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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook 180G Gatefold Vinyl Record

Factory Sealed LP

Ella Fitzgerald was, by any yardstick, a remarkable singer. She had achieved much by the time she signed to the newly created Verve Records in 1956, but it was the genius of Norman Granz, her personal manager and Verve founder, in suggesting she tackle the material of great contemporary composers in themed albums that sent her career into orbit. As the New York Times wrote on her passing in 1996, "These albums were among the first pop records to devote such serious attention to individual songwriters, and they were instrumental in establishing the pop album as a vehicle for serious musical exploration." The song selections ranged from standards to rarities, and the eight-title series represented an attempt by Fitzgerald to cross over to a non-jazz audience that may have been unaware of the talents she first committed to vinyl in 1935.

 LP 1 SIDE ONE

1. Rockin’ In Rhythm

2. Drop Me Off In Harlem

3. Day Dream

4. Caravan

5. Take The ‘A’ Train

LP 1 SIDE TWO

1. I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues

2. Clementine

3. I Didn’t Know About You

4. I’m Beginning To See The Light

5. Lost In Meditation

6. Perdido

LP 2 SIDE ONE
1. Cotton Tail

2. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me

3. Just A Sittin’ And A Rockin’

4. Solitude

5. Rocks In My Bed

LP 2 SIDE TWO
1. Satin Doll

2. Sophisticated Lady

3. Just Squeeze Me (But Don’t Tease Me)

4. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)