Embracable You

~ Recording by Dizzy Gillespie

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9Embracable You3:00Dizzy GillespieThe Gold CollectionDizzy GillespieAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1997-02-10
RetroR2CD 40-43
1.9Embracable You3:00Dizzy GillespieThe Gold CollectionDizzy GillespieAlbum + Compilation
RetroR2CD 40-43

Relationships

double bass:Lou Hackney (in 1954)
drums (drum set):Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (in 1954)
piano:Wade Legge (in 1954)
tenor saxophone:Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (in 1954)
trumpet:Dizzy Gillespie (in 1954)
vocals:Sarah Vaughan
recording of:Embraceable You (in 1954: live)

Embraceable You

lyricist:Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:Ira Gershwin Music
New World Music
New World Music Corp.
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
referred to in medleys: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)
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)
music quoted on:Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")