Embraceable You
~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 5.2 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | MG V-4029-5 |
| 5.2 | Embraceable You | 4:49 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | MG V-4025 |
| 1.3 | Embraceable You | ?:?? | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2 | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | MGV 4015 |
| 3.10 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 825 024-2 |
| 12.10 | Embraceable You | 4:51 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Classics & Jazz (a division of PolyGram Records, Inc., US), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 314-519-832-2 0501, 314519832-2 |
| 1.3 | Embraceable You | 4:54 | Ella Fitzgerald | Jazz 'Round Midnight Again | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 3145270322 |
| 1.17 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | George Gershwin: The Ultimate Collection | George Gershwin | Album + Compilation |
| London Classics (“LONDON” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for US/CA releases only) | 289 460 002-2 |
| 2.5 | Embraceable You | ?:?? | Ella Fitzgerald | Reader’s Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest Performances | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest Music | |
| 3.8 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 539 759-2 |
| 2.5 | Embraceable You | 4:54 | Ella Fitzgerald | Reader's Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest Performances | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.14 | Embraceable You | 4:57 | Ella Fitzgerald | Gold: All Her Greatest Hits | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| UCJ (UK label of “Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.”), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 589 647-2 |
| 1.13 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Gold | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 9800276 |
| 1.13 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Gold | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 065 484-2 |
| 1.13 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Gold | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 0654842 |
| 1.15 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Music & Moonlight: Songbook Selections 1956-1959 | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Hear Music | B0006539-02 |
| 3.10 | Embraceable You | 4:54 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Songbook | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Not Now Music | NOT3CD040 |
| 3.3 | Embraceable You | 4:52 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Essential Jazz Classics | EJC55500 |
| 12.10 | Embraceable You | 4:51 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | |
| 3.8 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve Reissues | |
| 1.17 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Very Best of George Gershwin | George Gershwin | Album + Compilation |
| Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only) | UCCD-5547 |
| 3.3 | Embraceable You | 4:52 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Essential Jazz Classics | EJC55689 |
| 14.2 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Complete Original Song Books | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Verve Reissues | |
| 5.2 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve Reissues | |
| 5.2 | Embraceable You | 4:49 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Not Now Music | NOTBOX001 |
| 3.10 | Embraceable You | 4:53 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 825 024-2 |
| 3.10 | Embraceable You | 4:54 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album | |||
| 1.17 | Embraceable You | 4:54 | George Gershwin | The Very Best of Gershwin | George Gershwin | Album + Compilation | |||
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.15 | Embraceable You | 4:54 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| recorded in: | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-01-08) |
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| engineer: | Val Valentin |
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| producer: | Norman Granz |
| bass: | Joe Mondragon (on 1959-01-08) |
| cello: | James Arkatov (American cellist and photographer) (on 1959-01-08) Elizabeth Greenschpoon (on 1959-01-08) George Neikrug (cellist) (on 1959-01-08) Kurt Reher (cellist) (on 1959-01-08) |
| drums (drum set): | Bill Richmond (on 1959-01-08) |
| guitar: | Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1959-01-08) |
| piano: | Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1959-01-08) |
| viola: | David Sterkin (on 1959-01-08) Alvin Dinkin (on 1959-01-08) Paul Robyn (on 1959-01-08) Barbara Simons (on 1959-01-08) |
| violin: | Victor Arno (on 1959-01-08) Victor Bay (on 1959-01-08) Alex Beller (on 1959-01-08) Ben Gill (on 1959-01-08) Jacques Gasselin (on 1959-01-08) Murray Kellner (on 1959-01-08) Erno Neufeld (on 1959-01-08) Misha Russell (on 1959-01-08) Paul Shure (on 1959-01-08) Marshall Sosson (on 1959-01-08) |
| vocals: | Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1959-01-08) |
| conductor: | Nelson Riddle (on 1959-01-08) |
| performer: | Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (on 1959-01-08) |
| arranger: | Nelson Riddle |
| recording of: | Embraceable You (on 1959-01-08: cover) |
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Related works
Embraceable You
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin (in 1928) |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928) |
| publisher: | Ira Gershwin Music New World Music (new age music) New World Music Corp. Warner Bros. Music Corp. Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Gershwin! (for handbells, Wagner) Medley 2: I can't Give you Anything but love / Too Marvelous for words / Pennies from Heaven / A foggy day / Embraceable you / The lady is a tramp / Where or when (order: 5) |
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| later parody versions: | Embraceable Jew |
| later translated versions: | Abraçável você |
| part of: | Crazy for You (1992 musical) Girl Crazy (1930 Musical) When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film) |
| is the basis for: | 7 Virtuoso Études: Embraceable You |
| arrangements: | Embraceable You (渋谷毅/Takeshi Shibuya arrangement) Embraceable You (catch-all for arrangements) Gershwin Arrangements: Embraceable You |
| music quoted in: | Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart") |
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