The Last Decca Years, 1949-1954

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

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleLength
1In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down2:41
2Basin Street Blues
cover recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1949-09-20)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
3:10
3Solid as a Rock
3:01
4I’ve Got the World on a String3:19
5Dream a Little Dream of Me3:08
6Can Anyone Explain?
cover recording of:
Can Anyone Explain?
lyricist and composer:
Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
3:14
7Because of Rain
cover recording of:
Because of Rain
lyricist and composer:
Nat King Cole, Bill Harrington and Ruth Poll
3:13
8I Don’t Want to Take a Chance
3:17
9There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-07-18)
alto saxophone:
Hymie Shertzer (on 1951-07-18) and Milt Yaner (on 1951-07-18)
baritone saxophone:
Stewart Blake (on 1951-07-18)
double bass:
Sandy Block (on 1951-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1951-07-18)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1951-07-18)
piano:
Hank Jones (on 1951-07-18)
tenor saxophone:
Al Klink (on 1951-07-18) and Fred Williams (on 1951-07-18)
trombone:
Henderson Chambers (on 1951-07-18) and Frank Saracco (on 1951-07-18)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1951-07-18), Carl Poole (on 1951-07-18) and Bernie Privin (on 1951-07-18)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1951-07-18)
recording of:
There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby (Two on the Aisle, musical revue) (on 1951-07-18)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Jule Styne
2:51
10Give a Little, Get a Little3:23
11A Guy Is a Guy
cover recording of:
A Guy Is a Guy
lyricist and composer:
Oscar Brand
publisher:
Ludlow Music
2:54
12Goody Goody2:27
13You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini), Parts 1 & 25:13
14Early Autumn
cover recording of:
Early Autumn
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1949)
composer:
Ralph Burns (in 1949) and Woody Herman (in 1949)
3:17
15Angel Eyes
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (in 1956)
orchestra:
Sy Oliver and His Orchestra (from 1949 until 1954)
cover recording of:
Angel Eyes (1946 jazz standard) (in 1956)
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
2:58
16Preview
3:06
17Careless2:53
18Blue Lou
cover recording of:
Blue Lou
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
2:50
19Melancholy Me
cover recording of:
Melancholy Me
writer:
Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas
2:56
20Lullaby of Birdland
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-06-04)
double bass:
Sandy Block (on 1954-06-04)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (on 1954-06-04)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1954-06-04)
piano:
Hank Jones (on 1954-06-04)
tenor saxophone:
Sam “The Man” Taylor (on 1954-06-04)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1954-06-04, in 1956)
orchestra:
Sy Oliver and His Orchestra (on 1954-06-04)
conductor:
Sy Oliver (on 1954-06-04)
cover recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1954-06-04)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster
writer:
George David Weiss
composer:
George Shearing
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部
2:50

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ASIN:US: B00000I8L6 [info]