You Can Depend on Me (Louis Armstrong song)
{{Infobox song
| name = You Can Depend on Me
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Brenda Lee
| album = Brenda, That's All
| B-side = It's Never Too Late
| released = March 1961
| recorded = 1 January 1961
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Vocal jazz{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0000268555|title= Brenda Lee - Anthology (1956-1980) (1991) Review|last= Bush|first= John|access-date= January 10, 2025}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=34}}
| label = Decca
| writer = Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines
| producer = Owen Bradley
| prev_title = Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Dum Dum
| next_year = 1961
}}
"You Can Depend on Me" is a song written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl "Fatha" Hines.{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/12462|title = Original versions of You Can Depend on Me written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines | SecondHandSongs| website=SecondHandSongs }} and first recorded by Louis Armstrong (1931Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, {{Discogs release|id=4569724|name=I Got Rhythm / You Can Depend on Me|type=single}}; recorded November 5, 1931, and released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac on Columbia Records. and 1951).
It should not be confused with the song of the same name, "(You Can) Depend on Me," recorded by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles in 1959.
Other recorded versions
The song has been recorded and performed by several people, including:
- Count Basie (1939),Count Basie and His Orchestra, {{Discogs release|id=4722788|name=Oh Lady Be Good / You Can Depend on Me|type=single}}, with Lester Young and James Rushing, released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac by Decca Records.
- Dexter Gordon (1955)
- Lester Young (1956)
- Nat King Cole After Midnight (1957)
- Brenda Lee (1961). Lee's "You Can Depend on Me" reached No.6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in May 1961.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p97335/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic] chart history The single crossed over to the Hot R&B Sides chart, where it reached No. 25.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=343}} This recording was featured on Lee's 1962 album Brenda, That's All.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r67203|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic] album info
Influences
Recorded in 1949, the notable Lennie Tristano contrafact "Wow" is based on the chord changes to You Can Depend on Me.
References
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External links
- BMI Work #1712327, "You Can Depend on Me"
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