Things Ain't What They Used to Be

~ Recording by Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.21Things Ain't What They Used to Be3:37Johnny Hodges and His OrchestraThe Indispensable Duke Ellington and the Small Groups - Vol.9/10 (1940-1946)Duke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)NL89582
2.7Things Ain't What They Used to Be3:37Johnny Hodges and His OrchestraThe Indispensable Duke Ellington and the Small Groups - Vol. 9/10 (1940-1946)Duke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 66471-2

Relationships

alto saxophone:Johnny Hodges (on 1941-07-03)
baritone saxophone:Harry Carney (on 1941-07-03)
double bass:Jimmy Blanton (on 1941-07-03)
drums (drum set):Sonny Greer (on 1941-07-03)
guitar:Fred Guy (on 1941-07-03)
piano:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1941-07-03)
reeds:Barney Bigard (on 1941-07-03)
trombone:Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-07-03)
trumpet:Ray Nance (on 1941-07-03)
recording of:Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (on 1941-07-03: instrumental)

Things Ain’t What They Used to Be

lyricist:Ted Persons
composer:Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
is the basis for:Blues for Therese Johaug
arrangements:Things Ain't What They Used To Be (arr. Pitts)
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (arr. Baylock)