#Ain't Misbehavin'

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Oshkosh 2024

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Armelia McQueen, Charlayne Woodard, and Nell Carter Off-Time--Ain't Misbehavin', 1982

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Nell Carter, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, Charlayne Woodard, and André De Shields perform "Black and Blue" in Ain't Misbehavin' (1982).

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1978 Tony Awards - Ken Page, André DeShields, Charlayne Woodard, Nell Carter, and Armelia McQueen perform a medley of the songs Ladies Who Sing With The Band / Off Time from the musical revue Ain't Misbehavin'

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Watch "André De Shields and Ken Page Sing 'Fat and Greasy' in 54 SINGS AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’" on YouTube

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Fats

Fats Waller and His Rhythm - Ain't Misbehavin'

Released 1956, RCA Records

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AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' — 1941, dir. Warren Murray ft. FATS WALLER & MYRA JOHNSON

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i will be writing here very soon sorry about the wait!

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Happy Public Domain Day 2025!

It is the first of January, so works from 1929 are now public domain in the United States. Here are some of them.

The Skeleton Dance, drawn by Ub Iwerks, music by Carl Stalling.

The Cocoanuts, the first Marx Brothers film (not counting an earlier unreleased silent film).

"Ain't Misbehavin'," by Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks. (Only the composition is public domain, not this particular recording, which is from 1943. But hey, any chance to play a clip from Stormy Weather is a good one.)

“Rhapsody in Blue,” performed by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. (As a sound recording -- the composition, by George Gershwin, was already public domain.)

The Treachery of Images, by René Magritte.

The earliest "Thimble Theaters" comics featuring Popeye the Sailor.

A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway

And many, many other works, which you can read about here. Happy Public Domain Day!

[thestonecuttersguild]

Oshkosh 2024

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Debbie Allen, Ain't Misbehavin' 1979

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Eartha Kitt - Ain't Misbehavin' (Later Archive 2008)

Song for the moment ... Misha

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Happy 120th birthday to Fats Waller!

The Supremes perform a tribute to Fats Waller on the Ed Sullivan Show

First of all, obsessed with these outfits, but second of all I love this performance. It’s always a pleasure to hear a Fats Waller song done well and the Supremes kill it, especially on “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”

Diana is a star of course but my eyes always go to Mary, she’s serving face every second she’s on camera.

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Watch "Ain't Misbehavin' | 1978 Tony Awards" on YouTube

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Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' 1929

"Ain't Misbehavin'" is a 1929 song written by Fats Waller, Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf. Waller recorded the original version that year for Victor Records and also later re-recorded the song for the 1943 film Stormy Weather. In a 1941 interview with Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Fats claimed the song was written while "lodging" in alimony prison, and that is why he was not "misbehaving".

There were six other recordings of the song released in 1929, including versions by Louis Armstrong, Ruth Etting, Gene Austin, and Leo Reisman and His Orchestra. It was also used in the off-Broadway musical Connie's Hot Chocolates.

It has been recorded by many other performers over the years, including Billie Holiday, Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, and Willie Nelson, to name a few.

The original 1929 recording of "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Fats Waller received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1984, and it was one of fifty recordings selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2004.

"Ain't Misbehavin'" received a total of 79,6% yes votes!