All Too Soon
# All Too Soon

"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)
* 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)
* Chris Connor - A Portrait of Chris (1961)
* Billy Byers – Impressions of Duke Ellington(1962)
* Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds (1963)
* Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass - All Too Soon: The Duke Ellington Album (1980)
* Sathima Bea Benjamin - Musical Echoes (2002)
* Jeri Southern - for her album Jeri Gently Jumps (1957)
* Jane Monheit - The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (2016)
