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Sir Duke
Composer: Stevie Wonder

Sir Duke has been performed in concert by Bruce Hornsby.

The song was first released on the Stevie Wonder album Songs In The Key Of Life in 1976 and then on a single in 1977. The single reached #1 in the Billboard Hot 100.

Sir Duke is a tribute to Duke Ellington and other musicians who were important to Stevie Wonder.



Bruce Hornsby concert recordings

info August 2, 2002, Asheville, NC, Bruce Hornsby, 2005
info October 19, 2004, Ridgefield, CT, Bruce Hornsby, 2005

Stevie Wonder recordings

info Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder, 1976
no info Single (Sir Duke / He's Misstra Know-It-All), Stevie Wonder, 1977
no info Single (I Wish / Sir Duke), Stevie Wonder, 1978
info Original Musiquarium I, Stevie Wonder, 1982
no info The Motown Story: The First 25 Years, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 1983
no info Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 1983
no info Grammy Awards: All-Time Winners, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 1983
no info Rock 'N Soul (video), Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 1983
no info Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume Two 1972-1992, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 1993
no info Motown: The Ultimate Hits Collection, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 1994
no info Natural Wonder, Stevie Wonder, 1995
no info Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection, Stevie Wonder, 1996
info Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 1998
info At the Close of the Century, Stevie Wonder, 1999
info Sing America, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 1999
info Definitive Collection (Single CD), Stevie Wonder, 2002
info Definitive Collection (Double CD), Stevie Wonder, 2002
no info A Time To Love, Stevie Wonder, 2005
info Number 1's, Stevie Wonder, 2007
no info Live At Last: A Wonder Summer's Night, Stevie Wonder, 2008
info Motown: The Complete No. 1's, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 2008
no info The Motown Collection, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 2008
no info Motown 50: Yesterday-Today-Forever, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 2008
no info The Best Of Soul Train (DVD set), Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 2010
no info Grandmaster Motown Party, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 2011
no info The Reflex: Million Sellers Vol.2, Various Artists (Stevie Wonder), 2014

Other recordings

no info Goes Direct To Disc, Les Brown And His Band Of Renown, 1977
no info IV, The Fall Guys, 1977
no info Play The Big Hits Vol. II, The L. A. Connection, 1977
no info Sesame Street: Bob Sings!, Bob, 1977
no info Portrait Of Pourcel, Franck Pourcel And His Orchestra, 1977
no info Big Band Sounds: That's What A Dance Floor Is For, Bernard Ebbinghouse, 1977
no info Big Hits Of The Seventies Vol.3, Enoch Light And The Light Brigade, 1977
no info Double Disco, P.K. And The Sound Explosion And The Motor City Rollers, 1977
no info Top Of The Pops Vol. 59, 1977
no info Live, Lou Rawls, 1978
no info Times Of Your Life, Michel Legrand And His Orchestra, 1978
no info Codona, Codona, 1979
no info Memories, Yoshiko Kimura with Gary Foster, 1979
no info The Groovers Steel Orchestra, The Groovers Steel Orchestra, 1979
no info Rise, Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra, 1980
no info Sounds Like Stevie Wonder Vol. II, Motor City Rollers, 1980
no info Sounds Like The Very Best Of Stevie Wonder, Motor City Rollers, 1980
no info A Real Red Fox, Joey English, 1980
info Strung Out on Motown, Regal Funkharmonic Orchestra, 1982
info Wonderland, Stanley Turrentine, 1987
info Plays Songs From the Key of Life: A Tribute To Stevie Wonder, Najee, 1995
no info Intímamente, Mocedades, 1997
no info By Request, Helen Shapiro, 1998
info Blue Note Salutes Motown, Various Artists (Stanley Turrentine), 1998
no info Let Me Be Good To You / Lou Rawls Live, Lou Rawls, 1999
no info A Night To Remember, Clint Holmes, 2001
no info 4tet San Francisco, 4tet San Francisco, 2002
no info Naked Pop, Peter Huttlinger, 2002
no info Live: Los Angeles, CA 4/28/03, Telepathy, 2003
no info Live, Kenny James, 2003
no info Ukulele Breeze, Herb Ohta, Jr, 2004
no info Identity, Pomeroy, 2004
info Muriel Anderson's 10th Anniversary All Star Guitar Night, Muriel Anderson / Various Artists, 2004
no info When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All / Lou Rawls Live, Lou Rawls, 2005
no info Raising The Bar, Change of Pace, 2006
no info View So Tender: Wonder Revisited Volume One, The Joe Gilman Trio, 2006
no info A Tribute To Stevie Wonder, Vernon Neilly & Friends, 2006
info The Jazz Plays Motown Collection, Various Artists (Stanley Turrentine), 2006
no info Gratitude, Adam Rafferty, 2008
no info Trifecta, The Will McBride Group, 2009
no info Excellent Distraction, Miles Stiebel, 2009
no info Space Age Blues, Devon Allman's Honeytribe, 2010
no info Live In New York 2011: Music Of Stevie Wonder And New Compositions, SF Jazz Collective, 2011
no info Wonder: The Songs Of Stevie Wonder, SF Jazz Collective, 2012
no info Into Your Own, Bria Skonberg, 2014
no info Full-On!, Chris Walden Big Band, 2014
no info Nathan East, Nathan East, 2014
no info Live At The Ziggo Dome 2015, Ladies Of Soul, 2015
no info Live: SFJazz Center 2017: Original Compositions & Music of Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, Stevie Wonder, SF Jazz Collective, 2017
no info The Language Of Love, Julia Fordham, 2017
no info Live At Acme, Paul Childers, 2018
no info Gelb, Patricia Taxxon, 2020

 
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