I Can’t Be Bothered Now

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
5.3I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:51Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US1959-11-01
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MG V-4029-5
5.3I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:48Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MG V-4025
3.9I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:52Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US1998-05-19
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)539 759-2
3.11I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:51Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin SongbookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • GB2010-02-22
Not Now MusicNOT3CD040
3.4I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:51Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Essential Jazz ClassicsEJC55500
3.9I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:51Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • -2013
Verve Reissues
3.4I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:51Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Essential Jazz ClassicsEJC55689
1.67I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:50Ella Fitzgerald100 Songs for a CentennialElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2017-04-21
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
3.17I Can't Be Bothered Now2:50Ella Fitzgerald100 Songs for a CentennialElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2017-04-21
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)00602557452075
5.3I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:51Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve Reissues
5.3I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:48Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Not Now MusicNOTBOX001
3.11I Can’t Be Bothered Now2:51Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum

Relationships

producer:Norman Granz
alto saxophone:Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1959-03-18)
bass:Joe Comfort (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
bass trombone:Karl DeKarske (on 1959-03-18)
cello:Elizabeth Greenschpoon (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Armand Kaproff (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Eleanor Slatkin (US cellist, b. Aller) (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
drums (drum set):Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
French horn:James Decker (French hornist) (on 1959-03-18)
Vincent DeRosa (on 1959-03-18)
guitar:Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
percussion:Frank Flynn (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
piano:Lou Levy (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
trombone:James Priddy (on 1959-03-18)
Dick Nash (on 1959-03-18)
Tommy Pederson (on 1959-03-18)
trumpet:Pete Candoli (on 1959-03-18)
Joe Triscari (on 1959-03-18)
Dale McMickle (on 1959-03-18)
Shorty Sherock (on 1959-03-18)
tuba:Ed Gilbert (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
viola:Alvin Dinkin (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Stanley Harris (US big band viola player) (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Paul Robyn (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
violin:Victor Arno (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Victor Bay (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Alex Beller (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Harold Dicterow (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Ben Gill (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Murray Kellner (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Erno Neufeld (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Paul Shure (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Felix Slatkin (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Marshall Sosson (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
woodwind:Gene Cipriano (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
Jewell Grant (US saxophonist) (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
William Green (woodwind) (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
vocals:Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1959-03-18)
conductor:Nelson Riddle (from 1959-01-05 until 1959-07-17)
arranger:Nelson Riddle
recorded at:Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-03-18)
recording of:I Can’t Be Bothered Now (on 1959-03-18: cover)

Related works

I Can’t Be Bothered Now

lyricist:Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical) (order: 2)