Flamingo (song)

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"Flamingo" (1940) is a popular song and jazz standard written by Ted Grouya with lyrics by Edmund Anderson and first recorded by singer Herb Jeffries and the Duke Ellington Orchestra on December 28, 1940, for Victor Records (catalog No. 27326B). [1] This briefly reached the Billboard charts in 1941. [2]

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Versions that charted in the U.S.

Other notable versions

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