"You Can Depend on Me" | ||||
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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) | Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines | |||
Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
Brenda Lee singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
The song has been recorded and performed by several people, including:
Recorded in 1949, the notable Lennie Tristano contrafact "Wow" is based on the chord changes to You Can Depend on Me.