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Don George

Don George is credited on 2,179 releases across 686 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,179

Pressings credited

686

Albums

8

Decades active

114

In collections

Biography

Don R. George (August 27, 1909 – 1987) was an American lyricist of popular music. His songs include "The Yellow Rose of Texas" "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (1937), "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (1944) and "Everything but You" (1945). George has also written lyrics for film songs. He was a personal friend and occasional lyricist of jazz composer Duke Ellington, whom he followed closely from 1943 until Ellington's death in 1974. It was with Ellington that he wrote many of hist best-known songs. George wrote a 1981 biography of Ellington titled Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington.

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Credited work

2,179 releases · 686 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 2,323
  • Other credits · 20
  • Production · 1

Studios: Waldorf Astoria Hotel · RCA Studios, New York · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Hotel Ambassador's Cocoanut Grove

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