“Well there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo
And the king of all, Sir Duke,
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out,
There's no way the band can lose.”

—  Stevie Wonder

Sir Duke
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

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