This song is Judy's tribute to Duke Ellington, who was possibly the greatest American composer. He died in 1974 ("after fighting death a year or more") of pneumonia as a complication of lung cancer.
Over 12,000 people ("Ten thousand people there they say, or more") attended his funeral at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
This song is Judy's tribute to Duke Ellington, who was possibly the greatest American composer. He died in 1974 ("after fighting death a year or more") of pneumonia as a complication of lung cancer.
Over 12,000 people ("Ten thousand people there they say, or more") attended his funeral at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.