tracks a1 to a4 accompanied by [accompaniment] Alvin Stoller tracks a1 to a4 accompanied by [accompaniment] Barney Kessel tracks a1 to a4 accompanied by [accompaniment] Ben Webster tracks a1 to a4 accompanied by [accompaniment] Paul Smith tracks a1 to a4 accompanied by [accompaniment] Stuff Smith art direction John D'Emilio tracks b1 to b5 backing band [backing] Alvin Stoller tracks b1 to b5 backing band [backing] Ben Webster tracks b1 to b5 backing band [backing] Herb Ellis tracks b1 to b5 backing band [backing] Oscar Peterson tracks b1 to b5 backing band [backing] Ray Brown tracks a1 to a4 bass [uncredited] Joe Mondragon design J. Chris Smith tracks a2 guitar Barney Kessel tracks c1 to d2 leader Duke Ellington liner notes [text by] Leonard Feather tracks c1 to d2 orchestra Duke Ellington And His Orchestra tracks c4 performer Johnny Hodges photography by Burt Goldblatt producer, liner notes Norman Granz tracks a3 soloist Ben Webster tracks d1.3, d1.4 soloist Clark Terry tracks d1.2 soloist Harold Baker tracks d1.3, d1.4 soloist Jimmy Hamilton tracks d1.4 soloist John Sanders tracks d1.1, d1.3, d1.4 soloist Paul Gonsalves tracks a3 soloist Stuff Smith vocals Ella Fitzgerald Record Company Verve Records, Inc. Published By Mills Music, Inc. Published By American Academy Of Music, Inc. Published By Robbins Music Corp. Published By Tempo Music Inc. Published By Paramount Music Corp. Label variant, track B2 is listed on three lines. On Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Volume Two, B2 is listed on two lines. The label's text placements are different on all four sides. 2-LP in a gatefold cover. The labels are deep groove black Verve with silver print, T logo, and Long Playing Microgroove at bottom. There are no ® adjacent the Verve logos.
Catalog number MGV 4009-2 on gatefold jacket, MG V-4009-2 on labels.
Artist on labels: Ella Fitzgerald Title on labels, spine: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book
Track publishers: A1, B1: Mills Music, Inc. - ASCAP A2, A4, B5: American Academy of Music, Inc. - ASCAP A3, B2, C2, C4, C5: Robbins Music Corp. - ASCAP B3, B4, C3, C6 to D2: Tempo Music, Inc. - ASCAP C1: Paramount Music Corp. - ASCAP
Session history for Volume II: MGV 4009-2 Side A Los Angeles, CA, September 4, 1956 20252-4 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 20261-4 Prelude To A Kiss 20262-1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 20265-5 In A Sentimental Mood Side B Los Angeles, CA, October 17, 1957 21773-5 In A Mellow Tone 21774-6 Mood Indigo 21775-8 Love You Madly 21776-11 Lush Life 21777-9 Squatty Roo Side C Los Angeles, CA, June 25, 1957 21036-6 Everything But You 21037-6 I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Los Angeles, CA, June 26, 1957 21050 I'm Just A Lucky So And So Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 1957 21063-3 All Too Soon 21065-7 Bli-Blip 21066-8 Chelsea Bridge Side D Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 1957 21068-2 The E And D Blues NYC, September 3, 1957 21557 Portrait Of Ella: Royal Ancestry / All Heart / Beyond Category / Total Jazz Rights Society: ASCAP Matrix / Runout: 50,506 (A label) Matrix / Runout: 50,507 (B label) Matrix / Runout: 50,508 (C label) Matrix / Runout: 50,509 (D label) Matrix / Runout: MGV-4009-2-A 50506 (Runout A etched) Matrix / Runout: MGV-4009-2-B 50507 (Runout B etched) Matrix / Runout: MGV-4009-2-C 50508 (Runout C etched) Matrix / Runout: MGV-4009-2 4 50509 (Runout D etched)