Don George
Biography
Don R. George (August 27, 1909 – 1987) was an American lyricist of popular music. His songs include "The Yellow Rose of Texas" "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (1937), "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (1944) and "Everything but You" (1945). George has also written lyrics for film songs. He was a personal friend and occasional lyricist of jazz composer Duke Ellington, whom he followed closely from 1943 until Ellington's death in 1974. It was with Ellington that he wrote many of hist best-known songs. George wrote a 1981 biography of Ellington titled Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin
1960
Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry Of Phineas Newborn Jr.)
1956
Ella And Basie!
1963
Steppin'
1975
Fitzgerald & Pass...Again
1976
With Respect To Nat
1966
The Great Reunion
1963
Gerry Mulligan Quartet
1955
The Great Reunion
Y'all Don't (Really) Care About Black Women
2021
Talk To Your Daughter
1988
The Nat King Cole Story: Volume 1
1963
Sinatra - Basie: An Historic Musical First
1962
Impressions Of Duke Ellington
1962
Sinatra And Swingin' Brass
1962
Della
1960
Things Are Swingin'
1958
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book
1957
In The Land Of Hi-Fi
1956
Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits
Accentuate The Positive
2004
Lift Every Voice
2002
My Buddy
1990
Deedles
1984
Credited work
2,815 releases · 684 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 3,067
- Other credits · 43
- Production · 1
Studios: Capitol Studios · Radio Recorders · RCA Studios, New York · Group IV Recording Studios