- blues
- 114 min
- 28 tracks
- Verve Reissues
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book is a 1961 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May. This album marked the only time that Fitzgerald worked with May.
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Classical in form, spare, character-led and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings4/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Blues in the Night7:15
- 2Let’s Fall in Love4:06
- 3Stormy Weather5:17
- 4Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea2:26
- 5My Shining Hour4:03
- 6Hooray for Love2:46
- 7This Time the Dream’s on Me4:40
- 8That Old Black Magic4:13
- 9I’ve Got the World on a String4:54
- 10Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block4:03
- 11Ill Wind (You’re Blowin’ Me No Good)3:56
- 12Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive3:38
- 1When the Sun Comes Out5:10
- 2Come Rain or Come Shine3:24
- 3As Long as I Live3:48
- 4Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe3:31
- 5It’s Only a Paper Moon3:37
- 6The Man That Got Away5:21
- 7One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)3:59
- 8It Was Written in the Stars5:12
- 9Get Happy3:34
- 10I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues5:13
- 11Out of This World2:46
- 12Over the Rainbow4:21
- 13Ding‐Dong! The Witch Is Dead3:20
- 14Sing My Heart2:49
- 15Let’s Take a Walk Around the Block (alternative take)4:07
- 16Sing My Heart (alternative take)2:33
28 tracks, 114 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Label
- Verve Reissues
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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