Best of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Too Young for the Blues
cover recording of:
Too Young for the Blues
writer:
Charles Meyer and Biff Jones
3:16
2Can’t We Be Friends
cover recording of:
Can’t We Be Friends?
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
3:49
3Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
cover recording of:
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Pal Joey)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1940)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1940)
publisher:
WB Music Group (ended), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Imagem CV, Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
Pal Joey
7:06
4Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’
cover recording of:
Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’
lyricist:
Lee Gaines (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941) and Billy Strayhorn (in 1941)
3:35
5I’m Just a Lucky So and So
cover recording of:
I’m Just a Lucky So and So
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) (in 1945)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1945)
publisher:
Paramount Music Corporation and PolyGram International (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998)
4:16
6Baby, Don’t You Go ’way Mad
2:37
7Angel Eyes
cover recording of:
Angel Eyes (1946 jazz standard)
lyricist:
Earl Brent (in 1946)
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader) (in 1946)
publisher:
Bradshaw Music, Inc., Dorsey Bros Music Ltd. (Angel Eyes - Dennis/Brent), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Onyx Music Corporation and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
3:22
8I Won’t Dance
cover recording of:
I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”)
lyricist:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) and Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1935)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Memory Lane Music Ltd., T.B. Harms Co. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
is based on:
I Won’t Dance (1934, lyrics by Hammerstein/Harbach, from “Three Sisters”)
4:48
9Lush Life
cover recording of:
Lush Life
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strayhorn (from 1933 until 1938)
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chrysalis One Music, Reservoir Media Music, ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company) (from 1949 to present)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:40
10Blue Skies
cover recording of:
Blue Skies
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3:46
11The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
cover recording of:
Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
composer:
Moe Koffman (Canadian jazz flautist and saxophonist)
2:44
12You’re an Old Smoothie
cover recording of:
You’re an Old Smoothie
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter) and George A. Whiting (popular songwriter)
2:49
13Detour Ahead
3:23
14Don’t Be That Way
cover recording of:
Don’t Be That Way
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Edgar Sampson
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation and The Songwriters Guild
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
3:50
15A Fine Romance
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1963)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1963)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1963)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (in 1963)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
23:39
16’Deed I Do
recording engineer:
Val Valentin
alto saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1963-07-15) and Marshall Royal (on 1963-07-15)
baritone saxophone:
Charlie Fowlkes (on 1963-07-15)
double bass:
Buddy Catlett (on 1963-07-15)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Payne (on 1963-07-15)
flute:
Frank Wess (on 1963-07-15)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1963-07-15)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1963-07-15)
tenor saxophone:
Eric Dixon (woodwind) (on 1963-07-15)
trombone:
Henry Coker (on 1963-07-15), Urbie Green (on 1963-07-15), Grover Mitchell (trombone) (on 1963-07-15) and Benny Powell (on 1963-07-15)
trumpet:
Sonny Cohn (on 1963-07-15)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1963-07-15)
arranger:
Quincy Jones
recorded at:
A&R Recording Studio (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-15)
cover recording of:
’Deed I Do (on 1963-07-15)
lyricist:
Walter Hirsch
composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
42:43

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ASIN:DE: B00PUTHHDY [info]