Blue Skies

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldGet Happy! (stereo version)Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MG VS-64036
1.8Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldGet Happy! (mono version)Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MGV-4036
1.1Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldThe Irving Berlin Songbook, Volume 2Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US1986-10-20
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)829 535-2
2.5Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldFirst Lady of SongElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-04-20
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 517 898-2
9.16Blue Skies3:44Ella FitzgeraldThe Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-02
PolyGram Classics & Jazz (a division of PolyGram Records, Inc., US), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314-519-832-2 0501, 314519832-2
1.10Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldThe Best of Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of SongElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-10-18
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145233822
2.5Blue Skies3:43Ella FitzgeraldFirst Lady of SongElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Jazz Heritage534051Y
1.11Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldUltimate Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-11-04
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145390542
1.2Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldPure EllaElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 539 206-2
2.14Blue Skies?:??Ella FitzgeraldReader’s Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest PerformancesElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest Music (pegasus logo with "Music" above or below)
1.3Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldUltimate JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-02-24
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
1.2Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldPure Ella: The Very Best of Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-03-31
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145392062
1.8Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldGet Happy!Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US1998-11-03
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)523321
2.14Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldReader's Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest PerformancesElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
1.12Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 549 087-2
1.12Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldKen Burns Jazz: Definitive Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2000-11-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 549 087-2
2.16Blue Skies3:43Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin SongbookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US2000-11-14
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145438302
2.16Blue Skies3:43Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • XE2000-11-27
  • GB2000-11-27
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)543 830-2, MGVS 6005-2
1.3Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldThe Very Best of Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special Markets314585570-2
1.16Blue Skies3:44Ella FitzgeraldGoldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2003-08-05
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)0249809671
1.16Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldLady Be Good!Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2006-03-31
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)06024 9835513
2.13Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldThe Norton Jazz RecordingsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
1.7Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldOne for My Baby: Selections From the Great American SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Starbucks Coffee
1.8Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldGet Happy! (expanded edition)Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
  • XW2011-07-12
Verve Reissues
1.8Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldSeven Classic AlbumsElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-07-02
Real Gone JazzRGJCD315
9.16Blue Skies3:44Ella FitzgeraldThe Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-11-18
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
1.15Blue Skies3:45Ella Fitzgerald supported by the Nelson Riddle OrchestraElla Swings Brightly With NelsonElla Fitzgerald supported by the Nelson Riddle OrchestraAlbum
Not Now Music
2.6Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldNight and Day: The CollectionElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Music Club Deluxe LegendsMCDLXL004
1.11Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldVerve Unmixed: The First LadiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-01-04
Verve Label Group[none]
1.13Blue Skies3:44Ella FitzgeraldWork From Home with Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-04-24
FP
1.28Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldJazz for DrivingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-10-21
FP
1.8Blue Skies3:46Ella Fitzgerald & Harry "Sweets" EdisonGet Happy!Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)[none]
1.8Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldGet Happy!Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels), MGM Records523 321-2, 52332120001, MG VS 64036, V6-4036 A
1.3Blue Skies3:45Ella FitzgeraldUltimate JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.3Blue Skies3:46Ella FitzgeraldThe Very Best of Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Avalon Music (distribution), Universal Music Special Markets
1.12Blue Skies3:44Ella FitzgeraldGrand CollectionElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recorded in:Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1958-03-18)
engineer:Val Valentin (on 1958-03-18)
producer:Norman Granz
lead vocals:Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1958-03-18)
conductor:Paul Weston (on 1958-03-18)
performer:Paul Weston and His Orchestra (on 1958-03-18)
arranger:Paul Weston (in 1958)
recorded at:Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1958-03-18)
recording of:Blue Skies (on 1958-03-18: cover)

Related works

Blue Skies

lyricist and composer:Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Irving Berlin Music Company
Williamson Music Company
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.)
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)
referred to in medleys:Bing Crosby Medley
later versions:All Day Long (Blue Skies)
is the basis for:Blue Skies (Burger setting)
Inside My Mind (Blue Skies)
arrangements:A Tribute to Dorsey, Miller and Teagarden
Blue Skies (for violin and piano, Kreisler)