[greene66]

Ellington’s tune “It Don’t Mean a Thing” technically pre-dates the swing/big-band era by a few years. The Boswell Sisters recorded a really jaw-dropping version of it.

[Fiji Hill]

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)--Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (1932)

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)--The Boswell Sisters (1932)