Used to Be Duke


Used to Be Duke is a studio album by Johnny Hodges, accompanied by members of Duke Ellington's orchestra, released by Norgran Records in October 1956.

Reception

on AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, commenting "Hodges had a particularly strong group. High points include 'On the Sunny Side of the Street', the title track and a seven-song ballad medley."

Track listing

  1. "Used to Be Duke" - 7:24
  2. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - 2:59
  3. "Sweet as Bear Meat" - 3:22
  4. "Madam Butterfly" - 3:17
  5. "Warm Valley" - 3:24
  6. Ballad medley: "Autumn in [New York |Autumn In New York]"/"Sweet Lorraine"/"Time on [My Hands |Time On My Hands]"/"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"/"If You Were Mine"/"Poor Butterfly" ///// - 17:55
The ballad medley on the Spotify release and some vinyl copies has been printed wrong, mixing up some tunes and excluding "all of me" which is titled as "Poor Butterfly" on the Spotify release, the correct list is as follows:
Autumn in New York,
Sweet Loraine,
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,
If You Were Mine,
Poor Butterfly,
All Of Me

Personnel