The Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1953-1954

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Careless
recording of:
Careless
writer:
Eddy Howard (vocalist and bandleader), Dick Jurgens and Lew Quadling
2:51
2Blue Lou
cover recording of:
Blue Lou
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
2:50
3I Wonder What Kind of a Guy You’d Be
2:58
4When the Hands of the Clock Pray at Midnight2:47
5Crying in the Chapel
cover recording of:
Crying in the Chapel
lyricist and composer:
Artie Glenn (in 1953)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Morris Ltd., Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Mijac Music
3:05
6Empty Ballroom, An
3:07
7If You Don’t Know, I Know Who Will
2:47
8Melancholy Me
cover recording of:
Melancholy Me
writer:
Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas (US songwriter and Jazz saxophonist)
2:53
9Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell
cover recording of:
Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell (Who’s Got de Ding Dong)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
David Mann (American songwriter)
2:30
10Moanin’ Low
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-11-15)
double bass:
Phil Stephens (bass and tuba player)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool
guitar:
Perry Botkin
piano:
Buddy Cole
saxophone:
Warren Baker, Dave Harris (tenor saxo) and Matty Matlock
trombone:
Joe Howard (american trombone player), Wendell Mayhew and Ted Vesely
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman, Bobby Guy and Red Nichols
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1953-11-15)
conductor:
John Scott Trotter (on 1953-11-15)
live cover recording of:
Moanin’ Low (on 1953-11-15)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
cover recording of:
Moanin’ Low
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
2:41
11Taking a Chance on Love33:08
12I Wished on the Moon
cover recording of:
I Wished on the Moon
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
3:08
13Baby
recording of:
Baby
lyricist:
Floyd Huddleston
composer:
Robert Colby (American composer, songwriter, author, producer and publisher of popular music)
2:44
14I Need
recording of:
I Need
lyricist and composer:
Ralph Care and Sol Marcus
2:41
15Who’s Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)
recording of:
Who’s Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Doris Tauber
2:50
16I’m Glad There Is You
cover recording of:
I’m Glad There Is You
writer:
Jimmy Dorsey and Paul Madeira (Paul Madeira Mertz)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Mayfair Music Corp.
3:09
17Baby, What Else Can I Do
cover recording of:
Baby, What Else Can I Do?
lyricist:
Walter Hirsch
composer:
Gerald Marks
3:49
18What Is There to Say?3:22
19Makin’ Whoopee!3:05
20Until the Real Thing Comes Along
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-03-29)
producer:
Milt Gabler
piano:
Ellis Larkins (on 1954-03-29)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1954-03-29)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1954-03-29)
cover recording of:
Until the Real Thing Comes Along (on 1954-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:57
21People Will Say We’re in Love
cover recording of:
People Will Say We’re in Love
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd., Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:11
22Please Be Kind
cover recording of:
Please Be Kind
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1938)
composer:
Saul Chaplin (in 1938)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
3:34
23Imagination
cover recording of:
Imagination
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Dorsey Brothers Music and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
2:37
24My Heart Belongs to Daddy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-03-30)
producer:
Milt Gabler
piano:
Ellis Larkins (on 1954-03-30)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1954-03-30)
cover recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (on 1954-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
2:36

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 1404) (order: 913)