Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
1964 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | October 19–21, 1964 | |||
Studio | Radio Recorders (Los Angeles) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:58 | |||
Label | Verve Records | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, focusing on the songs of Johnny Mercer. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California. This is Fitzgerald's fifth and final collaboration with Riddle during her years on the Verve label.
Track listing
For the 1964 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4067; Re-issued in 1984 on CD, Verve-PolyGram 823 247-2
Side One:
- "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting) – 2:31
- "Early Autumn" (Ralph Burns) – 3:51
- "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom) – 2:49
- "Laura" (from the film Laura) (David Raksin) – 3:43
- "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen) – 2:54
- "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:12
- "Single-O" (Donald Kahn, Johnny Mercer) – 3:19
Side Two:
- "Something's Gotta Give" (Mercer) – 2:33
- "Trav'lin' Light" (Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 3:47
- "Midnight Sun" (Francis J. Burke, Lionel Hampton) – 4:55
- "Dream" (Mercer) – 2:58
- "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger) – 3:38
- "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins) – 3:51
All lyrics by Johnny Mercer, composers between brackets.
Personnel
Recorded October 19–21, 1964 at Radio Recorders Studio 10-H, Hollywood:
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Nelson Riddle, arranger and conductor
- Paul Smith on piano
- Plas Johnson on tenor sax
- Willie Smith on alto sax
- Buddy DeFranco on clarinet
- Frank Flynn on vibes
- Val Valentin, recording engineer
References
- ^ "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 490. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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