You Can Depend on Me (Louis Armstrong song)

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"You Can Depend on Me"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Brenda, That's All
B-side "It's Never Too Late"
ReleasedMarch 1961
Recorded1 January 1961
Length3:34
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
(1961)
"You Can Depend on Me"
(1961)
"Dum Dum"
(1961)

"You Can Depend on Me" is a song written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl "Fatha" Hines. [1] and first recorded by Louis Armstrong (1931 [2] and 1951). It should not be confused with the song of the same name, "(You Can) Depend on Me," recorded by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles in 1959.

Contents

Other recorded versions

The song has been recorded and performed by several people, including:

Influences

Recorded in 1949, the notable Lennie Tristano contrafact "Wow" is based on the chord changes to You Can Depend on Me.

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References

  1. "Original versions of You Can Depend on Me written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  2. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, " I Got Rhythm / You Can Depend on Me " at Discogs; recorded November 5, 1931, and released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac on Columbia Records.
  3. Count Basie and His Orchestra, " Oh Lady Be Good / You Can Depend on Me " at Discogs, with Lester Young and James Rushing, released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac by Decca Records.
  4. Allmusic chart history
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 343.
  6. Allmusic album info