Diga Diga Doo

~ Recording by The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Annotation

Recorded on December 22, 1932.
Brunswick 78 RPM 6519 (mx B.12781-A);
Originally Released 1933


Recorded on December 22, 1932.
Brunswick 78 RPM 6519 (mx B.12781-A);
Originally Released 1933

Annotation last modified on 2021-02-20 11:00 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Diga Diga Doo (W/ Duke Ellington - 12/22/32)3:08The Mills BrothersThe Best of The Mills BrothersThe Mills BrothersAlbum + Compilation
1.19Diga Diga Doo3:07The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington and His Famous OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1932-1933Duke Ellington and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)626
1.5Diga Diga Doo3:07The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington16 Classic PerformancesThe Mills BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Axis (Australian budget label dealing with EMI reissues)8140992
1.11Diga Diga Doo3:11The Mills BrothersFour Boys and a Guitar: The Essential Mills BrothersThe Mills BrothersAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 57713
1.12Diga Diga Doo3:09The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & His OrchestraGreatest HitsLouis Armstrong & The Mills BrothersAlbum + Compilation
EPM Musique
1.8Diga Diga Do (1932)3:11The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & His Famous OrchestraJazz Vocal Groups: New York – Los Angeles – Hollywood – Chicago 1927–1944 (reissue)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 041
1.8Diga Diga Do3:11The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & His Famous OrchestraJazz Vocal Groups: New York – Los Angeles – Hollywood – Chicago 1927–1944Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 041
5.19Diga Diga Doo3:07The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington and His Famous OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Duke Ellington, Volume 2: 1930-1933Duke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)66
1.9Diga Diga Doo3:11The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & His OrchestraA Family AffairThe Mills BrothersAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2003-01-27
Universal Music France
150.5Diga Diga Doo3:07The Mills BrothersThe Ultimate Jazz ArchiveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222800-387
2.5Diga Diga Doo3:07The Mills BrothersThe Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 38: VocalistsThe Boswell Sisters, The Mills Brothers, Billie Holiday, Mildred BaileyAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222794-382
1.12Diga Diga Doo3:07The Mills Brothers & Duke EllingtonVocalDuke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
Camelot2202361632, 2202361642

Relationships

alto saxophone:Otto Hardwick (on 1932-12-22)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:Harry Carney (on 1932-12-22)
alto saxophone, clarinet and soprano saxophone:Johnny Hodges (on 1932-12-22)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:Barney Bigard (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)
John Mills, Jr. (on 1932-12-22)
piano:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (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)
baritone vocals:Harry Mills (on 1932-12-22)
bass vocals:John Mills, Jr. (on 1932-12-22)
tenor vocals:Donald Mills (on 1932-12-22)
Herbert Mills (on 1932-12-22)
vocals:Harry Mills (on 1932-12-22)
orchestra:Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1932-12-22)
arranger:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1932-12-22)
recording of:Diga Diga Doo (in 1932, 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)