The Great Ella Fitzgerald

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

Tracklist

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1Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)
cover recording of:
Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
2:38
2(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1936-10-29)
alto saxophone:
Edgar Sampson (on 1936-10-29)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1936-10-29)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-10-29)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-10-29)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-10-29)
reeds:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-10-29)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-10-29)
trombone:
Nat Story (on 1936-10-29) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-10-29)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1936-10-29), Taft Jordan (on 1936-10-29) and Bobby Stark (on 1936-10-29)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1936-10-29)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-10-29)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61361-A)
cover recording of:
If You Can’t Sing It (You’ll Have to Swing It) (on 1936-10-29)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Coslow
cover recording of:
You'll Have to Swing It (Mr Paganini) (on 1936-10-29)
writer:
Sam Coslow
3:02
3If You Ever Should Leave Me
recording of:
If You Should Ever Leave Me
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
3:15
4All Over Nothing at All
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1937-05-24)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1937-05-24)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1937-05-24)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1937-05-24)
reeds and tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1937-05-24)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1937-05-24)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1937-05-24)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1937-05-24)
recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1937-05-24)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
2:43
5Rock 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 (American jazz singer) (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
6The 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)
3:11
7Sing Song Swing
recording of:
Sing, Song, Swing
writer:
Charles L. Cooke and Lloyd Garrett
2:48
8Sugar 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
3:08
9It’s a Blue World
cover recording of:
It’s a Blue World
writer:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
part of:
The 13th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1940 nominee)
3:47
10Is There Somebody Else?
2:38
11Chewing Gum
3:22
12Who Ya Hunchin’
recording of:
Who Ya Hunchin’
writer:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) and Chick Webb
3:35
13Royal Garden Blues
cover recording of:
Royal Garden Blues
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer) (in 1919)
3:14
14I Got Rhythm
cover recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:32

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part of:The Great (Goldies) (order: 6)