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Today, the song that made me fall in love with Ella Fitzgerald.Ella loved every kind of music, voraciously listening to almost anything she came across…
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Very few are aware that Ella Fitzgerald's first #1 single - preceding her famous "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (which we'll discuss later) - was recorded with the…
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Old pals Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong teamed up in the late 1940s when she was on the Decca label, but it's their three albums for Verve Records…
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1964's Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook, despite often being forgotten among her Verve output, is a beautiful work that is significant for…
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This fun recording was the lead track from Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson, the first of a back-to-back pair of albums Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle…
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Music and television history right here...Sunday, February 2, 1964: Ella headlines an installment of The Ed Sullivan Show that also features Sammy Davis,…
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On July 20, 1966, Ella Fitzgerald recorded an entire album, her final studio session for Verve Records. Whisper Not, named for saxophonist Benny Golson's…
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Another unusual, unique entry in Ella Fitzgerald's extensive recording career, this is likely the sexiest version of "Just a Closer Walk" you'll ever…
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"My fur coat's sold,Oh, Lord, ain't it coldBut I'm not gonna hollerCuz i still got a dollar,And when I get low..."So let's reach way back and talk about…
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My favorite Ella Fitzgerald recording, a spectacular track recorded March 18, 1958 for The Irving Berlin Songbook, then--amazingly--cut from the record!…
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A sizzling take on a major standard, with a knockout big band arrangement by Bill Doggett. That horn sound is MASSIVE. And no wonder - the band included…
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A fun track from 1963's Ella Sings Broadway, this fluffy little number from The Pajama Game is juiced up with a smoky, vamping, almost bebop-style Marty…