It was soon covered by other musicians, including with lyrics added by Jon Hendricks.
[2] Reviewer Bill Kirchner suggests: "Take a simple riff, rhythmically displace it several times over D-flat blues harmonies, resolve it with a staccato, quasi-humorous phrase, and you have 'Doodlin' '.
"[3] The original version featured Silver on piano, with Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Doug Watkins (bass), and Art Blakey (drums).
[4] Silver's solo is largely blues-based, with little influence from bebop, and is formed around motifs.
[7] Some other versions were recorded by Sarah Vaughan (on her album No Count Sarah, 1958), Mark Murphy (on Rah, 1961), Baby Washington (on That's How Heartaches Are Made, 1963), Harry James (on his Twenty-fifth Anniversary Album, MGM SE4214, 1964), and Dusty Springfield (on Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty, 1965).