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Released
  
1961

Artist
  
Ella Fitzgerald

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz

Length
  
58:25

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
January 23, 1961 and June 22–23, 1961

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (1961)
  
Ella Returns to Berlin (1991)

Similar
  
Ella Fitzgerald albums, Jazz albums

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Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy. The liner notes are by Benny Green of the London Observer.

Contents

Track listing

For the 1961 Verve LP album, Verve V-4053 (Mono) & V6-4053 (Stereo)

Side One:

  1. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:06
  2. "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:35
  3. "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 3:16
  4. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:17
  5. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 3:28
  6. "Jersey Bounce" (Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Edward Johnson, Bobby Plater) – 3:33
  7. "Signing Off" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly) – 3:45

Side Two:

  1. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 4:13
  2. "This Year's Kisses" (Irving Berlin) – 2:14
  3. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:17
  4. "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 2:42
  5. "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" (Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer, Billy Rose) – 2:41
  6. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 6:13
  7. "The Music Goes Round and Round" (Eddie Farley, Red Hodgson, Mike Riley) – 2:27

Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1989 Verve-PolyGram CD Reissue, Verve-PolyGram 835 646-2 and DAT W.L.S.T. 1994 835 646 - 4

15. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Previously unreleased) (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:12

16. "I Got a Guy" (Previously unreleased) (Marion Sunshine) – 3:43

17. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Previously unreleased) (Steve Allen) – 2:43

Personnel

Tracks 1 to 14; recorded 22–23 June 1961 in Los Angeles

Tracks 15 to 17; recorded 23 January 1961 in New York

  • Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
  • Lou Levy - piano
  • Herb Ellis - guitar
  • Joe Mondragon - bass on tracks 1-14 only
  • Wilfred Middlebrooks - double bass on tracks 15-17 only
  • Gus Johnson - drums

    • Songs

    1A Night in Tunisia4:09
    2You're My Thrill3:39
    3My Reverie3:20

    References

    Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Wikipedia
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