Things Ain’t What They Used to Be

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Relationships

lyricist:Ted Persons
composer:Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/40204 [info]
Wikidata:Q120112 [info]
is the basis for:Blues for Therese Johaug
arrangements:Things Ain't What They Used To Be (arr. Pitts)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1939-07-17Things Ain't What They Used to BeCharlie Barnet2:39
1941-07-03Things Ain't What They Used to BeJohnny Hodges and His Orchestra3:37
1941-07-03Things Ain't What They Used to BeJohnny Hodges and His Orchestra3:37
1941-07-03Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalJohnny Hodges and His Orchestra3:37
1941-07-03Things Ain’t What They Used to BeDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:38
1942-07-17Things Aint' What They Used To BeCharlie Barnet and His Orchestra2:39
1943-04-03Things Ain't What They Used to Be-OutliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra1:05
1943-04-04Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental and liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra0:37
1943-11-09Things Ain't What They Used to BeDuke Ellington and His Orchestra3:21
1943-12-11Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (live, 1943‐12‐11: Carnegie Hall, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA)liveDuke Ellington6:08
1944-01-06Things Ain't What They Used to BeCootie Williams and His Orchestra3:20
1944-12-19Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra5:17
1945-05-14Things Ain't What They Used to BeDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:08
1945-05-30Things Ain't What They Used to BeDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:08
1945-07-30Things Ain't What They Used to Be (studio, 1945-07-30: Victor matrix D5VB-518-1)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:06
1945-07-30Time's A-Wastin' (Things Ain't What They Used to Be)Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:05
1945-10-01Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra4:40
1945-10-28Things Ain't What They Used to Be (live, 1945‐10‐28: Broadcast, Cafe Zanzibar, New York, NY, USA)instrumental and liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra0:16
1945Things Ain't What They Used to BeDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:09
1945Time's a Wastin' (Things Ain't What They Used to Be)Duke Ellington3:03
1945Time's A-Wasting (Things Ain't What They Used to Be)Duke Ellington3:08
1946-11-10Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (live, 1946-11-10: Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL, USA)liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra4:45
1947-12-27Theme Medley: East St. Louis Toodle-oo / Echoes of Harlem / Black and Tan Fantasy / Things Ain't What They Used to BemedleyDuke Ellington & His Orchestra6:40
1947Time's A-Wastin' (Things Ain't What They Used to Be) (live, 1947-10-25, Tabou, Paris, France)coverBoris Vian et son orchestre4:34
1949-02-25Things Ain't What They Used to BeRex Stewart et Claude Bolling et son orchestre2:40
1949-07Things Ain't What They Used to BeHarry James and His Orchestra3:36
1950-10Things Ain’t What They Used to BeWild Bill Davis and His Real Gone Organ2:46
1952-12Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (1952-12: Radio Recorders, West Hollywood, CA, USA)Oscar Peterson3:16
1952Things Ain’t What They Used to BeinstrumentalThe Oscar Peterson Trio3:13
1953-04-14Things Ain’t What They Used to BeDuke Ellington2:56
1954-01-02Things Ain't What They Used to BeDuke Ellington & His Orchestra6:23
1954-02-08Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington7:23
1957-01Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalThe Jim Hall Trio5:44
1957-01Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalThe Jim Hall Trio4:48
1957-01Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalThe Jim Hall Trio4:44
1957-01Things Ain't What They Used to Be (alternate take)instrumentalThe Jim Hall Trio5:49
1957-03Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalStuff Smith6:20
1957-07-03Thing’s Ain’t What They Used to BeinstrumentalJimmy Smith5:50
1957-09-20Things Ain’t What They Used to Becover and instrumentalFrank Wess, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor8:25
1957-10-17Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveCharlie Barnet and His Orchestra4:47
1958-06-05Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalThe Ronnel Bright Trio4:18
1958-07-03Things Ain't What They Used to Becover, instrumental and liveThe Dave Brubeck Quartet7:03
1958-10-29Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra4:03
1959-07-04Things Ain't What They Used to Be (live, 1959-07-04: Newport)liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra4:00
1959-07-14 – 1959-08-09Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (1959-07-14 – 08-09: Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, USA)Oscar Peterson3:08
1959-09-08Things Ain't What They Used to BeDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:00
1959-09-08Things Ain't What They Used to BeDuke Ellington2:58
1959-09-08Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (1959 studio recording)instrumentalDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:58
1959-10-04Things Ain’t What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:13
1959-11-13Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (studio, 1959-11-13: CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC, NY, USA)instrumentalCharles Mingus7:36
1959Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:13
1960-03-31Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalTaft Jordan6:07
1960-03-31Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalMel Rhyne11:00
1960-04Things Ain't What They Used to Be (mono)instrumentalDizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra4:54
1960-06-02Things Ain't What They Used to BecoverLambert, Hendricks & Ross2:49
1960-06-28Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalGene Harris & The Three Sounds8:55
1961-01-10Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (take 3)instrumentalCecil Taylor8:56
1961-01Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (take 1)instrumentalCecil Taylor10:08
1961-03Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental and liveJohnny Hodges6:31
1962-01-09Things Ain’t What They Used to BeDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:44
1962-06-13Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalGene Ammons4:28
1962-12-15 – 1962-12-16Things Ain’t What They Used to BeinstrumentalThe Oscar Peterson Trio4:39
1963-02-06Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalClare Fischer4:24
1963-02-23Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:10
1963-08Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalCharlie Byrd / Herb Ellis4:48
1964-03-11Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:24
1964-03-29Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental and liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:15
1964-04-28Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalJohnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis4:15
1964-05-31Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental and liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra5:26
1964-12-08Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalChuck Wayne3:13
1965-01-30Passion Flower / Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental, live and medleyDuke Ellington and His Orchestra7:43
1965-03-17Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental and liveDuke Ellington and His Orchestra2:56
1965-07-23Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalThe Walter Bishop Jr. Trio With Butch Warren And Jimmy Cobb2:37
1965Things Ain't What They Used To BeliveDuke Ellington3:31
1966-04-15Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalShirley Scott5:35
1966-07-26Things Ain't What They Used to Be (live, 1966-07-26: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France)instrumental and liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:35
1966-07-26Things Ain't What They Used to Be (live, 1966-07-26: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France)instrumental and liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:06
1966-07-27Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (live, 1966-07-27: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France)liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:08
1966-07-27Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (live, 1966-07-27: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France)liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:58
1966-07-28Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (live, 1966-07-28: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France)liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:47
1966-07-29Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (live, 1966-07-29: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France)liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:19
1967-02-22Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington2:51
1967-02-22Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Theme)instrumental and liveDuke Ellington1:59
1967-08-17Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington Octet3:13
1969-01-02Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalEric Kloss5:50
1969-04-29Things Ain't What They Used to BeDuke Ellington & His Orchestra4:29
1969-07-31Things Ain't What They Used to BecoverHumphrey Lyttelton5:54
1969-11-01Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental and liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:08
1969-11-07Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental and liveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:10
1969-11-26Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:02
1969-11-26Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington3:02
1969Things Ain’t What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington & His Orchestra?:??
1970-02-16Things Ain’t What They Used to Becover and instrumentalIvan ‘Boogaloo Joe’ Jones7:05
1970-11Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveEarl Hines3:02
1971-05-07Things Ain’t What They Used to Becover and liveElla Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra3:44
1971-10-30Things Ain't What They Used to BeliveDuke Ellington3:32
1971-11-09Medley: Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Hello Dollyinstrumental, live and medleyDuke Ellington4:46
1972-01Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalRuby Braff & Ellis Larkins4:17
1972-10-28Things Ain't What They Used to Beinstrumental and liveEarl Hines5:22
1972-10Things Ain't What They Used to BeinstrumentalRuby Braff?:??
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