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[[File:Duke Ellington star HWF.JPG|thumb|right|Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6535 Hollywood Blvd.]]
*[[Dave Brubeck]] dedicated "The Duke" (1954) to Ellington and it became a standard covered by others,<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> both during Ellington's lifetime (such as by [[Miles Davis]] on ''[[Miles Ahead]]'', 1957) and posthumously (such as [[George Shearing]] on ''I Hear a Rhapsody: Live at the Blue Note'', 1992). The album ''[[The Real Ambassadors]]'' has a vocal version of this piece, "You Swing Baby (The Duke)", with lyrics by Iola Brubeck, Dave Brubeck's wife. It is performed as a duet between [[Louis Armstrong]] and [[Carmen McRae]]. It is also dedicated to Duke Ellington.
*[[Miles Davis]] created his half-hour [[dirge]] "He Loved Him Madly" (on ''[[Get Up with It]]'') as a tribute to Ellington one month after his death.
*[[Charles Mingus]], who had been fired by Ellington
*[[Stevie Wonder]] wrote the song "[[Sir Duke]]" as a tribute to Ellington in 1976.
*[[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] interpreted Ellington's work on ''The Duke'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web
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