You’re the Top

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Volume 2Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MGV 4050
1.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Volume 2Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US1984-10-22
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)821 990-2
1.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldThe Cole Porter Songbook Volume TwoElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)821 990-2, 821-990-2
2.8You’re the Top3:33Ella 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
2.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US1997-06-24
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)537 257-2
1.8You're The Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldThe CollectionElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Marks & Spencer
1.15You’re the Top3:35Ella FitzgeraldGoldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2003-08-05
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)0249809671
1.6You’re the Top3:30Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings Cole PorterElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • GB2007-02-12
Xtra (Delta Music)26542
1.17You’re the Top3:35Ella FitzgeraldSingin’ Her Best SongsElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Disky
1.6You’re the Top3:30Ella FitzgeraldPurely...Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-08-04
Delta Leisure Group
5.2You’re the Top3:35Ella Fitzgerald100 Hits Legends: Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2009-10-30
100 HitsLEGENDS008
2.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Essential Jazz ClassicsEJC55454
2.8You’re the Top3:33Ella FitzgeraldThe Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-11-18
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
1.43You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldElla 100 Plus (Deluxe Edition)Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Play Digital
2.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
1.24You’re the Top3:37Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Analog SparkAS00008
2.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (24-Bit/96 kHz)Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
  • -2017
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
2.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldThe Complete Original Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • -2018-08-17
Verve Reissues
1.11You're The Top3:35Ella FitzgeraldThe Songbook Album 1956-1959 (The Essential Works)Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-11-15
Éditions BDMusic3760300310175
1.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldMilestones of a Jazz Legend Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Song Book, Vol. 2Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
The Intense Media
2.8You're The Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldMilestones of a Jazz Legend / Ella Fitzgerald sings the SongbooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • -2021
MembranUVM008
1.20You're the top3:40Ella FitzgeraldSings the essential Cole Porter song bookElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • -2021
20th Century Masterworks170055
2.8You’re the Top3:36Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve Reissues

Relationships

engineer:Val Valentin
producer:Norman Granz
alto saxophone:Herb Geller (on 1956-02-08)
Bud Shank (on 1956-02-08)
baritone saxophone:Chuck Gentry (on 1956-02-08)
bass trombone:George Roberts (american bass trombone) (on 1956-02-08)
double bass:Joe Mondragon (on 1956-02-08)
drums (drum set):Alvin Stoller (on 1956-02-08)
guitar:Barney Kessel (on 1956-02-08)
piano:Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1956-02-08)
tenor saxophone:Bob Cooper (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1956-02-08)
Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1956-02-08)
trombone:Milt Bernhart (on 1956-02-08)
Joe Howard (american trombone player) (on 1956-02-08)
Lloyd Ulyate (American trombonist (1927-2004)) (on 1956-02-08)
trumpet:Pete Candoli (on 1956-02-08)
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1956-02-08)
Maynard Ferguson (on 1956-02-08)
Conrad Gozzo (on 1956-02-08)
lead vocals:Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-02-08)
conductor:Buddy Bregman (on 1956-02-08)
arranger:Buddy Bregman
recorded at:Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-02-08)
recording of:You’re the Top (on 1956-02-08: cover)

Related works

You’re the Top

lyricist and composer:Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
later translated versions:Você é o mel
later versions:You're the Top (Barbra Streisand's Back to Brooklyn version)
part of:Anything Goes (number)
is the basis for:Basta ya