1993 16x CD, Box Set 
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tracks cd5, cd6, cd7 arranged by, composed by Billy Strayhorn
tracks cd13 & cd14 arranged by, conductor, orchestra Billy May And His Orchestra
tracks cd8 & cd9 arranged by, conductor, orchestra Paul Weston And His Orchestra
tracks cd1, cd2, cd3 & cd4 arranged by, orchestrated by Buddy Bregman
liner notes Benny Green
liner notes John McDonough
tracks cd3 & cd4 lyrics by Lorenz Hart
tracks 2-16 lyrics by Robert Fletcher
tracks cd13 & cd14 music by Harold Arlen
tracks cd3 & cd4 music by Richard Rodgers
tracks cd1 & cd2 music by, lyrics by Cole Porter
tracks cd10, cd11, cd12 music by, lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin
tracks cd8 & cd9 music by, lyrics by Irving Berlin
tracks cd10, cd11, cd12, cd15, cd16 orchestra, arranged by, conductor Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra
tracks cd5, cd6, cd7 orchestrated by Duke Ellington
vocals Ella Fitzgerald
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This 16-CD set collects all of Ella Fitzgerald's Song Books, a monumental tribute to the American popular song and its greatest composers, recorded for Verve between 1956 and 1964.
16 CD Red Felt Box Set presents all of Ella's classic song book albums in their original form - all the original LP jacket and label artwork, all the original liner notes, and all the packaging - reproduced as a series of miniature CD albums - over 240 songs including several alternate takes.
Also enclosed is a 120 page hard cover book including complete recording information, a history of these sessions, interviews with Verve founder Norman Granz and the songbook arrangers and rare photographs.
All the music has been newly remastered from the original LP sources for the best sound ever.
CD1 through CD4 have orange Verve labels and CD5 through CD16 have black Verve labels.
Packaging of CD's as follows:
1. CD1 and CD2 are in a common slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (MGV 4001-2) released in 1956.
2. CD3 and CD4 are in a common slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (MGV 4002-2) released in 1957.
3. CD5, CD6, CD7 are in two slipcases (Verve 4008-2 and 4009-2) packaged within a common box showing the cover of the original Verve album (MGV 4010-4) released in 1957. Also contains a 16 page booklet with liner notes and track list.
4. CD8 and CD9 are in a common slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve albums (MGV-4019-2 Mono, MGVS-6005-2 Stereo) released in 1956.
5. CD10, CD11, CD12 are packaged in a common box with replica artwork cover (MGV 4029-5 Mono, MGV 6082-5 Stereo) originally released on 6 individual LP's in 1959. Also contains a miniature replica hard cover book (The Gershwins Words Upon Music) by Lawrence D. Stewart and 5 pieces of replica artwork.
6. CD13 and CD14 are in a common slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (MGV 4046-2) released in 1961.
7. CD15 is in a slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (V 4060 Mono, V6-4060 Stereo) released in 1963.
8. CD16 is in a slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (V 4067-2 Mono, V6-4067 Stereo) released in 1964.
Stage, screen and movie credits as follows:
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook:
Track 1-1: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 1-2: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 1-4: Stage Show Song - “Kiss Me, Kate” (1948).
Track 1-5: Motion Picture Song - “Rosalie” (1937).
Track 1-6: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 1-7: Stage Show Song - “DuBarry Was A Lady” (1937).
Track 1-8: Stage Show Song - “Kiss Me, Kate” (1948).
Track 1-9: Stage Show Song - “Paris” (1928).
Track 1-10: Stage Show Song - “Jubilee” (1935).
Track 1-11: Stage Show Song - “Seven Lively Arts” (1944).
Track 1-12: Stage Show Song - “Silk Stockings” (1954).
Track 1-13: Stage Show Song - “Jubilee” (1935).
Track 1-14: Stage Show Song - “Leave It To Me” (1938).
Track 1-15: Stage Show Song - “Can-Can” (1953).
Track 1-16: Stage Show Song - “Out Of This World” (1951).
Track 2-1: Stage Show Song - “Can-Can” (1953).
Track 2-2: Stage Show Song - “Fifty Million Frenchmen” (1929).
Track 2-3: Stage Show Song - “Red, Hot And Blue” (1936).
Track 2-4: Stage Show Song - “Born To Dance” (1936).
Track 2-5: Stage Show Song - “Can-Can” (1953).
Track 2-6: Stage Show Song - “Kiss Me, Kate” (1948).
Track 2-7: Stage Show Song - “Wake Up And Dream” (1929).
Track 2-8: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 2-9: Stage Show Song - “The New Yorkers” (1930).
Track 2-10: Stage Show Song - “Red, Hot And Blue” (1936).
Track 2-11: Stage Show Song - “Gay Divorce” (1932).
Track 2-12: Stage Show Song - “Let's Face It” (1941).
Track 2-13: Stage Show Song - “Kiss Me, Kate” (1948).
Track 2-14: Motion Picture Song - “Born to Dance” (1936).
Track 2-15: Motion Picture Song - “Broadway Melody of 1940” (1940).
Track 2-16: Motion Picture Song - “Hollywood Canteen” (1944).
Track 2-17: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 2-18: Motion Picture Song - “Broadway Melody of 1940” (1940).
Track 2-19: Stage Show Song - “Paris” (1928).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers And Hart Songbook:
Track 3-1: Stage Show Song - “I'd Rather Be Right” (1937).
Track 3-2: Stage Show Song - “Present Arms” (1928).
Track 3-3: Stage Show Song - “Heads Up” (1929).
Track 3-4: Stage Show Song - “A Connecticut Yankee” (1927).
Track 3-5: Stage Show Song - “Evergreen” (1930).
Track 3-6: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 3-7: Stage Show Song - “Spring Is Here” (1929).
Track 3-8: Stage Show Song - “The Garrick Gaieties” (1925).
Track 3-9: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 3-10: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 3-11: Stage Show Song - “I Married An Angel” (1938).
Track 3-12: Stage Show Song - “Higher And Higher” (1940).
Track 3-13: Stage Show Song - “The Boys From Syracuse” (1938).
Track 3-14: Stage Show Song - “A Connecticut Yankee” (1927).
Track 3-15: Stage Show Song - “Jumbo” (1935).
Track 3-16: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 3-17: Stage Show Song - “Jumbo” (1935).
Track 4-1: Stage Show Song - “Too Many Girls” (1939).
Track 4-2: Stage Show Song - “Simple Simon” (1930).
Track 4-3: Stage Show Song - “On Your Toes” (1936).
Track 4-4: Stage Show Song - “Too Many Girls” (1939).
Track 4-5: Stage Show Song - “By Jupiter” (1942).
Track 4-6: Stage Show Song - “Pal Joey” (1940).
Track 4-7: Stage Show Song - “The Girl Friend” (1926).
Track 4-8: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 4-9: Stage Show Song - “Pal Joey” (1940).
Track 4-10: Stage Show Song - “The Garrick Gaieties” (1925).
Track 4-11: Stage Show Song - “By Jupiter” (1942).
Track 4-12: Motion Picture Song - “Love Me Tonight” (1932).
Track 4-13: Motion Picture Song - “Love Me Tonight” (1932).
Track 4-14: Stage Show Song - “Dearest Enemy” (1925).
Track 4-15: Stage Show Song - “The Girl Friend” (1926).
Track 4-16: Stage Show Song - “A Connecticut Yankee” (1927).
Track 4-17: Stage Show Song - “America's Sweetheart” (1931).
Track 4-18: Motion Picture Song - “Love Me Tonight” (1932).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book:
Track 5-7; Stage Show Song (Added during run of the show) - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Track 6-1: Stage Show - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Track 6-3: Stage Show - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Track 7-4: Stage Show - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Track 7-5: Stage Show - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook:
Track 8-1: Motion Picture Song - “Follow The Fleet” (1936).
Track 8-2: Stage Show Song - “On The Avenue” (1937).
Track 8-3: Motion Picture Song - “Follow The Fleet” (1936).
Track 8-4: Stage Show Song - “Miss Liberty” (1949).
Track 8-6: Published (1929). Introduced in Motion Picture - “Puttin' On The Ritz” (1930).
Track 8-7: Motion Picture Song - “Follow The Fleet” (1936).
Track 8-9: Motion Picture Song - “Top Hat” (1935).
Track 8-11: Motion Picture Song - “Top Hat” (1935).
Track 8-12: Motion Picture Song - “Carefree” (1938).
Track 9-1: Stage Show Song - “As Thousands Cheer” (1933).
Track 9-2: Stage Show Song - “As Thousands Cheer” (1933).
Track 9-3: Stage Show Song - “As Thousands Cheer” (1933).
Track 9-4: Motion Picture Song - “Top Hat” (1935).
Track 9-5: Motion Picture Song - “Blue Skies” (1935).
Track 9-6: Motion Picture Song - “Reaching For The Moon” (1930).
Track 9-7: Motion Picture Song - “On The Avenue” (1937).
Track 9-9: Motion Picture Song - “Follow The Fleet” (1936).
Track 9-10: Motion Picture Song - “Alexander's Ragtime Band” (1938).
Track 9-12: Stage Show Song - “Call Me Madam” (1950).
Track 9-13: Motion Picture Song - “Carefree” (1938).
Track 9-14: Motion Picture Song - “Top Hat” (1935).
Track 9-15: Motion Picture Song - “On The Avenue” (1937).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book:
Track 10-1: Motion Picture Instrumental - “Shall We Dance” (1937) / Stage Show Instrumental - “Strike Up the Band” (1930) / Stage Show Song - “Oh, Kay!” (1928).
Track 10-3: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 10-4: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 10-5: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 10-6: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 10-7: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 10-8: Stage Show Song - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 10-9: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1937).
Track 10-10: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1937).
Track 10-11: Motion Picture Song (unused) - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 10-12: Stage Show Song - “Rosalie” (1928).
Track 10-13: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 10-14: Stage Show Song (cut) - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 10-15: Stage Show Song - “Tip-Toes” (1925).
Track 10-16: Stage Show Song - “The Show Is On” (1936).
Track 10-17: Stage Show Song - “Oh, Kay!” (1928).
Track 10-18: Stage Show Song - “Ladies First” (1918).
Track 10-19: Stage Show Song - “Of Thee I Sing” (1931).
Track 11-1: Stage Show Song - “Tip-Toes” (1925).
Track 11-2: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 11-3: Stage Show Song - “Pardon My English” (1933).
Track 11-4: Motion Picture Song - “Delicious” (1931).
Track 11-5: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1937).
Track 11-6: Stage Show Song - “Oh, Kay!” (1928).
Track 11-7: Motion Picture Song - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 11-8: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1937).
Track 11-9: Stage Show Song - “Primrose” (1924).
Track 11-10: Stage Show Song - “Strike Up The Band” (1927).
Track 11-11: Stage Show Song - “Strike Up The Band” (1930).
Track 11-12: Stage Show Song - “Treasure Girl” (1928).
Track 11-13: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 11-14: Motion Picture Song - “The Shocking Miss Pilgrim” (1947).
Track 11-15: Stage Show Song - “Of Thee I Sing” (1931).
Track 11-16: Stage Show Song - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 11-17: Motion Picture Song - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 11-18: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 12-1: Stage Show Song - “Of Thee I Sing” (1931).
Track 12-2: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 12-3: Motion Picture Song - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 12-4: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 12-5: Stage Show Song - “Pardon My English” (1933).
Track 12-6: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 12-7: Motion Picture Song - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 12-8: Motion Picture Song - “Girl Crazy” (1932).
Track 12-9: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 12-10: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 12-11: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1938).
Track 12-12: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 12-13: Stage Show Song - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 12-14: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 12-15: Stage Show Song - “Pardon My English” (1933).
Track 12-16: Stage Show Song - “Treasure Girl” (1928).
Track 12-17: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 12-18: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 12-19: Stage Show Song - “George White’s Scandals” (1924).
Track 12-20: Stage Show Song - “Sweet and Low” (1930).
Track 12-21: Stage Show Song - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 12-22: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook:
Track 13-1: Motion Picture Song - “Blues In The Night” (1941).
Track 13-2: Motion Picture Song - “Let's Fall In Love” (1934).
Track 13-3: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Parade” (1934).
Track 13-4: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Rhythmania” (1931).
Track 13-5: Motion Picture Song - “The Sky's The Limit” (1943).
Track 13-6: Motion Picture Song - “Casbah” (1938).
Track 13-7: Motion Picture Song - “Blues In The Night” (1941).
Track 13-8: Motion Picture Song - “Star Spangled Rhythm” (1942).
Track 13-9: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Parade” (1934).
Track 13-10: Stage Show Song - “Life Begins At 8:40” (1934).
Track 13-11: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Parade” (1934).
Track 13-12: Motion Picture Song - “Here Come The Waves” (1944).
Track 14-2: Stage Show Song - “St. Louis Woman” (1946).
Track 14-3: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Parade” (1934).
Track 14-4: Motion Picture Song - “Cabin In The Sky” (1943).
Track 14-5: Stage Show Song - “The Great Magoo” (1932).
Track 14-6: Motion Picture Song - “A Star Is Born” (1954).
Track 14-7: Motion Picture Song - “The Sky's The Limit” (1942).
Track 14-8: Motion Picture Song - “Casbah” (1948).
Track 14-9: Stage Show Song - “Nine Fifteen Revue” (1930).
Track 14-10: Stage Show Song - “Earl Carrol's Vanities” (1932).
Track 14-11: Motion Picture Song - “Out Of This World” (1945).
Track 14-12: Motion Picture Song - “The Wizard Of Oz” (1939).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
Track 15-1: Stage Show Song - “Roberta” (1933).
Track 15-2: Motion Picture Song - “Swing Time” (1936).
Track 15-3: Stage Show Song - “Very Warm for May” (1939).
Track 15-4: Stage Show Song - “Roberta” (1933).
Track 15-5: Motion Picture Song - “Joy of Living” (1938).
Track 15-6: Stage Show Song - “The Cat and the Fiddle” (1931).
Track 15-7: Motion Picture Song - “You Were Never Lovelier” (1942).
Track 15-8: Motion Picture Song - “One Night in the Tropics” (1940).
Track 15-9: Motion Picture Song - “Swing Time” (1936).
Track 15-10: Stage Show Song - “Roberta” (1933).
Track 15-11: Stage Show Song - “Show Boat” (1927).
Track 15-12: Stage Show Song - “Sweet Adeline” (1929).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book:
Track 16-1: Motion Picture Song - “Ready, Willing and Able” (1936).
Track 16-4: Motion Picture Song - “Laura” (1944).
Track 16-5: Motion Picture Song - “Blues In The Night” (1941).
Track 16-8: Motion Picture Song - “Daddy Long Legs” (1941).
Track 16-12: Motion Picture Song - “The Fleet’s In” (1942).
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tracks cd13 & cd14 arranged by, conductor, orchestra Billy May And His Orchestra
tracks cd8 & cd9 arranged by, conductor, orchestra Paul Weston And His Orchestra
tracks cd1, cd2, cd3 & cd4 arranged by, orchestrated by Buddy Bregman
liner notes Benny Green
liner notes John McDonough
tracks cd3 & cd4 lyrics by Lorenz Hart
tracks 2-16 lyrics by Robert Fletcher
tracks cd13 & cd14 music by Harold Arlen
tracks cd3 & cd4 music by Richard Rodgers
tracks cd1 & cd2 music by, lyrics by Cole Porter
tracks cd10, cd11, cd12 music by, lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin
tracks cd8 & cd9 music by, lyrics by Irving Berlin
tracks cd10, cd11, cd12, cd15, cd16 orchestra, arranged by, conductor Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra
tracks cd5, cd6, cd7 orchestrated by Duke Ellington
vocals Ella Fitzgerald
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This 16-CD set collects all of Ella Fitzgerald's Song Books, a monumental tribute to the American popular song and its greatest composers, recorded for Verve between 1956 and 1964.
16 CD Red Felt Box Set presents all of Ella's classic song book albums in their original form - all the original LP jacket and label artwork, all the original liner notes, and all the packaging - reproduced as a series of miniature CD albums - over 240 songs including several alternate takes.
Also enclosed is a 120 page hard cover book including complete recording information, a history of these sessions, interviews with Verve founder Norman Granz and the songbook arrangers and rare photographs.
All the music has been newly remastered from the original LP sources for the best sound ever.
CD1 through CD4 have orange Verve labels and CD5 through CD16 have black Verve labels.
Packaging of CD's as follows:
1. CD1 and CD2 are in a common slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (MGV 4001-2) released in 1956.
2. CD3 and CD4 are in a common slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (MGV 4002-2) released in 1957.
3. CD5, CD6, CD7 are in two slipcases (Verve 4008-2 and 4009-2) packaged within a common box showing the cover of the original Verve album (MGV 4010-4) released in 1957. Also contains a 16 page booklet with liner notes and track list.
4. CD8 and CD9 are in a common slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve albums (MGV-4019-2 Mono, MGVS-6005-2 Stereo) released in 1956.
5. CD10, CD11, CD12 are packaged in a common box with replica artwork cover (MGV 4029-5 Mono, MGV 6082-5 Stereo) originally released on 6 individual LP's in 1959. Also contains a miniature replica hard cover book (The Gershwins Words Upon Music) by Lawrence D. Stewart and 5 pieces of replica artwork.
6. CD13 and CD14 are in a common slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (MGV 4046-2) released in 1961.
7. CD15 is in a slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (V 4060 Mono, V6-4060 Stereo) released in 1963.
8. CD16 is in a slipcase with replica cover of the original Verve album (V 4067-2 Mono, V6-4067 Stereo) released in 1964.
Stage, screen and movie credits as follows:
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook:
Track 1-1: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 1-2: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 1-4: Stage Show Song - “Kiss Me, Kate” (1948).
Track 1-5: Motion Picture Song - “Rosalie” (1937).
Track 1-6: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 1-7: Stage Show Song - “DuBarry Was A Lady” (1937).
Track 1-8: Stage Show Song - “Kiss Me, Kate” (1948).
Track 1-9: Stage Show Song - “Paris” (1928).
Track 1-10: Stage Show Song - “Jubilee” (1935).
Track 1-11: Stage Show Song - “Seven Lively Arts” (1944).
Track 1-12: Stage Show Song - “Silk Stockings” (1954).
Track 1-13: Stage Show Song - “Jubilee” (1935).
Track 1-14: Stage Show Song - “Leave It To Me” (1938).
Track 1-15: Stage Show Song - “Can-Can” (1953).
Track 1-16: Stage Show Song - “Out Of This World” (1951).
Track 2-1: Stage Show Song - “Can-Can” (1953).
Track 2-2: Stage Show Song - “Fifty Million Frenchmen” (1929).
Track 2-3: Stage Show Song - “Red, Hot And Blue” (1936).
Track 2-4: Stage Show Song - “Born To Dance” (1936).
Track 2-5: Stage Show Song - “Can-Can” (1953).
Track 2-6: Stage Show Song - “Kiss Me, Kate” (1948).
Track 2-7: Stage Show Song - “Wake Up And Dream” (1929).
Track 2-8: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 2-9: Stage Show Song - “The New Yorkers” (1930).
Track 2-10: Stage Show Song - “Red, Hot And Blue” (1936).
Track 2-11: Stage Show Song - “Gay Divorce” (1932).
Track 2-12: Stage Show Song - “Let's Face It” (1941).
Track 2-13: Stage Show Song - “Kiss Me, Kate” (1948).
Track 2-14: Motion Picture Song - “Born to Dance” (1936).
Track 2-15: Motion Picture Song - “Broadway Melody of 1940” (1940).
Track 2-16: Motion Picture Song - “Hollywood Canteen” (1944).
Track 2-17: Stage Show Song - “Anything Goes” (1934).
Track 2-18: Motion Picture Song - “Broadway Melody of 1940” (1940).
Track 2-19: Stage Show Song - “Paris” (1928).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers And Hart Songbook:
Track 3-1: Stage Show Song - “I'd Rather Be Right” (1937).
Track 3-2: Stage Show Song - “Present Arms” (1928).
Track 3-3: Stage Show Song - “Heads Up” (1929).
Track 3-4: Stage Show Song - “A Connecticut Yankee” (1927).
Track 3-5: Stage Show Song - “Evergreen” (1930).
Track 3-6: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 3-7: Stage Show Song - “Spring Is Here” (1929).
Track 3-8: Stage Show Song - “The Garrick Gaieties” (1925).
Track 3-9: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 3-10: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 3-11: Stage Show Song - “I Married An Angel” (1938).
Track 3-12: Stage Show Song - “Higher And Higher” (1940).
Track 3-13: Stage Show Song - “The Boys From Syracuse” (1938).
Track 3-14: Stage Show Song - “A Connecticut Yankee” (1927).
Track 3-15: Stage Show Song - “Jumbo” (1935).
Track 3-16: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 3-17: Stage Show Song - “Jumbo” (1935).
Track 4-1: Stage Show Song - “Too Many Girls” (1939).
Track 4-2: Stage Show Song - “Simple Simon” (1930).
Track 4-3: Stage Show Song - “On Your Toes” (1936).
Track 4-4: Stage Show Song - “Too Many Girls” (1939).
Track 4-5: Stage Show Song - “By Jupiter” (1942).
Track 4-6: Stage Show Song - “Pal Joey” (1940).
Track 4-7: Stage Show Song - “The Girl Friend” (1926).
Track 4-8: Stage Show Song - “Babes In Arms” (1937).
Track 4-9: Stage Show Song - “Pal Joey” (1940).
Track 4-10: Stage Show Song - “The Garrick Gaieties” (1925).
Track 4-11: Stage Show Song - “By Jupiter” (1942).
Track 4-12: Motion Picture Song - “Love Me Tonight” (1932).
Track 4-13: Motion Picture Song - “Love Me Tonight” (1932).
Track 4-14: Stage Show Song - “Dearest Enemy” (1925).
Track 4-15: Stage Show Song - “The Girl Friend” (1926).
Track 4-16: Stage Show Song - “A Connecticut Yankee” (1927).
Track 4-17: Stage Show Song - “America's Sweetheart” (1931).
Track 4-18: Motion Picture Song - “Love Me Tonight” (1932).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book:
Track 5-7; Stage Show Song (Added during run of the show) - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Track 6-1: Stage Show - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Track 6-3: Stage Show - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Track 7-4: Stage Show - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Track 7-5: Stage Show - “Jump for Joy” (1941).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook:
Track 8-1: Motion Picture Song - “Follow The Fleet” (1936).
Track 8-2: Stage Show Song - “On The Avenue” (1937).
Track 8-3: Motion Picture Song - “Follow The Fleet” (1936).
Track 8-4: Stage Show Song - “Miss Liberty” (1949).
Track 8-6: Published (1929). Introduced in Motion Picture - “Puttin' On The Ritz” (1930).
Track 8-7: Motion Picture Song - “Follow The Fleet” (1936).
Track 8-9: Motion Picture Song - “Top Hat” (1935).
Track 8-11: Motion Picture Song - “Top Hat” (1935).
Track 8-12: Motion Picture Song - “Carefree” (1938).
Track 9-1: Stage Show Song - “As Thousands Cheer” (1933).
Track 9-2: Stage Show Song - “As Thousands Cheer” (1933).
Track 9-3: Stage Show Song - “As Thousands Cheer” (1933).
Track 9-4: Motion Picture Song - “Top Hat” (1935).
Track 9-5: Motion Picture Song - “Blue Skies” (1935).
Track 9-6: Motion Picture Song - “Reaching For The Moon” (1930).
Track 9-7: Motion Picture Song - “On The Avenue” (1937).
Track 9-9: Motion Picture Song - “Follow The Fleet” (1936).
Track 9-10: Motion Picture Song - “Alexander's Ragtime Band” (1938).
Track 9-12: Stage Show Song - “Call Me Madam” (1950).
Track 9-13: Motion Picture Song - “Carefree” (1938).
Track 9-14: Motion Picture Song - “Top Hat” (1935).
Track 9-15: Motion Picture Song - “On The Avenue” (1937).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book:
Track 10-1: Motion Picture Instrumental - “Shall We Dance” (1937) / Stage Show Instrumental - “Strike Up the Band” (1930) / Stage Show Song - “Oh, Kay!” (1928).
Track 10-3: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 10-4: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 10-5: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 10-6: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 10-7: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 10-8: Stage Show Song - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 10-9: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1937).
Track 10-10: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1937).
Track 10-11: Motion Picture Song (unused) - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 10-12: Stage Show Song - “Rosalie” (1928).
Track 10-13: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 10-14: Stage Show Song (cut) - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 10-15: Stage Show Song - “Tip-Toes” (1925).
Track 10-16: Stage Show Song - “The Show Is On” (1936).
Track 10-17: Stage Show Song - “Oh, Kay!” (1928).
Track 10-18: Stage Show Song - “Ladies First” (1918).
Track 10-19: Stage Show Song - “Of Thee I Sing” (1931).
Track 11-1: Stage Show Song - “Tip-Toes” (1925).
Track 11-2: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 11-3: Stage Show Song - “Pardon My English” (1933).
Track 11-4: Motion Picture Song - “Delicious” (1931).
Track 11-5: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1937).
Track 11-6: Stage Show Song - “Oh, Kay!” (1928).
Track 11-7: Motion Picture Song - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 11-8: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1937).
Track 11-9: Stage Show Song - “Primrose” (1924).
Track 11-10: Stage Show Song - “Strike Up The Band” (1927).
Track 11-11: Stage Show Song - “Strike Up The Band” (1930).
Track 11-12: Stage Show Song - “Treasure Girl” (1928).
Track 11-13: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 11-14: Motion Picture Song - “The Shocking Miss Pilgrim” (1947).
Track 11-15: Stage Show Song - “Of Thee I Sing” (1931).
Track 11-16: Stage Show Song - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 11-17: Motion Picture Song - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 11-18: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 12-1: Stage Show Song - “Of Thee I Sing” (1931).
Track 12-2: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 12-3: Motion Picture Song - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 12-4: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 12-5: Stage Show Song - “Pardon My English” (1933).
Track 12-6: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 12-7: Motion Picture Song - “The Goldwyn Follies” (1937).
Track 12-8: Motion Picture Song - “Girl Crazy” (1932).
Track 12-9: Motion Picture Song - “Shall We Dance” (1937).
Track 12-10: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 12-11: Motion Picture Song - “A Damsel in Distress” (1938).
Track 12-12: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 12-13: Stage Show Song - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 12-14: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 12-15: Stage Show Song - “Pardon My English” (1933).
Track 12-16: Stage Show Song - “Treasure Girl” (1928).
Track 12-17: Stage Show Song - “Funny Face” (1927).
Track 12-18: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Track 12-19: Stage Show Song - “George White’s Scandals” (1924).
Track 12-20: Stage Show Song - “Sweet and Low” (1930).
Track 12-21: Stage Show Song - “Lady, Be Good” (1924).
Track 12-22: Stage Show Song - “Girl Crazy” (1930).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook:
Track 13-1: Motion Picture Song - “Blues In The Night” (1941).
Track 13-2: Motion Picture Song - “Let's Fall In Love” (1934).
Track 13-3: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Parade” (1934).
Track 13-4: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Rhythmania” (1931).
Track 13-5: Motion Picture Song - “The Sky's The Limit” (1943).
Track 13-6: Motion Picture Song - “Casbah” (1938).
Track 13-7: Motion Picture Song - “Blues In The Night” (1941).
Track 13-8: Motion Picture Song - “Star Spangled Rhythm” (1942).
Track 13-9: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Parade” (1934).
Track 13-10: Stage Show Song - “Life Begins At 8:40” (1934).
Track 13-11: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Parade” (1934).
Track 13-12: Motion Picture Song - “Here Come The Waves” (1944).
Track 14-2: Stage Show Song - “St. Louis Woman” (1946).
Track 14-3: Stage Show Song - “Cotton Club Parade” (1934).
Track 14-4: Motion Picture Song - “Cabin In The Sky” (1943).
Track 14-5: Stage Show Song - “The Great Magoo” (1932).
Track 14-6: Motion Picture Song - “A Star Is Born” (1954).
Track 14-7: Motion Picture Song - “The Sky's The Limit” (1942).
Track 14-8: Motion Picture Song - “Casbah” (1948).
Track 14-9: Stage Show Song - “Nine Fifteen Revue” (1930).
Track 14-10: Stage Show Song - “Earl Carrol's Vanities” (1932).
Track 14-11: Motion Picture Song - “Out Of This World” (1945).
Track 14-12: Motion Picture Song - “The Wizard Of Oz” (1939).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
Track 15-1: Stage Show Song - “Roberta” (1933).
Track 15-2: Motion Picture Song - “Swing Time” (1936).
Track 15-3: Stage Show Song - “Very Warm for May” (1939).
Track 15-4: Stage Show Song - “Roberta” (1933).
Track 15-5: Motion Picture Song - “Joy of Living” (1938).
Track 15-6: Stage Show Song - “The Cat and the Fiddle” (1931).
Track 15-7: Motion Picture Song - “You Were Never Lovelier” (1942).
Track 15-8: Motion Picture Song - “One Night in the Tropics” (1940).
Track 15-9: Motion Picture Song - “Swing Time” (1936).
Track 15-10: Stage Show Song - “Roberta” (1933).
Track 15-11: Stage Show Song - “Show Boat” (1927).
Track 15-12: Stage Show Song - “Sweet Adeline” (1929).
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book:
Track 16-1: Motion Picture Song - “Ready, Willing and Able” (1936).
Track 16-4: Motion Picture Song - “Laura” (1944).
Track 16-5: Motion Picture Song - “Blues In The Night” (1941).
Track 16-8: Motion Picture Song - “Daddy Long Legs” (1941).
Track 16-12: Motion Picture Song - “The Fleet’s In” (1942).
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