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"In a Mellow Tone", also known as "In a Mellotone", is a 1939 jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Milt Gabler.^[1] The song was based on the 1917 standard "Rose Room" by Art Hickman and Harry Williams.^[2] Howard Stern used to use this song as his opening theme on his radio show.

[edit] Notable recordings

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross! (1960)
Paul Gonsalves - Humming Bird (1970)
The Manhattan Transfer - Pastiche (1978)
Tony Bennett - Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999)
Clare Teal - Don't Talk (2004)
Coleman Hawkins with Eddie Lockjaw Davis

[edit] Notes

^ Milton Gabler, Storekeeper of the Jazz World, Dies at 90 - New York Times
^ In a Mellotone at jazzstandards.com - retrieved on 24 May 2009

v • d • e Duke Ellington

Discography	The Blanton–Webster Band · Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band · Ellington at Newport · The Complete Porgy and Bess · Such Sweet Thunder · Ellington Indigos · Newport 1958 · Black, Brown and Beige · Jazz Party · Anatomy of a Murder · Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · Money Jungle · The Great Paris Concert · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · Ella at Duke's Place · Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · The Far East Suite · The Stockholm Concert, 1966 · ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions	"All Too Soon" · " Azure" · "Black, Brown and Beige" · "C Jam Blues" · " Caravan" · "Cotton Tail" · "Day Dream" · "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" · "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me" · "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" · "Drop Me Off in Harlem" · "Everything But You" · "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" · "I Didn't Know About You" · "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" · "I'm Beginning to See the Light" · "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" · "In a Mellow Tone" · "In a Sentimental Mood" · "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" · "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" · "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" · "Mood Indigo" · " Prelude to a Kiss" · "Rocks in My Bed" · "(In My) Solitude" · "Satin Doll" · "Sophisticated Lady"

Orchestra members	Hayes Alvis · Cat Anderson · Ivie Anderson · Harold Ashby · Alice Babs · Shorty Baker · Butch Ballard · Art Baron · Aaron Bell · Louie Bellson · Joe Benjamin · Barney Bigard · Lou Blackburn · Jimmy Blanton · Wellman Braud · Lawrence Brown · Harry Carney · Johnny Coles · Willie Cook · Buster Cooper · Kay Davis · Wild Bill Davis · Wilbur De Paris · Bobby Durham · Mercer Ellington · Rolf Ericson · Jimmy Forrest · Victor Gaskin · Peter Giger · Tyree Glenn · Paul Gonsalves · Sonny Greer · Fred Guy · Jimmy Hamilton · Otto Hardwick · Rick Henderson · Al Hibbler · Johnny Hodges · Major Holley · Quentin Jackson · Hilton Jefferson · Herb Jeffries · Freddie Jenkins · Money Johnson · Herbie Jones · Taft Jordan · Al Killian · Queen Esther Marrow · Wendell Marshall · Murray McEachern · Louis Metcalf · James "Bubber" Miley · Harold "Geezil" Minerve · Ray Nance · Tricky Sam Nanton · Oscar Pettiford · Eddie Preston · Russell Procope · Junior Raglin · Betty Roché · Ernie Royal · Al Sears · Joya Sherrill · Willie Smith · Rex Stewart · Billy Strayhorn · Billy Taylor (jazz bassist) · Clark Terry · Juan Tizol · Norris Turney · Ben Webster · Arthur Whetsol · Cootie Williams · Nelson Williams · Skippy Williams · Booty Wood · Jimmy Woode · Britt Woodman · Sam Woodyard

Filmography	Black and Tan (The Movie) · Cabin in the Sky · Belle of the Nineties · Murder at the Vanities · Paris Blues · Assault on a Queen · Change of Mind

Related	Duke Ellington Bridge · Duke Ellington House · Duke Ellington School of the Arts · Irving Mills · Sophisticated Ladies · Sacred Concerts

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