Herb Jeffries & The Duke Ellington Orchestra (click to enlarge)

Stroll down Memory Lane with Herb Jeffries

      

Great bandleaders with whom Herb Jeffries has performed...

    

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Earl Hines Blanche Calloway Duke Ellington Sidney Bechet Joe Liggins

      

Listen to some classic recordings by Herb Jeffries...
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"When I Write My Song" sheet music cover (click to enlarge)
        
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Just To Be In Caroline
with Earl Hines Orchestra (1934)
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Prairie Rose
with The Four Tones (1939)
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You, You Darlin'
with Duke Ellington Orchestra (1940)
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...What Kind Of Blues I Got
with Duke Ellington Orchestra (1941)
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Got Your Love In My Heart
with Joe Liggins Orchestra (1945)
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Basin Street Blues
Solo Recording (1946)
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I'm A Happy Cowboy
with The Four Tones (1938)
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Blue For You, Johnny
with Sidney Bechet Orchestra (1940)
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Flamingo
with Duke Ellington Orchestra (1940)
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Jump For Joy
with Duke Ellington Orchestra (1941)
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Left A Good Deal In Mobile
with Joe Liggins Orchestra (1945)
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When I Write My Song
from 'Showtime at the Apollo' (1954)
    

A few of the regulars at Herb Jeffries' Paris nightclub...
    
King Farouk of Egypt (click to enlarge) Orson Welles (click to enlarge) Prince Aly Khan (click to enlarge)
King Farouk Orson Welles Prince Aly Khan
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