honolulu" (Brunswick 8131) April 11, 1938
- "You Gave Me the Gate (and I'm Swingin')" (Brunswick 8169) June 7, 1938
- "Rose of the Rio Grande" (Brunswick 8186) June 7, 1938
- "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (Brunswick 8168) June 7, 1938
- "Watermelon Man" (Brunswick 8200) June 20, 1938
- "La De Doody Do" (Brunswick 8174) June 20, 1938
1939
- "In a Mizz" (Brunswick 8405) June 12, 1939
- "I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye" (Columbia 35208) June 12, 1939
- "A Lonely Co-ed" (Columbia 35240) June 12, 1939
- "You Can Count On Me" (Brunswick 8411) June 12, 1939
- "Killing Myself" (Columbia 35640) October 16, 1939
- "Your Love Has Faded" (Columbia 35640) October 16, 1939
1940
- "Solitude" (Columbia 35427) February 14, 1940
- "Stormy Weather" (Columbia 35556) February 14, 1940
- "Mood Indigo" (Columbia 35427) February 14, 1940
- "So Far, So Good" (Victor 26537) March 6, 1940
- "Me and You" (Victor 26598) March 15, 1940
- "At a Dixie Roadside Diner" (Victor 26719) July 22, 1940
- "Five O'Clock Whistle" (Victor 26748) September 15, 1940
1941
- "Chocolate Shake" (Victor 27531) June 26, 1941
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Victor 27531) June 26, 1941
- "Jump for Joy" (Victor LPV 517) July 2, 1941
- "Rocks in My Bed" (Victor 27639) September 26, 1941
1942
- "I Don't Mind" (Victor 20-1598) February 26, 1942
- "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" (Victor 20-1505) July 28, 1942
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