Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedNovember 24, 1958 & July 11, 1959
GenreJazz
Length37:55
LabelVerve MG V-4032
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Get Happy!
(1959)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
(1959)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook

(1959)

Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers is a 1959 album by the American

Frank DeVol
.

Ella focuses on well known

George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
[2]

Writing for

Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "Ella Fitzgerald is in fine form on this obscure LP, performing a dozen standards... An enjoyable if not classic release."[1]

Track listing

For the 1959 Verve LP album, Verve MG VS-6072, re-issued in 2003 on CD; Verve B0000762-02

Side A:

  1. ") – 3:15
  2. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:08
  3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:47
  4. "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 4:20
  5. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 2:26
  6. "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 3:03

Side B:

  1. "
    Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
    ) – 3:04
  2. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:25
  3. "Out of This World" (Arlen, Mercer) – 4:37
  4. "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:06
  5. "
    East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman
    ) – 3:48
  6. "Lullaby of Broadway" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:26

Personnel

Recorded in two sessions held on November 24, 1958 and July 11, 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles:

References