You Can Depend on Me (Louis Armstrong song) explained

You Can Depend on Me
Type:	single
Artist:	Brenda Lee
Album:	Brenda, That's All
B-Side:	It's Never Too Late
Released:	March 1961
Recorded:	1 January 1961
Label:	Decca
Producer:	Owen Bradley
Prev Title:	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Dum Dum
Next Year:	1961

"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 (1940)
• Dexter Gordon (1955)
• 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 May 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.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Original versions of You Can Depend on Me written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines | SecondHandSongs. SecondHandSongs .
2. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, ; recorded November 5, 1931, and released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac on Columbia Records.
3. Count Basie and His Orchestra,, with Lester Young and James Rushing, released as 10" 78 rpm Shellac by Decca Records.
4. Allmusic
5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 343.
6. Allmusic