Complete Masters 1935 - 1955

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

Tracklist

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1(I Always Dream of) Billy
2:40
2Please Tell Me the Truth
recording of:
Please Tell Me the Truth
writer:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) and Edgar Sampson
3:19
3I’m Not Complainin’
3:11
4You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal
cover recording of:
You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal
lyricist:
Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
James V. Monaco
3:08
5What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry
cover recording of:
What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry?
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1926) and Abe Lyman (in 1926)
2:52
6Baby, What Else Can I Do?
cover recording of:
Baby, What Else Can I Do?
lyricist:
Walter Hirsch
composer:
Gerald Marks
3:05
7My Wubba Dolly (Rubber Dolly)
recording of:
My Wubba Dolly (Rubber Dolly)
writer:
Kay Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Sue) and Sue Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Kay)
3:05
8Moon Ray
cover recording of:
Moonray
writer:
Artie Quenzer
composer:
Artie Shaw
3:00
9Is There Somebody Else?
2:35
10Sugar Blues
cover recording of:
Sugar Blues
lyricist:
Lucy Fletcher (in 1919)
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919)
publisher:
Chappell Paris
2:47
11The Starlit Hour
cover recording of:
The Starlit Hour
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
3:07
12What’s the Matter With Me
recording of:
What’s the Matter With Me
writer:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Terry Shand (jazz pianist/composer)
2:56
13Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home
cover recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:34
14If It Weren’t for You
recording of:
If It Weren’t for You
writer:
Vic Mizzy (US television & movie composer) and Irving Taylor
2:59
15Sing Song Swing
recording of:
Sing, Song, Swing
writer:
Charles L. Cooke and Lloyd Garrett
3:02
16Imagination
cover recording of:
Imagination
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Dorsey Brothers Music and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
2:58
17Deedle‐Dee‐Dum
recording of:
Deedle‐De‐Dum
writer:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer), Bob Kahn (writer of "Deedle-dee-dum"), Mel Waters (writer of "Deedle-dee-dum") and Charles Wynn (writer of "Deedle-dee-dum")
2:38
18Shake Down the Stars
cover recording of:
Shake Down the Stars
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Van Heusen Music Corp.
2:46
19Gulf Coast Blues
cover recording of:
The Gulf Coast Blues
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1923)
2:57
20I Fell in Love With a Dream
recording of:
I Fell in Love With a Dream (in 1940)
writer:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer), Nate Goldsmith and Irving Skye
3:14
21The Five O’Clock Whistle
cover recording of:
Five O’Clock Whistle
writer:
Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin (aranger, writer) and Josef Myrow
3:10
22So Long
cover recording of:
So Long
writer:
Remus Harris, Irving Melsher and Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader)
3:06
23Louisville, KY
recording of:
Louisville, K‐Y
lyricist and composer:
Sunny Skylar
3:08
24Taking a Chance on Love
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (on 1940-11-08)
guitar:
Ulysses Livingston (on 1940-11-08)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1940-11-08)
reeds:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1940-11-08)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Simmons (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-11-08)
trombone:
Earl Hardy (on 1940-11-08), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1940-11-08) and John McConnell (US jazz trombonist) (on 1940-11-08)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1940-11-08) and Irving Randolph (on 1940-11-08)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1940-11-08)
cover recording of:
Taking a Chance on Love (on 1940-11-08)
lyricist:
Ted Fetter and John Latouche
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., SBK Miller Catalog, Inc. and Taking a Chance on Love Music Company
part of:
Cabin in the Sky
3:06
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