FishTail Society - I'm Beginning to see the light
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"I'm Beginning to See the Light" is a popular song and jazz standard, written by Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, and Harry James, and published in 1944.
Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny recorded a version in 1945, that was on the pop song hits list for six weeks in 1945, reaching. A competing 1945 recording by Harry James and his Orchestra, with lead vocal by Kitty Kallen reached No. 1 for two weeks in January of that year.
James' version of the song reached No. 7 on Billboard's Second Annual High School Survey in 1945.
Duke Ellington also released in 1945 a version, vocal by Joya Sherrill, which reached the top ten.
