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The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

Ella Fitzgerald · 1994

926 min · 254 tracks · jazz · soul · swing

A sweeping collection of jazz standards, showcasing Fitzgerald's unparalleled vocal artistry and emotional depth across diverse compositions.

Why this album works

The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books is significant for its comprehensive representation of Fitzgerald's contributions to jazz and pop music. This compilation not only highlights her influence on future generations of singers but also showcases her remarkable ability to interpret a wide array of songwriters, making it an essential reference point in jazz history.
Best for
sweeping emotional vocal showcases dynamic journey through moods for long listening sessions
Context
Released in 1994, this album presents a culmination of Ella Fitzgerald's legendary career, encapsulating her mastery over the Great American Songbook. By this time, Fitzgerald was celebrated as one of the foremost jazz vocalists, having achieved significant acclaim and numerous awards throughout her long tenure in music.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 All Through the Night 3:17
  • 2 Anything Goes 3:23
  • 3 Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable to Lunch Today) 3:02
  • 4 Too Darn Hot 3:50
  • 5 In the Still of the Night 2:40
  • 6 I Get a Kick Out of You 4:01
  • 7 Do I Love You? 3:51
  • 8 (I’m) Always True to You in My Fashion 2:50
  • 9 Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) 3:33
  • 10 Just One of Those Things 3:32
  • 11 Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye 3:33
  • 12 All of You 1:45
  • 13 Begin the Beguine 3:39
  • 14 Get Out of Town 3:24
  • 15 I Am in Love 4:08
  • 16 From This Moment On 3:16

Disc 2

  • 1 I Love Paris 4:57
  • 2 You Do Something to Me 2:21
  • 3 Ridin’ High 3:20
  • 4 Easy to Love 3:24
  • 5 It’s All Right With Me 3:07
  • 6 Why Can’t You Behave? 5:04
  • 7 What Is This Thing Called Love? 2:02
  • 8 You’re the Top 3:33
  • 9 Love for Sale 5:52
  • 10 It’s De-Lovely 2:42
  • 11 Night and Day 3:04
  • 12 Ace in the Hole 1:58
  • 13 So in Love 3:50
  • 14 I’ve Got You Under My Skin Standout 2:42
  • 15 I Concentrate on You 3:11
  • 16 Don’t Fence Me In 3:19
  • 17 You’re the Top (alternate take) 2:08
  • 18 I Concentrate on You (alternate take) 3:00
  • 19 Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (alternate take) 5:25

Disc 3

  • 1 Have You Met Miss Jones? 3:44
  • 2 You Took Advantage of Me 3:31
  • 3 A Ship Without a Sail 4:11
  • 4 To Keep My Love Alive 3:37
  • 5 Dancing on the Ceiling (He Dances on My Ceiling) 4:09
  • 6 The Lady Is a Tramp 3:25
  • 7 With a Song in My Heart 2:47
  • 8 Manhattan 2:52
  • 9 Johnny One Note 2:15
  • 10 I Wish I Were in Love Again 2:40
  • 11 Spring Is Here 3:42
  • 12 It Never Entered My Mind 4:09
  • 13 This Can’t Be Love 2:57
  • 14 Thou Swell 2:06
  • 15 My Romance 3:46
  • 16 Where or When 2:50
  • 17 Little Girl Blue 3:52

Disc 4

  • 1 Give It Back to the Indians 3:14
  • 2 Ten Cents a Dance 4:09
  • 3 There’s a Small Hotel 2:52
  • 4 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was 3:50
  • 5 Ev’rything I’ve Got 3:24
  • 6 I Could Write a Book 3:41
  • 7 Blue Room 2:33
  • 8 My Funny Valentine 3:56
  • 9 Bewitched 7:05
  • 10 Mountain Greenery 2:17
  • 11 Wait Till You See Her 1:33
  • 12 Lover 3:20
  • 13 Isn’t It Romantic? 3:04
  • 14 Here in My Arms 1:55
  • 15 Blue Moon 3:15
  • 16 My Heart Stood Still 3:06
  • 17 I’ve Got Five Dollars 2:41
  • 18 Lover (monaural) 3:14

Disc 5

  • 1 Rockin’ in Rhythm 5:21
  • 2 Drop Me Off in Harlem 3:51
  • 3 Day Dream 4:01
  • 4 Caravan 3:55
  • 5 Take the “A” Train 6:41
  • 6 I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues 4:43
  • 7 Clementine 2:40
  • 8 I Didn’t Know About You 4:12
  • 9 I’m Beginning to See the Light 3:28
  • 10 Lost in Meditation 3:27
  • 11 Perdido 6:14
  • 12 Cotton Tail 3:26
  • 13 Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me 7:40

Disc 6

  • 1 Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’ 3:34
  • 2 Solitude 2:09
  • 3 Rocks in My Bed 3:59
  • 4 Satin Doll 3:29
  • 5 Sophisticated Lady 5:22
  • 6 Just Squeeze Me 4:17
  • 7 It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 4:15
  • 8 Azure 2:22
  • 9 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 4:11
  • 10 In a Sentimental Mood 2:47
  • 11 Don’t Get Around Much Any More 5:02
  • 12 Prelude to a Kiss 5:29
  • 13 Mood Indigo 3:28
  • 14 In a Mellow Tone 5:11
  • 15 Love You Madly 4:42
  • 16 Lush Life 3:40
  • 17 Squatty Roo 3:39

Disc 7

  • 1 I’m Just a Lucky So and So 4:15
  • 2 All Too Soon 4:23
  • 3 Everything but You 2:57
  • 4 I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) 6:15
  • 5 Bli-Blip 3:04
  • 6 Chelsea Bridge 3:26
  • 7 Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald: Royal Ancestry / All Heart / Beyond Category / Total Jazz 16:18
  • 8 The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke) 4:54
  • 9 Rehearsal 10:10
  • 10 Chelsea Bridge (alternate take) 3:37

Disc 8

  • 1 Let’s Face the Music and Dance 2:57
  • 2 You’re Laughing at Me 3:18
  • 3 Let Yourself Go 2:20
  • 4 You Can Have Him 3:47
  • 5 Russian Lullaby 1:55
  • 6 Puttin’ on the Ritz 2:18
  • 7 Get Thee Behind Me Satan 3:49
  • 8 Alexander’s Ragtime Band 2:43
  • 9 Top Hat, White Tie and Tails 2:36
  • 10 How About Me? 3:17
  • 11 Cheek to Cheek 3:48
  • 12 I Used to Be Color Blind 2:34
  • 13 Lazy 2:40
  • 14 How Deep Is the Ocean? 3:11
  • 15 All by Myself 2:29
  • 16 Remember 3:26

Disc 9

  • 1 Suppertime 3:19
  • 2 How’s Chances? 2:48
  • 3 Heat Wave 2:25
  • 4 Isn’t This a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain) 3:29
  • 5 You Keep Coming Back Like a Song 3:35
  • 6 Reaching for the Moon 2:18
  • 7 Slumming on Park Avenue 2:24
  • 8 The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On) 2:30
  • 9 I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket 3:01
  • 10 Now It Can Be Told 3:12
  • 11 Always 3:09
  • 12 It’s a Lovely Day Today 2:28
  • 13 Change Partners 3:18
  • 14 No Strings (I’m Fancy Free) 3:03
  • 15 I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 3:00
  • 16 Blue Skies 3:43

Disc 10

  • 1 Ambulatory Suite: Promenade (Walking the Dog) / March of the Swiss / Fidgety Feet 7:10
  • 2 The Preludes: Prelude 1 / Prelude 2 / Prelude 3 (instrumental) 6:30
  • 3 Sam and Delilah 3:16
  • 4 But Not for Me 3:32
  • 5 My One and Only 2:36
  • 6 Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 4:26
  • 7 (I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck 3:08
  • 8 Oh, Lady Be Good 4:00
  • 9 Nice Work If You Can Get It 3:32
  • 10 Things Are Looking Up 3:03
  • 11 Just Another Rhumba 5:35
  • 12 How Long Has This Been Going On? 3:45
  • 13 ’S Wonderful 3:28
  • 14 The Man I Love 3:50
  • 15 That Certain Feeling 3:02
  • 16 By Strauss 2:30
  • 17 Someone to Watch Over Me 4:32
  • 18 The Real American Folk Song 3:43
  • 19 Who Cares? 3:05

Disc 11

  • 1 Looking for a Boy 3:06
  • 2 They All Laughed 3:05
  • 3 My Cousin in Milwaukee 3:10
  • 4 Somebody From Somewhere 3:09
  • 5 A Foggy Day 3:34
  • 6 Clap Yo’ Hands 2:31
  • 7 For You, for Me, for Evermore 3:26
  • 8 Stiff Upper Lip 2:53
  • 9 Boy Wanted 3:36
  • 10 Strike Up the Band 2:36
  • 11 Soon 2:23
  • 12 I’ve Got a Crush on You 3:31
  • 13 Bidin’ My Time 2:43
  • 14 Aren’t You Kind of Glad We Did? 3:31
  • 15 Of Thee I Sing (Baby) 3:10
  • 16 “The Half of It, Dearie” Blues 3:48
  • 17 I Was Doing All Right 3:29
  • 18 He Loves and She Loves 2:46

Disc 12

  • 1 Love Is Sweeping the Country 3:24
  • 2 Treat Me Rough 3:54
  • 3 Love Is Here to Stay 3:53
  • 4 Slap That Bass 3:21
  • 5 Isn’t It a Pity? 3:24
  • 6 Shall We Dance? 3:07
  • 7 Love Walked In 3:51
  • 8 You’ve Got What Gets Me 2:13
  • 9 They Can’t Take That Away From Me 3:08
  • 10 Embraceable You 4:51
  • 11 I Can’t Be Bothered Now 2:48
  • 12 Boy! What Love Has Done to Me! 3:47
  • 13 Fascinating Rhythm 3:23
  • 14 Funny Face 3:23
  • 15 Lorelei 3:20
  • 16 Oh, So Nice 3:40
  • 17 Let’s Kiss and Make Up 3:50
  • 18 I Got Rhythm 3:06
  • 19 Somebody Loves Me 2:36
  • 20 Cheerful Little Earful 2:06
  • 21 Oh, Lady Be Good (alternate take) 4:08
  • 22 But Not for Me (alternate take) 2:04

Disc 13

  • 1 Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) 7:14
  • 2 Let’s Fall in Love 4:05
  • 3 Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin’ All the Time) 5:17
  • 4 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2:25
  • 5 My Shining Hour 4:02
  • 6 Hooray for Love 2:45
  • 7 This Time the Dream’s on Me 4:39
  • 8 That Old Black Magic 4:13
  • 9 I’ve Got the World on a String 4:54
  • 10 Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block 4:03
  • 11 Ill Wind (You’re Blowin’ Me No Good) 3:55
  • 12 Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive 3:37

Disc 14

  • 1 When the Sun Comes Out 5:09
  • 2 Come Rain or Come Shine 3:24
  • 3 As Long as I Live 3:48
  • 4 Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe 3:30
  • 5 It’s Only a Paper Moon 3:37
  • 6 The Man That Got Away 5:21
  • 7 One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) 3:58
  • 8 It Was Written in the Stars 5:11
  • 9 Get Happy 3:33
  • 10 I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 5:12
  • 11 Out of This World 2:46
  • 12 Over the Rainbow 4:21
  • 13 Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead 3:19
  • 14 Sing My Heart 2:49
  • 15 Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block (alternate take) 4:07
  • 16 Sing My Heart (alternate take) 5:37

Disc 15

  • 1 Let’s Begin 3:00
  • 2 A Fine Romance 3:39
  • 3 All the Things You Are 3:20
  • 4 I’ll Be Hard to Handle 3:51
  • 5 You Couldn’t Be Cuter 3:17
  • 6 She Didn’t Say Yes 3:23
  • 7 I’m Old Fashioned 3:30
  • 8 Remind Me 3:53
  • 9 The Way You Look Tonight 4:30
  • 10 Yesterdays 2:52
  • 11 Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man 3:56
  • 12 Why Was I Born? 3:44

Disc 16

  • 1 Too Marvelous for Words 2:33
  • 2 Early Autumn 3:52
  • 3 Day In–Day Out 2:50
  • 4 Laura 3:45
  • 5 This Time the Dream’s on Me 2:57
  • 6 Skylark 3:13
  • 7 Single‐O 3:23
  • 8 Something’s Gotta Give 2:36
  • 9 Trav’lin’ Light 3:50
  • 10 Midnight Sun 4:57
  • 11 Dream 3:00
  • 12 I Remember You 3:41
  • 13 When a Woman Loves a Man 3:50

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