The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald: Taking a Chance on Love

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Notes

Castle Pulse attempt at budget compiling its own (4 discs) budget compilation.
Not completely indecent as a release, you should still prefer one of the Verve sampler if you're a newcomer.
If you're already an amateur...

Wait! I wasn't done :-)

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-22 03:16 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
recording of:
A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Al Feldman (reeds) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13188)
Ella Fitzgerald2:30
2Sugar Blues
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:50
3Sing Song Swing
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra3:02
4One Side of Me
recording of:
One Side of Me
lyricist and composer:
Marion Sunshine
Ella Fitzgerald3:19
5Undecided
cover recording of:
Undecided
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Charlie Shavers (in 1938)
Ella Fitzgerald43:17
6Shake Down the Stars
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:49
7Gulf Coast Blues
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra3:01
8(What Can I Say) After I Say I’m Sorry?
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:53
9Stairway to the Stars
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra3:15
10’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
cover recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
Ella Fitzgerald3:03
11Don’t Worry ’Bout Me
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1939-04-21)
reeds:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1939-04-21)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1939-04-21)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1939-04-21)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1939-04-21)
recording of:
Don’t Worry ’bout Me (on 1939-04-21)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1939)
writer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) and Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (in 1939)
publisher:
Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight3:11
12Deedle‐De‐Dum
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:42
13Taking a Chance on Love
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1954-01-27)
double bass:
Phil Stephens (bass and tuba player)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool
guitar:
Perry Botkin
piano:
Buddy Cole
saxophone:
Warren Baker, Dave Harris (tenor saxo) and Matty Matlock
trombone:
Joe Howard (american trombone player), Wendell Mayhew and Ted Vesely
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman, Bobby Guy and Red Nichols
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1954-01-27)
conductor:
John Scott Trotter (on 1954-01-27)
live cover recording of:
Taking a Chance on Love (on 1954-01-27)
lyricist:
Ted Fetter and John Latouche
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., SBK Miller Catalog, Inc. and Taking a Chance on Love Music Company
part of:
Cabin in the Sky
cover recording of:
Taking a Chance on Love
lyricist:
Ted Fetter and John Latouche
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., SBK Miller Catalog, Inc. and Taking a Chance on Love Music Company
part of:
Cabin in the Sky
Ella Fitzgerald3:09
14The Starlit Hour
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra3:11
15When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:42
16The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1941-01-08)
cover recording of:
The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) (on 1941-01-08)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Gus Kahn Music Co., The Songwriters Guild and Milton Weil Music Co. (on 1924-01-07)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra3:04
17I’m the Lonesomest Gal in Town
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:40
18Darktown Strutters’ Ball
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-11-19)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1936-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-11-19)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-11-19)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-11-19)
reeds:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-11-19)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-11-19)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1936-11-19)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-11-19)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61422-B)
recording of:
Darktown Strutters’ Ball (on 1936-11-19)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks (in 1917)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight3:07
19Out of Nowhere
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:57
20Moon Ray
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra3:02
21Three Little Words
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:34
22Cabin in the Sky
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (on 1940-11-08)
guitar:
Ulysses Livingston (on 1940-11-08)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1940-11-08)
reeds:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1940-11-08)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Simmons (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-11-08)
trombone:
Earl Hardy (on 1940-11-08), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1940-11-08) and John McConnell (US jazz trombonist) (on 1940-11-08)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1940-11-08) and Irving Randolph (on 1940-11-08)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
recording of:
Cabin in the Sky (from 1940 musical Cabin in the Sky) (on 1940-11-08)
lyricist:
John Latouche (in 1940)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1940)
part of:
Cabin in the Sky
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:46
23Shine
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-11-19)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1936-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-11-19)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-11-19)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-11-19)
reeds:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-11-19)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-11-19)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1936-11-19)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-11-19)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61421-A)
recording of:
Shine (on 1936-11-19)
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1910) and Cecil Mack (in 1910)
composer:
Ford Dabney (, in 1910)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight2:54
24Wishful Thinking
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra3:04
25Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home
clarinet:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1940-02-15)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (on 1940-02-15)
piano:
Roger Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (on 1940-02-15)
reeds:
Eddie Barefield (on 1940-02-15)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Simmons (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-02-15)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1940-02-15), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1940-02-15) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1940-02-15)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1940-02-15) and Irving Randolph (on 1940-02-15)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1940-02-15)
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (on 1940-02-15)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:30