Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1964
Recorded	October 19–21, 1964
Studio	Radio Recorders (Los Angeles)
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:58
Label	Verve Records
Producer	Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Hello,Dolly! (1964) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (1964) Ella at Juan-Les-Pins (1964)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book is a 1964

1. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting) – 2:31
2. "Early Autumn" (Ralph Burns) – 3:51
3. "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom) – 2:49
4. "Laura" (from the film Laura) (David Raksin) – 3:43
5. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen) – 2:54
6. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:12
7. "Single-O" (Donald Kahn, Johnny Mercer) – 3:19

Side Two:

1. "Something's Gotta Give" (Mercer) – 2:33
2. "Trav'lin' Light" (Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 3:47
3. "Midnight Sun" (Francis J. Burke, Lionel Hampton) – 4:55
4. "Dream" (Mercer) – 2:58
5. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger) – 3:38
6. "
   When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins
   ) – 3:51

All lyrics by Johnny Mercer, composers between brackets.

Personnel

Recorded October 19–21, 1964 at Radio Recorders Studio 10-H, Hollywood:

• Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
• Nelson Riddle, arranger and conductor
• Paul Smith on piano
• Plas Johnson on tenor sax
• Willie Smith on alto sax
• Buddy DeFranco on clarinet
• Frank Flynn on vibes
• Val Valentin, recording engineer

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