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Miss Ella Fitzgerald and Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax

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Released
  
1955

Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax (1955)
  
Sweet and Hot (1956)

Release date
  
1955

Length
  
44:33

Artist
  
Ella Fitzgerald

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Recorded
  
April 27 & September 21, 1949, March 24, 1954

Genres
  
Vocal jazz, Traditional pop music

Similar
  
Ella Fitzgerald albums, Vocal jazz albums

Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax is a collection of material recorded by Ella Fitzgerald between 1949 and 1954, all tracks were arranged by Gordon Jenkins. All tracks were previously only available on 78rpm singles. The album was compiled and released by Decca in 1955.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:08
  2. "Baby" (Robert Colby, Floyd Huddleston) – 2:44
  3. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 3:02
  4. "A Man Wrote a Song" (Dave Franklin) – 3:11
  5. "Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)" (Doris Tauber, Jack Lawrence) – 2:45
  6. "Happy Talk" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:25
  7. "Black Coffee" (Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke) – 3:03
  8. "Lover's Gold" (Morty Nevins, Bob Merrill) – 3:04
  9. "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:53
  10. "Dream a Little Longer" (Donald Kahn) – 2:59
  11. "I Need" (Ralph Care, Sol Marcus) – 2:40
  12. "Foolish Tears" (Jenny Lou Carson) – 2:57

Performance

  • Ella Fitzgerald – vocal
  • Gordon Jenkins – arranger

    • Songs

    1I Wished On The Moon3:08
    2BabyGordon Jenkins2:43
    3I Hadn't Anyone Till YouGordon Jenkins3:01

    References

    Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax Wikipedia
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