" Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harburg) – 3:19īonus tracks issued on the 2001 Verve 2CD Reissue, 589108.Ģ7. " I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Koehler) – 5:12įirst 2CD re-issue in 1988 added two previously unreleased bonus tracks Both were included on the 2001 re-issue.Ĥ." It Was Written in the Stars" (Robin) – 5:11." One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Mercer) – 3:58." The Man That Got Away" (Gershwin) – 5:21." It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harburg, Billy Rose) – 3:37." Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" (Harburg) – 3:30." Come Rain or Come Shine" (Mercer) – 3:24." When the Sun Comes Out" (Koehler) – 5:10." Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Mercer) – 3:37." Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" ( Ira Gershwin, E.Y." I've Got the World on a String" (Koehler) – 4:54." That Old Black Magic" (Mercer) – 4:13." This Time the Dream's on Me" (Mercer) – 4:39." Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Koehler) – 2:26. ![]() " Let's Fall in Love" ( Ted Koehler) – 4:05." Blues in the Night" ( Johnny Mercer) – 7:14.The cover art is a drawing by Henri Matisse.įor the 2-LP set originally released on the Verve label in 1961: Verve MG V-4046-2 The Harold Arlen Song Book is the sixth album in Fitzgerald's series of recordings of songs written by the pantheon of Broadway composers who formed the body of work now considered the Great American Songbook. This album marked the only time that Fitzgerald worked with May. Smith at Sterling Sound.Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"Įlla Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song BookĮlla Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May. Mastered From The Original Mono Tapes by Ryan K. Recorded on February 7–9 & March 27, 1956. Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today) The success of these early Porter (and previous Gershwin) sessions brought about numerous interpretations of other songbooks throughout the next several years including those of Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, and Irving Berlin.Ġ3. Originally released in 1956 on the Verve label, such standards as “Night and Day,” “I Love Paris,” “What Is This Thing Called Love,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “You’re the Top,” and “Love for Sale” secured one of Ella Fitzgerald’s crowning moments. In this instance, the combination of Cole Porter’s words and Fitzgerald’s interpretation of them created one of the most sought after sessions in vocal history – embraced by jazz and pop fans alike, transcending boundaries often associated with those genres. A true American music gem.Įlla Fitzgerald had the ability to personalize some of the most recognizable material from the foremost songwriters in American popular music history. Also, the gold remastering does a fine job of bringing out the nuances in the arrangements, making this a treasure for the serious collector and the casual listener alike. While not as scat-oriented as her small group outings, these Porter sets offer her most realized pop performances. Long considered a jewel in Verve Records’ very impressive crown, Fitzgerald’s songbook collections of various composers–a series that was started by the success of this set–are all wonderful, but her natural wit and intelligence was at its most perfect with Cole Porter’s erudite, urbane songs. Or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,95 GB ![]() ![]() Or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 4,3 GB Ella Fitzgerald – Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (1956)
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