"All Too Soon" is a 1940 song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics written by Carl Sigman. It is recorded in the key of C major. It was subsequently recorded by several contemporary and modern artists.

Notable recordings

Duke Ellington

• recorded in 1940, available in compilation albums such as Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (2003)

• recorded during 1953–1955

• Unknown Session (recorded in 1960, released in 1979)

• Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (1966)

• 1969: All-Star White House Tribute (recorded in 1969, released in 2002)

• Mildred Bailey - recorded on June 13, 1941, for Decca Records (No. 3888B)

• Sarah Vaughan - recorded during 1944–1946, The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (1979)

• Jeri Southern - for her album Jeri Gently Jumps (1957)

• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958), Fitzgerald and Pass... Again (with Joe Pass, 1979)

• Peggy Lee, George Shearing - Beauty and the Beat! (1959)

• Nancy Harrow – recorded November 2/3, 1960, for Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1961)

References