Ivie Anderson
Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (July 10, 1904 - December 28, 1949) was a jaz… Read Full Bio ↴Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (July 10, 1904 - December 28, 1949) was a jazz performer and singer, best known for performing with Duke Ellington's orchestra between 1931 and 1942.
Anderson was born in Gilroy, California. With a sweet clear singing voice, she was a popular attraction with Ellington's band. Her performance of "Stormy Weather" in the short film Bundle of Blues (1933) was eclipsed by the later and far better known version sung by Lena Horne in Horne's movie also entitled Stormy Weather (1943).
Over Ellington's long career as bandleader, his indifference toward vocalists changed with the hiring of Anderson, who generally considered the best vocalist he ever employed.
She also appeared as a singer in the Marx Brothers movie A Day at the Races (1937) and the same year in Hit Parade of 1937 (as Ivy Anderson).
Other Ellington songs featuring Anderson's include "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)", "My Old Flame", "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street", "Mood Indigo", "Rocks in My Bed" and "I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good".
She developed chronic asthma, which forced her to retire from touring in August 1942. She ran a chicken restaurant (Ivie's Chicken Shack) and continued singing in nightclubs on the west coast, but deteriorating health limited her engagements and led to her untimely death in Los Angeles, California.
Anderson was born in Gilroy, California. With a sweet clear singing voice, she was a popular attraction with Ellington's band. Her performance of "Stormy Weather" in the short film Bundle of Blues (1933) was eclipsed by the later and far better known version sung by Lena Horne in Horne's movie also entitled Stormy Weather (1943).
Over Ellington's long career as bandleader, his indifference toward vocalists changed with the hiring of Anderson, who generally considered the best vocalist he ever employed.
She also appeared as a singer in the Marx Brothers movie A Day at the Races (1937) and the same year in Hit Parade of 1937 (as Ivy Anderson).
Other Ellington songs featuring Anderson's include "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)", "My Old Flame", "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street", "Mood Indigo", "Rocks in My Bed" and "I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good".
She developed chronic asthma, which forced her to retire from touring in August 1942. She ran a chicken restaurant (Ivie's Chicken Shack) and continued singing in nightclubs on the west coast, but deteriorating health limited her engagements and led to her untimely death in Los Angeles, California.
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Ivie Anderson Lyrics
Alabamy Home I'm goin' home Down there among the fields of cotton, Down w…
All God Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see me…
All god's chillun got rhythm Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see m…
All God's Chillun Got Rythm Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see me…
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Chillun', listen here to me This is my philosophy To see m…
Five O'Clock Whistle The five o'clock whistle's on the blink The whistle won't bl…
Good for Nothin The poets say that all who love are blind But I'm…
I I've got to be a rug cutter Swing out in the…
I Got It Bad The poets say that all who love are blind But I'm…
I got it bad and that ain The poets say that all who love are blind But I'm…
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good The poets say that all who love are blind But I'm…
I got it bad and that ain’t good The poets say that all who love are blind But I'm…
I've Got The World On A String I've got the world on a string I'm sitting on a…
I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter I've got to be a rug cutter Swing out in the…
IT DON It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
It Don't Mean a Thing Wah-dah-doo Wah-dah-doo Wah-dah-doo, dah-dah-doo, dah-dah-do…
It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that…
it donÂ’t mean a thing Wah-dah-doo Wah-dah-doo Wah-dah-doo, dah-dah-doo, dah-dah-do…
It Dont Mean A Thing It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
It Don’t Mean A Thing It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
Ive Got The World On A String I've got the world on a string I'm sitting on a…
Ive Got To Be A Rug Cutter I've got to be a rug cutter Swing out in the…
I’ve Got the World on a String I've got the world on a string I'm sitting on a…
I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter I've got to be a rug cutter Swing out in the…
Let I let a song go out of my heart It was…
Mood Indigo You ain't never been blue; no, no, no, You ain't…
My Old Flame My old flame, I can't even think of her name,…
Oh Babe! Maybe Someday Oh babe! Maybe someday When I'm in the mood for love Y…
On The Sunny Side Of The Street Walked with no one and talked with no one And I…
Rocks in My Bed My heart is heavy as lead Because the blues has done…
Shoe Shine Boy Though you haven't many toys You don't envy any boys Every…
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
Stormy Weather Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky,…
There's a Lull in My Life Oh, there's a lull in my life It's just a…
There's a Lull in My Life Oh, there's a lull in my life It's just a…
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street When my sugar walks down the street All the little birdies…