Ella… The Collection

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Chick Webb Years
2▼CD: Ella’s Famous Orchestra / The Savoy Eight
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1Darktown Strutters Ball
cover recording of:
Darktown Strutters’ Ball
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks (in 1917)
publisher:
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
included in:
Memories / Victory March / Memories II / The Darktown Strutter’s Ball (Stormy Weather, 1943)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
3:10
2Organ Grinder’s Swing
cover recording of:
Organ Grinder’s Swing
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish
composer:
Will Hudson
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
2:55
3All 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)
2:42
4It’s Wonderful
cover recording of:
It’s Wonderful
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1937)
composer:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (in 1937)
3:01
5Saving Myself for You
cover recording of:
Saving Myself for You
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
2:53
6Strictly From Dixie
recording of:
Strictly From Dixie
writer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter), James Cavanaugh and Chick Webb
2:52
7What Do You Know About Love?
recording of:
What Do You Know (About Love)
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Jay Livingston
3:07
8I Was Doin’ All Right
cover recording of:
I Was Doing All Right
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938)
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
2:58
9My Last Affair
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
cover recording of:
My Last Affair
lyricist and composer:
Haven A. Johnson
2:44
10If You Should Ever Leave
recording of:
If You Should Ever Leave Me
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
3:16
11Moonray
3:05
12Sugar 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
2:53
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!)
2:35
14(What 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)
2:49
15Billy (I Always Dream of Billy)
2:46
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)
3:03
17My Last Goodbye
recording of:
My Last Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Howard (vocalist and bandleader)
3:23
18The 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)
3:14
19Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
cover recording of:
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co.
medley of:
Selections from "Show boat"
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:48
20When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
cover recording of:
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
writer:
Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) and Irving Mills
2:43
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