I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So

"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" is a 1945 song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Mack David.^[1] The song has become a jazz standard.^[2]

"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
Song by Duke Ellington and Al Hibbler
Recorded	November 26, 1945
Genre	Jazz
Length	3:13
Composer(s)	Duke Ellington
Lyricist(s)	Mack David

Notable recordings

• Al Hibbler & Duke Ellington – recorded for RCA Victor (catalog No. 20-1799) on November 26, 1945^[3] ( Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, soloists).
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley Scott – The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (Prestige, 1958).
• Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones on the album At Basin Street East (EmArcy, 1961) as part of a Duke Ellington medley.
• Annie Ross – included in her album A Gasser! (World Pacific, 1960).^[4]
• Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington – Together for the First Time (Roulette Records, 1961).
• Wes Montgomery on SO Much Guitar! (1961).
• Ella Fitzgerald – she first recorded it for Decca Records (catalog No. 18814) in New York on Feb 21, 1946.^[5] She sang it at Carnegie Hall in 1949 and it was included in Jazz at the Philharmonic, The Ella Fitzgerald Set (Verve/Polygram)" (1949).^[6] A later recording was included in Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958).
• Kenny Burrell – Soul Call (1964).
• Sarah Vaughan – The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (1979).
• Mose Allison – Middle Class White Boy (1982).^[7]
• Tony Bennett – recorded the song on three occasions, first in 1957 for his album Tony. He included it in his Carnegie Hall concert in 1962 and finally in the album A Tribute to Duke (1977).
• Harry "Sweets" Edison & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – Jazz at the Philharmonic (1983).^[8]
• Diana Krall – for her album Stepping Out (1993).
• Stacey Kent – included in the album Only Trust Your Heart (2000).^[9]
• Melody Diachun – in her album Lullaby of the Leaves (2002).^[10]
• Terra Hazelton – in her Anybody's Baby (2004).^[11]

Legacy

Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong, a 2016 picture book biography of Louis Armstrong, was titled after the song. The book was written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by her husband, James Ransome.^[12]