Best of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song (club edition)

~ 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
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 (in 1940)
publisher:
WB Music Group (ended), Chappell & Co., Inc., Imagem CV, Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., Warner/Chappell North America Limited 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 (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 (in 1945)
composer:
Duke Ellington (in 1945)
publisher:
Paramount Music Corporation and PolyGram International
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 (in 1946)
publisher:
Bradshaw Music, Inc., Dorsey Bros Music Ltd., Music Sales Corporation, Onyx Music Corporation and ミュージック・セールス
3:22
8I Won’t Dance
cover recording of:
I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”)
lyricist:
Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (in 1935)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., T.B. Harms Co. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
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 and Tempo Music, Inc. (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 and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3:46
11The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
cover recording of:
Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
composer:
Moe Koffman
2:44
12You’re an Old Smoothie
cover recording of:
You’re an Old Smoothie
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown and George A. Whiting
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 and Edgar Sampson
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., 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 (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 (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
3:39
16’Deed I Do
recording engineer:
Val Valentin
alto saxophone:
Frank Foster (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 (on 1963-07-15)
tenor saxophone:
Eric Dixon (on 1963-07-15)
trombone:
Henry Coker (on 1963-07-15), Urbie Green (on 1963-07-15), Grover Mitchell (on 1963-07-15) and Benny Powell (on 1963-07-15)
trumpet:
Sonny Cohn (on 1963-07-15)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1963-07-15)
arranger:
Quincy Jones
recorded at:
A&R Recording Studio 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
publisher:
Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
2:43

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