In California, for example, a minimum-wage employee must work 130 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom rental, according to the report. The coalition has released this report annually for the past 25 years.
Satin Doll  is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded countless times, by such artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, 101 Strings, Terry Callier, and Nancy Wilson. Its chord progression is well known for its unusual use of chords and opening with a ii-V-I turnaround.
This article is about the song recorded by the Mills Brothers. For the song by John Mayer, see Paradise Valley (album). Paper Doll was a hit song for the Mills Brothers. In the United States it held the number-one position on the Billboard singles chart for twelve weeks, from November 6, 1943, to January 22, 1944. The success of the song represented something of a revival for the group, after a few years of declining sales.