Romance and Rhythm

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Individual barcodes:

CD 1: 805520013932
CD 2: 805520013949
CD 3: 805520013956
CD 4: 805520013963

== Session Details CD 4==

Recording dates and matrix numbers as follows:

72746-A I'm Beginning to See the Light, 1945-02-26
72798 It's Only a Paper Moon, 1945-03-27
73066-A Flying Home, 1945-10-04
73073-A Stone Cold Death in Market (He Had It Coming), 1945-10-08
73285-A You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart), 1946-01-18
73286-A The Frim Fram Sauce, 1946-01-18
73787 Sentimental Journey, 1947-01-24
73820-A Oh, Lady Be Good, 1947-03-17
74393-A Robbin's Nest, 1947-12-20
74324-A How High the Moon, ?
74866 Baby It's Cold Outside, 1949-04-28
75282 Basin Street Blues, 1949-09-20
75802 Don'cha Go 'way Mad, 1950-02-02
76750 Dream a Little Dream of Me, 1950-08-25
76823 Looking for a Boy, 1950-09-11
76824 My One and Only, 1950-09-11
76825 How Long Has This Been Going On, 1950-09-11
76826 I've Got a Crush on You, 1950-09-11
76834 But Not for Me, 1950-09-12
76835 Soon, 1950-09-12
76836 Someone to Watch Over Me, 1950-09-12
76837 Maybe, 1950-09-12
81215 Smooth Sailing, 1951-06-26
82075 Air Mail Special, 1952-02-04
82076 Rough Ridin', 1952-02-04

== Sessions Details CD 1==

Recording dates and matrix numbers as follows

39617-A Love and Kisses, 1935-06-12
B18830-1 My Melancholy Baby, 1936-03-17
B18832-1 All My Life, 1936-03-17
61124-A Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me dance), 1936-06-02
61361-A (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It, 1936-10-29
02463-1 Goodnight My Love, 1936-11-05
02464-1 Oh Yes, Take Another Guess, 1936-11-05
02465-1 Did You Mean It?, 1936-11-05
61420-A Organ Grinder's Swing, 1936-11-18
61422-B Darktown Strutters Ball, 1936-11-18
61529-A Big Boy Blue, 1937-01-14
61576-A Dedicated to You, 1937-02-03
62213-A All Over Nothing at All, 1937-05-24
62214-A If You Ever Should Leave, 1937-05-24
62726-A I Got a Guy, 1937-10-27
62738-2 Rock It for Me, 1937-11-01
62886-A I Want to Be Happy, 1937-12-17
62887-A The Dipsy Doodle, 1937-12-17
62888-A If Dreams Come True, 1937-12-17
62889-A Hallellujah!, 1937-12-17
63225-A It's Wonderful, 1938-01-25
63226-A I Was Doing All Right, 1938-01-25
63693-A A-Tisket, A-Tasket, 1938-05-02
63710-A If You Only Knew, 1938-05-03
63937-A Ella, 1938-06-09

== Sessions Details CD 3==

Recording dates and matrix numbers as follows:

68146-A Five O'Clock Whistle, 1940-09-25
68148-B Louisville K-Y, 1940-09-25
68329-A Taking a Chance on Love, 1940-11-08
68330-A Cabin in the Sky, 1940-11-08
68331-A I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town, 1940-11-08
68558-A Three Little Words, 1941-01-08
68559-A Hell Ma! I Dont It Again, 1941-01-08
68561-A The One I Love (Belongs to Someone Else), 1941-01-08
68896-A My Man (Mon Homme), 1941-03-31
DLA 2607-A I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me, 1941-07-31
DLA 2608-A I Must Have That Man, 1941-07-31
DLA 2609-A When My Sugar Walks Down the Street, 1941-07-31
DLA 2610-A I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, 1941-07-31
DLA 2612-A Can't Help Lovin' That Man, 1941-07-31
69784-A Jim, 1941-10-06
69785-A This Love of Mine, 1941-10-06
69875-A Somebody Nobody Loves, 1941-10-28
69907-A Make Love to Me, 1941-11-05
70653-A Mama Come Home, 1942-04-10
71288-A He's My Guy, 1942-07-31
71482-A Cow Cow Boogie, 1943-11-03
71889 Once Too Often, 1944-03-21
71890 Time Alone Will Tell, 1944-03-21
72370 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall, 1944-08-30
72483-A And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine, 1944-11-06

== Sessions Details CD 2==

Recording dates and matrix numbers as follows:

64573-A F.D.R. Jones, 1938-10-06
64576-A I Found My Yellow Basket, 1938-10-06
65039-A Undecided, 1939-02-17
65040-A Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It), 1939-02-17
65043-A My Heart Belongs to Daddy, 1939-02-17
65097-A Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum), 1939-03-02
65441-A Don't Worry 'Bout Me, 1939-04-21
65442-A If Anything Happened to You, 1939-04-21
65444-A If You Ever Change Your Mind, 1939-04-21
65446-A Little White Lies, 1939-04-21
65904-A Stairway to the Stars, 1939-07-02
65905-A I Want the Waiter (With the Water), 1939-07-02
65907-A Out of Nowhere, 1939-07-02
91836-A You're Gonna Lose Your Gal, 1939-10-12
91841-A Moon Ray, 1939-10-12
67120-A Sugar Blues, 1940-01-26
67121-A The Starlit Hour, 1940-01-26
67122-A What's the Matter With Me?, 1940-01-26
67195-A Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?, 1940-02-15
67196-A If It Weren't for You, 1940-02-15
67197-A Sing Song Swing, 1940-02-15
67198-A Imagination, 1940-02-15
67699-A Deedle-De-Dum, 1940-05-09
67700-A Shake Down the Stars, 1940-05-09
67701-A Gulf Coast Blues, 1940-05-09

Annotation last modified on 2012-01-03 17:59 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1: A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
#TitleRatingLength
1Love and Kisses
recording of:
Love and Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Curtis ("love and kisses")
3:22
2My Melancholy Baby
cover recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
3:03
3All My Life
recording of:
All My Life
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Sam H. Stept
3:15
4Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)
cover recording of:
Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
2:36
5(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It
cover recording of:
If You Can’t Sing It (You’ll Have to Swing It)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Coslow
2:59
6Goodnight My Love
recording of:
Goodnight, My Love (1936)
lyricist:
Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
composer:
Mack Gordon
3:09
7Oh Yes, Take Another Guess
cover recording of:
Oh Yes, Take Another Guess
lyricist:
Charles Newman (Charles Chas Newman, early 20th century songwriter)
writer:
Murray Mencher and Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
2:31
8Did You Mean It?
recording of:
Did You Mean It?
writer:
Mort Dixon and Jesse Greer
2:22
9Organ Grinder’s Swing
cover recording of:
Organ Grinder’s Swing
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish
composer:
Will Hudson
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
2:55
10Darktown Strutters Ball
cover recording of:
Darktown Strutters’ Ball
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks (in 1917)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
3:09
11Big Boy Blue
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1937-01-14)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-01-14)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1937-01-14)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1937-01-14)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1937-01-14)
reeds:
Teddy McRae (on 1937-01-14)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1937-01-14)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1937-01-14)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1937-01-14) and The Mills Brothers (on 1937-01-14)
recording of:
Big Boy Blue (on 1937-01-14)
writer:
Dan Howell, Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
2:48
12Dedicated to You
cover recording of:
Dedicated to You
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and Hy Zaret
3:14
13All Over Nothing at All
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1937-05-24)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1937-05-24)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1937-05-24)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1937-05-24)
reeds and tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1937-05-24)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1937-05-24)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1937-05-24)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1937-05-24)
recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1937-05-24)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
2:41
14If You Ever Should Leave
recording of:
If You Should Ever Leave Me
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
3:15
15I Got a Guy
recording of:
I Got a Guy
lyricist and composer:
Marion Sunshine
3:25
16Rock It for Me
recording of:
Rock It for Me
writer:
Kay Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Sue) (in 1938) and Sue Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Kay) (in 1938)
3:15
17I Want to Be Happy
cover recording of:
I Want to Be Happy (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
No, No, Nanette
4:32
18The Dipsy Doodle
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald
cover recording of:
Dipsy Doodle
lyricist and composer:
Larry Clinton (in 1937)
3:16
19If Dreams Come True
cover recording of:
If Dreams Come True
lyricist:
Irving Mills
composer:
Edgar M. Sampson and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
2:40
20Hallellujah!
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald
recording of:
Hallelujah!
lyricist:
Clifford Grey (in 1927) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1927)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1927)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
4:05
21It’s Wonderful
cover recording of:
It’s Wonderful
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1937)
composer:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (in 1937)
3:00
22I Was Doing All Right
cover recording of:
I Was Doing All Right
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938)
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
2:58
23A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-05-02)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1938-05-02)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Beverly Peer (on 1938-05-02)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1938-05-02)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1938-05-02)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1938-05-02)
reeds:
Garvin Bushell (on 1938-05-02) and Teddy McRae (on 1938-05-02)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1938-05-02)
trombone:
George Mathews (on 1938-05-02), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1938-05-02), Nat Story (on 1938-05-02) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1938-05-02)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1938-05-02), Taft Jordan (on 1938-05-02) and Bobby Stark (on 1938-05-02)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1938-05-02)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1938-05-02)
orchestra:
Chick Webb and His Orchestra (on 1938-05-02)
part of:
Grammy Hall of Fame (number: 1986)
recording of:
A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket (on 1938-05-02)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Al Feldman (reeds) and Ella Fitzgerald
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13188)
32:39
24If You Only Knew
recording of:
If You Only Knew
writer:
Charles Beal and Chick Webb
2:52
25Ella
2:48
▶ CD 2: Stairway to the Stars
▶ CD 3: Cabin in the Sky
▶ CD 4: Oh, Lady Be Good

Credits

Release

ASIN:UK: B0002DSA2A [info]