Something to Live For
Duke Ellington * Track #85 On The Best of Duke Ellington (1932-1939)
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Album The Best of Duke Ellington (1932-1939)
- #1
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)Duke Ellington
- #2
Lazy RhapsodyDuke Ellington
- #3Blue Tune
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- #4Baby, When You Ain’t There
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- #5St. Louis Blues
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- #6
Creole Love CallDuke Ellington
- #7Blue Harlem
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- #8The Sheik of Araby
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- #9Best Wishes
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- #10Blue Ramble
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- #11Clouds in My Heart
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- #12Blue Mood
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- #13Ducky Wucky
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- #14Jazz Cocktail
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- #15Lightnin’
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- #16Swing Low
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- #17Slippery Horn
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- #18Drop Me Off in Harlem
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- #19Happy As the Day is Long
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson
- #20Get Yourself a New Broom
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson
- #21Bundle of Blues
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- #22Sophisticated Lady
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- #23Jive Stomp
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- #24Harlem Speaks
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- #25Daybreak Express
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- #26Ebony Rhapsody
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- #27Ebony Rhapsody Pt. 2
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- #28Solitude
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- #29Saddest Tale
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- #30Moonlight Fiesta
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- #31
In a Sentimental MoodDuke Ellington
- #32
Showboat ShuffleDuke Ellington
- #33
Merry-Go-RoundDuke Ellington
- #34Reminiscing in Tempo
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- #35I Don’t Know Why I Love You So
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- #36Isn’t Love The Strangest Thing
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson
- #37Clarinet Lament
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- #38Echoes of Harlem
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- #39Trumpet in Spades
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- #40Yearning For Love
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- #41In a Jam
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- #42Exposition Swing
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- #43Uptown Downbeat
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- #44Scattin’ at the Cotton Club
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- #45
Black ButterflyDuke Ellington
- #46The New Birmingham Breakdown
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- #47The New East St. Louis Toodle-O
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- #48
CaravanDuke Ellington
- #49Azure
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- #50Chatterbox
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- #51Diminuendo in Blue
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- #52Crescendo in Blue
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- #53Harmony in Harlem
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- #54Dusk on the Desert
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- #55Steppin’ Into Swing Society
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- #56Prologue to Black and Tan Fantasy
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- #57The New Black and Tan Fantasy
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- #58Riding on a Blue Note
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- #59
Lost In MeditationDuke Ellington
- #60The Gal From Joe’s
Duke Ellington
- #61Skrontch (Scrounch)
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson
- #62I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
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- #63Braggin’ in Brass
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- #64Carnival in Caroline
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson
- #65I’m Slappin’ Seventh Avenue
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- #66Dinah’s in a Jam
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- #67Rose of the Rio Grande
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson
- #68Pyramid
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- #69Gypsy Without A Song
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- #70The Stevedore’s Serenade
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- #71Prelude to a Kiss
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- #72Hip Chic
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- #73Buffet Flat
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- #74Jazz Potpourri
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- #75TT on Toast
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- #76Battle of Swing
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- #77Blue Light
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- #78Old King Dooji
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- #79Boy Meets Horn
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- #80Slap Happy
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- #81Pussy Willow
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- #82Subtle Lament
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- #83Smorgasbord and Schnapps
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- #84Portrait of the Lion
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- #85Something to Live For
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- #86Solid Old Man
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- #87Way Low
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- #88Serenade to Sweden
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- #89Bouncing Buoyancy
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- #90The Sergeant Was Shy
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- #91Grievin’
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- #92I Never Felt This Way Before
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- #93Tootin’ Through the Roof
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- #94Killin’ Myself
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson
- #95Country Gal
Duke Ellington
Something to Live For by Duke Ellington
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Duke EllingtonSomething to Live For Lyrics
[Chorus]
I want something to live for
Someone to make my life an adventurous dream
Oh, what wouldn't I give for
Someone who'd take my life and make it seem
Gay as they say it ought to be
Why can't I have love like that brought to me?
My eye is watching the noon crowds
Searching the promenades, seeking a clue
To the one who will someday
Be my something to live for
Something to Live For Q&A
Who wrote Something to Live For's ?
Something to Live For was written by Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington.