Diga Diga Do

~ Recording by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.1Diga Diga Do3:04Duke Ellington & His OrchestraThe Complete 1932–1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous OrchestraDuke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD11-248

Relationships

alto saxophone:Otto Hardwick (on 1932-12-22)
baritone saxophone:Harry Carney (on 1932-12-22)
double bass [bass]:Wellman Braud (on 1932-12-22)
drums (drum set):Sonny Greer (on 1932-12-22)
guitar:Fred Guy (on 1932-12-22)
piano:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1932-12-22)
saxophone:Johnny Hodges (on 1932-12-22)
trombone:Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1932-12-22)
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1932-12-22)
trumpet:Freddy Jenkins (on 1932-12-22)
Arthur Whetsel (on 1932-12-22)
Cootie Williams (on 1932-12-22)
valve trombone:Juan Tizol (on 1932-12-22)
vocals:The Mills Brothers (on 1932-12-22)
Donald Mills (on 1932-12-22)
Harry Mills (on 1932-12-22)
Herbert Mills (on 1932-12-22)
John Mills, Jr. (on 1932-12-22)
orchestra:Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1932-12-22)
recorded at:American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1932-12-22)
recording of:Diga Diga Doo (on 1932-12-22)

Diga Diga Doo

lyricist:Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
later translated versions:Daiga-daiga duu
is the basis for:Bei mir bist du schoen (Diga Diga Doo interpolation)