| recordings |
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| 1942-02-26 | What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:25 |
| 1942-02-26 | What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:27 |
| 1942-02-26 | What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:31 |
| 1942-02-26 | What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | 3:26 |
| 1942-02-26 | What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:26 |
| 1942 | What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:28 |
| 1942 | What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:26 |
| 1943-04-03 | What Am I Here For? | live | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:34 |
| 1955-02-24 | What Am I Here For? | cover | Clifford Brown & Max Roach | 3:09 |
| 1955-06-30 | What Am I Here For? | live | The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet | 13:04 |
| 1955-12-04 | What Am I Here For? | | Cy Touff, Richie Kamuca | 4:22 |
| 1956-01-04 | What Am I Here For | instrumental | Count Basie & His Orchestra | 3:24 |
| 1956-01-04 | What Am I Here For? | | Count Basie and His Orchestra | 3:22 |
| 1956-01-04 | What Am I Here For? (alternate take) | | Count Basie and His Orchestra | 4:07 |
| 1960-06-29 | What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | 4:06 |
| 1960-08-18 | What Am I Here For? | cover | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | 3:01 |
| 1961 | What Am I Here For | | Pee Wee Russell and Coleman Hawkins | 7:46 |
| 1962 | What Am I Here For? | | Ella Fitzgerald | 2:43 |
| 1965-05-03 | What Am I Here For | | Dorothy Ashby | 2:22 |
| 1965-10 | What Am I Here For | | Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington | 5:36 |
| 1975-10 | What Am I Here For? | | Stan Getz presents Jimmy Rowles | 4:58 |
| 1976-08-16 | What Am I Here For? | instrumental | Art Farmer | 6:46 |
| 1981-11-30 | What Am I Here For? | | Milt Jackson | 6:20 |
| 1984-04-05 – 1984-04-23 | What Am I Here For? | | Kenny Burrell & Grover Washington, Jr. | 4:46 |
| 1986-09-21 | What Am I Here For? | live | Dave Frishberg | 4:09 |
| 1988 | What Am I Here For? | cover | Joe Van Enkhuizen, Horace Parlan | 4:24 |
| 1990-02-06 – 1990-02-10 | What Am I Here For | | Johnny Mathis | 4:23 |
| 1990-10 | What Am I Here For? | | Billy Higgins, Ray Drummond & Hank Jones | 8:26 |
| 1990-11-30 | What Am I Here For | | Harold Ashby | 7:35 |
| 1992-09 | What Am I Here For | | Jay McShann & John Hicks | 7:51 |
| 1994-06-27 – 1994-06-30 | What Am I Here For? | | David “Fathead” Newman | 4:50 |
| 1997 | What Am I Here For? | cover | Lena Horne | 3:17 |
| 1998-02-19 – 1998-02-20 | What Am I Here For | | Warren Vaché & Allan Vaché | 6:57 |
| 1999-01-15 | What Am I Here For | cover | Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Mulgrew Miller | 4:19 |
| 2003-05 | What Am I Here For | | Rob McConnell And SWR Big Band | 4:59 |
| 2019-07 | What Am I Here For? | cover | Chris Hopkins Meets The Jazz Kangaroos | ?:?? |
| What am I here for | | Count Basie | 3:21 |
| What am I here for | | Duke Ellington | 3:28 |
| What am I Here For | | Pee Wee Russell & Coleman Hawkins | 7:53 |
| What Am I Here For | cover | Sarah Vaughan | 3:35 |
| What Am I Here For | cover | Dancing Mood | 3:44 |
| What Am I Here For | instrumental | André Previn with Joe Pass & Ray Brown | 6:12 |
| What Am I Here For | | Ed Bickert | 8:20 |
| What Am I Here For | | Ben Webster | 3:59 |
| What Am I Here For | | Ben Webster | 3:28 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington | 3:30 |
| What Am I Here For | | Ralph Sutton & Johnny Varro | 5:56 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:27 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:24 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:11 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 4:19 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington | 4:05 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington | ?:?? |
| What Am I Here For | | Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington | 5:30 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington | 3:27 |
| What Am I Here For | | Duke Ellington Orchestra | 4:07 |
| What Am I Here For | | Clifford Brown & Max Roach | 3:10 |
| What Am I Here For | | Count Basie | 3:21 |
| What Am I Here For | | Count Basie | 3:24 |
| What Am I Here For | | Count Basie & His Orchestra | 3:24 |
| What Am I Here For? | cover | Sir Roland Hanna, Davey Yarborough | 4:21 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:39 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:33 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:24 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Coleman Hawkins and Pee Wee Russell | 7:53 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 4:09 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | 3:28 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | ?:?? |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | 3:25 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | ?:?? |
| What Am I Here For? | cover | Sarah Vaughan | 3:33 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | ?:?? |
| What Am I Here For? | | Count Basie | 3:21 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | 3:35 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | ?:?? |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | 3:27 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Count Basie | 4:43 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Count Basie | 3:22 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Count Basie & His Orchestra | 3:20 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:24 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:27 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington | 4:40 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Ben Webster | 3:30 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:28 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Ben Webster with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:26 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | ?:?? |
| What Am I Here For? | | Nnenna Freelon | 6:32 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:27 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Count Basie | 3:21 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:24 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | ?:?? |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:26 |
| What Am I Here For? | | Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra | ?:?? |
| What Am I Here For? (alternate take) | instrumental | Count Basie & His Orchestra | 4:13 |
| What Am I Here For? (alternate take) | | Count Basie & His Orchestra | 4:13 |
| What Am I Here For? (instrumental) | | Scott Hamilton | 5:09 |
| What I Am Here For | | Barbara Hendricks & The Monty Alexander Trio | 4:15 |
