Name: The Hits
Brand: Ella Fitzgerald

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

101006

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-01-21

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8436569190814

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Ella Fitzgerald

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

New Continent

Dubbed 'The First Lady Of Song', Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the US for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums.
Mother of jazz pianist/singer Ray Brown Jr., ex-wife of jazz double-bassist Ray Brown.
Born on April 25, 1917 in Newport News, Virginia, USA, Ella Fitzgerald passed away on June 15, 1996 at the age of 79 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

One of the great ladies of jazz song, Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) inflected each tune with her unique sense of swing. The songs selected here were carefully chosen from among her best works, including compositions by such names as Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and Duke Ellington. Many of these tunes were taken from the celebrated song books that gained her enormous prestige. These are all studio recordings with the sole exception of her celebrated reading of Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife" which was an absolute hit on her Ella in Berlin LP.

Produced by Norman Granz, the sessions included the orchestras of Frank DeVol, Billy May, Marty Paich, Buddy Bregman, plus a host of star names including Louis Armstrong, Ben Webster, Stuff Smith, Barney Kessel, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louie Bellson, and Jim Hall, to name just a few.

Tracks: Blue Moon / I Love Paris / Summertime / Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye / Cheek To Cheek / The Lady Is A Tramp / A-Tisket A-Tasket / Get Happy / Misty / Sophisticated Lady / A Fine Romance / Let's Fall In Love / Desafinado / Mack The Knife

The Hits

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