The Essential American Singers

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Tracklist

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1Your Red Wagon
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1958-07-01)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1958-07-01)
celesta [celeste] and piano:
Lou Levy (on 1958-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Gus Johnson (drums) (on 1958-07-01)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1958-07-01)
cover recording of:
Red Wagon (Your Red Wagon) (on 1958-07-01)
lyricist:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
composer:
Richard M. Jones (US jazz pianist)
Ella Fitzgerald2:57
2Sweet Lorraine
recording of:
Sweet Lorraine
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
Louis Armstrong5:14
3All My Life
Ernestine Anderson3:20
4I Worry ’bout You
recording of:
I Worry ’bout You
writer:
Norman Mapp
Arthur Prysock2:19
5Memories of You
Shirley Horn7:36
6Sweet Slumber
Jimmy Witherspoon3:53
7A Fine Romance
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-08-13)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Louie Bellson (on 1957-08-13)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-08-13)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1957-08-13)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1957-08-13)
lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1957-08-13) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1957-08-13)
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1957-08-13)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong43:53
8I Apologize
cover recording of:
I Apologize
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp. and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
Billy Eckstine2:53
9Make Yourself Comfortable
recording of:
Make Yourself Comfortable
lyricist and composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
publisher:
Rylan Music Corp.
Sarah Vaughan2:42
10This Love of Mine
Al Hibbler3:08
11What a Diff’rence a Day Makes
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-02-19)
producer:
Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
baritone saxophone:
Charles Davis (saxophone player) (on 1959-02-19)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-02-19)
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (on 1959-02-19)
flute:
Jerome Richardson (on 1959-02-19)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1959-02-19)
piano:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (on 1959-02-19)
lead vocals:
Dinah Washington (on 1959-02-19)
vocals:
Dinah Washington (on 1959-02-19)
orchestra:
Belford Hendricks' Orchestra (on 1959-02-19)
conductor:
Belford Hendricks (composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and record producer) (on 1959-02-19)
arranger:
Belford Hendricks (composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and record producer)
cover recording of:
What a Diff’rence a Day Made (on 1959-02-19)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
María Grever
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Estate of Stanley Adams, Maurice Music, Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Stanley Adams Music, Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC and Zomba Golden Sands Enterprises, Inc.
is based on:
Cuando vuelva a tu lado
Dinah Washington2.82:30
12I Ain’t Got Nothing but the Blues
Joe Williams7:00
13Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-08-23)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-23)
bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-23)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
Billie Holiday44:22
14Passing Strangers
recording of:
Passing Strangers
writer:
Rita Mann (songwriter) (in 1957) and Mel Mitchell (songwriter) (in 1957)
Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan32:37