"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" | |
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Single by Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians | |
B-side | "Hop Head" |
Released | 1927 |
Recorded | March 1927, New York City, New York |
Genre | Jazz |
Length | 3:03 |
Label |
Vocalion Columbia Brunswick OKeh |
Songwriter(s) | Duke Ellington/ Bubber Miley |
"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (also "Toodle-O" and "Todolo") is a composition written by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley and recorded several times by Ellington for various labels from 1926–1930 under various titles. [1] This song was the first charting single for Duke Ellington in 1927 and was one of the main examples of his early "jungle music". [2] The composition entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. [3]
Ellington first recorded "Toodle-Oo" in November 1926 for Vocalion Records, which was released as Vo (1064). He recorded the composition twice more in early 1927 for Brunswick Records; the first version was not released at the time, but the second was released as Br (3480). [1] He recorded his hit version in March 1927 for Columbia Records, under the name "the Washingtonians". Along with recording "Toodle-Oo", two other compositions were recorded at the same session, "Hop Head" and "Down in Our Alley Blues", the former of which would be released as the B-side of Columbia 953-D. [4]
"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" features a growling plunger-muted trumpet part played by co-composer Bubber Miley, one of the first jazz trumpeters to utilize the style. [4] This style was carried on by later Ellington trumpeters Cootie Williams (1937 recording), [5] and Ray Nance (1956 recording).
For Steely Dan's 1974 cover of the song, Walter Becker played the melody with a wah-wah pedal to imitate Miley's trumpet style, while Jeff "Skunk" Baxter used a pedal steel guitar for the trombone part. [6]
"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" | |
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Single by Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians | |
B-side | "Hop Head" |
Released | 1927 |
Recorded | March 1927, New York City, New York |
Genre | Jazz |
Length | 3:03 |
Label |
Vocalion Columbia Brunswick OKeh |
Songwriter(s) | Duke Ellington/ Bubber Miley |
"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (also "Toodle-O" and "Todolo") is a composition written by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley and recorded several times by Ellington for various labels from 1926–1930 under various titles. [1] This song was the first charting single for Duke Ellington in 1927 and was one of the main examples of his early "jungle music". [2] The composition entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. [3]
Ellington first recorded "Toodle-Oo" in November 1926 for Vocalion Records, which was released as Vo (1064). He recorded the composition twice more in early 1927 for Brunswick Records; the first version was not released at the time, but the second was released as Br (3480). [1] He recorded his hit version in March 1927 for Columbia Records, under the name "the Washingtonians". Along with recording "Toodle-Oo", two other compositions were recorded at the same session, "Hop Head" and "Down in Our Alley Blues", the former of which would be released as the B-side of Columbia 953-D. [4]
"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" features a growling plunger-muted trumpet part played by co-composer Bubber Miley, one of the first jazz trumpeters to utilize the style. [4] This style was carried on by later Ellington trumpeters Cootie Williams (1937 recording), [5] and Ray Nance (1956 recording).
For Steely Dan's 1974 cover of the song, Walter Becker played the melody with a wah-wah pedal to imitate Miley's trumpet style, while Jeff "Skunk" Baxter used a pedal steel guitar for the trombone part. [6]