I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So

"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" is a 1945 song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Mack David. ^[1]

Notable recordings

• Al Hibbler & Duke Ellington – recorded for RCA Victor (catalog No. 20-1799) on November 26, 1945 ^[2] (Ellington, Hodges, Lawrence brown, soloists)
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley Scott – The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (Prestige, 1958).
• Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones on the album At Basin Street East (EmArcy, 1961) as part of a Duke Ellington medley.
• Annie Ross – included in her album A Gasser! (World Pacific, 1960). ^[3]
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington – Together for the First Time (Roulette Records, 1961)
• Wes Montgomery on SO Much Guitar! (1964)
• Ella Fitzgerald – she first recorded it for Decca Records (catalog No. 18814) in New York on Feb 21, 1946. ^[4] She sang it at Carnegie Hall in 1949 and it was included in Jazz at the Philharmonic, The Ella Fitzgerald Set (Verve/Polygram)" (1949). ^[5] A later recording was included in Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958).
• Kenny Burrell – Soul Call (1964)
• Sarah Vaughan – The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (1979)
• Mose Allison – Middle Class White Boy (1982). ^[6]
• Tony Bennett – recorded the song on three occasions, first in 1957 for his album Tony . He included it in his Carnegie Hall concert in 1962 and finally in the album A Tribute to Duke (1977)
• Harry "Sweets" Edison & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – Jazz at the Philharmonic (1983). ^[7]
• Diana Krall – for her album Stepping Out (1993).
• Stacey Kent – included in the album Only Trust Your Heart (2000). ^[8]

Notes

1. "Mack David". AllMusic . Retrieved 2025-03-26.
2. "RCA Victor 20-prefix series". 78discography.com. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
3. "A Gasser!". AllMusic . Retrieved December 24, 2018.
4. "Decca 18500 - 19000 Numerical Listing". 78discography.com. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
5. "Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set". AllMusic . Retrieved December 24, 2018.
6. "Middle Class White Boy". AllMusic . Retrieved December 24, 2018.
7. "Jazz at the Philharmonic". AllMusic . Retrieved December 24, 2018.
8. "Only Trust Your Heart". AllMusic . Retrieved December 24, 2018.