Ella - The Magic of Ella Fitzgerald

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Title on spine is Ella the best of Ella Fitzgerald (different from artwork on cover & back)

Annotation last modified on 2012-05-04 20:54 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Deep in the Heart of the South
3:18
2Stairway to the Stars
3:06
3That Old Black Magic
cover recording of:
That Old Black Magic
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:26
4Cryin' Mood
2:37
5Cheek to Cheek
5:46
6Starlit Hour
3:02
7Lover, Come Back to Me
cover recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
1:58
8Sing Song Swing
2:39
9It's a Blue World
3:37
10Can't We Be Friends?
3:46
11Big Boy Blue
2:47
12Dedicated to You
3:13
13Moonlight in Vermont
3:35
14Rock It for Me
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1937-10-27)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-10-27)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1937-10-27)
guitar:
Buddy Johnson (on 1937-10-27)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1937-10-27)
saxophone:
Wayman Carver (on 1937-10-27) and Chauncey Haughton (on 1937-10-27)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1937-10-27)
trombone:
Nat Story (on 1937-10-27) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1937-10-27)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1937-10-27), Taft Jordan (on 1937-10-27) and Bobby Stark (on 1937-10-27)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1937-10-27)
recording of:
Rock It for Me (on 1937-10-27)
writer:
Kay Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Sue) (in 1938) and Sue Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Kay) (in 1938)
3:14
15I Want to Be Happy
4:31
16A Foggy Day
4:28
17Sugar Blues
2:57
18All or Nothing at All
2:40
19Love Is the Thing, So They Say
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald
recording of:
So They Say
writer:
Kay Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Sue) and Sue Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Kay)
2:51
20A Fine Romance
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-08-13)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Louie Bellson (on 1957-08-13)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-08-13)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1957-08-13)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1957-08-13)
lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1957-08-13) and Ella Fitzgerald (on 1957-08-13)
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1957-08-13)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
43:49
21You Showed Me the Way
3:08
22Basin Street Blues
3:02
23If You Ever Should Leave
3:14