You Can Depend on Me (Louis Armstrong song)

"You Can Depend on Me"
"You Can Depend on Me"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Brenda, That's All
B-side	"It's Never Too Late"
Released	March 1961
Recorded	1 January 1961
Length	3:34
Label	Decca
Songwriter(s)	, , Earl Hines
Producer(s)	Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology

"You Can Depend on Me" is a song written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl "Fatha" Hines.^[1] and first recorded by Louis Armstrong (1931^[2] and 1951). It should not be confused with the song of the same name, "(You Can) Depend on Me," recorded by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles in 1959.

Other recorded versions[]

The song has been recorded and performed by several people, including:

Count Basie (1939),^[3]
Earl Hines himself (1940)
Lester Young (1956)
Nat King Cole (1957)
Brenda Lee (1961). Lee's "You Can Depend on Me" reached No.6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in April 1961.^[4] The single crossed over to the Hot R&B Sides chart, where it reached No. 25.^[5] This recording was featured on Lee's 1962 album Brenda, That's All.^[6]

Influences[]

Recorded in 1949, the notable Lennie Tristano contrafact "Wow" is based on the chord changes to You Can Depend on Me.

References[]

^ "Original versions of You Can Depend on Me written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines | SecondHandSongs".
^ Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, "I Got Rhythm / You Can Depend on Me" at Discogs; recorded November 5, 1931, and released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac on Columbia Records.
^ Count Basie and His Orchestra, "Oh Lady Be Good / You Can Depend on Me" at Discogs, with Lester Young and James Rushing, released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac by Decca Records.
^ Allmusic chart history
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 343.
^ Allmusic album info

External links[]

BMI Work #1712327, "You Can Depend on Me"

[1] "Original versions of You Can Depend on Me written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines | SecondHandSongs".

[2] Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, "I Got Rhythm / You Can Depend on Me" at Discogs; recorded November 5, 1931, and released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac on Columbia Records.

[3] Count Basie and His Orchestra, "Oh Lady Be Good / You Can Depend on Me" at Discogs, with Lester Young and James Rushing, released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac by Decca Records.

[4] Allmusic chart history

[5] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 343.

[6] Allmusic album info

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Discography
Albums	Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! Brenda Lee This Is...Brenda Emotions All the Way Sincerely, Brenda Lee Brenda, That's All All Alone Am I ..."Let Me Sing" Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends
Other albums	The Winning Hand
Singles	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "One Step at a Time" "Let's Jump the Broomstick" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "Sweet Nothin's" "That's All You Gotta Do" "I'm Sorry" "I Want to Be Wanted" "Emotions" "You Can Depend on Me" "Dum Dum" "Fool #1 "Break It to Me Gently" "Speak to Me Pretty" "Everybody Loves Me But You" "Here Comes That Feeling" "Heart in Hand" "It Started All Over Again" "All Alone Am I" "Your Used to Be" "She'll Never Know" "Losing You" "I Wonder" "My Whole World Is Falling Down" "The Grass Is Greener" "As Usual" "Think" "Alone with You" "When You Loved Me" "Truly, Truly True" "Is It True" "Jingle Bell Rock" "Too Many Rivers" "No One" "Rusty Bells" "Coming On Strong" "Ride, Ride, Ride" "Johnny One Time" "Let It Be Me" "Always on My Mind" "Sunday Sunrise" "Wrong Ideas" "Big Four Poster Bed" "Rock on Baby" "He's My Rock" "Tell Me What It's Like" "The Cowgirl and the Dandy" "Broken Trust"
Other singles	"Hallelujah, I Love You So" "America the Beautiful"
Songs	"Fly Me to the Moon" "The Letter" "Our Day Will Come" "The Stroll" "Valley of Tears"
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