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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
2. Undecided
3. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
4. Stairway to the Stars
5. Five O'Clock Whistle - (with The Ink Spots)
6. Cow Cow Boogie - (with The Ink Spots)
7. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
8. It's Only a Paper Moon
9. Flying Home
10. Stone Cold Dead in the Market - (with Louis Jordan)
11. You Won't Be Satisfied - (with Louis Armstrong)
12. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
13. I Didn't Mean a Word I Said
14. Oh, Lady Be Good
15. How High the Moon
16. My Happiness
17. Black Coffee
18. In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
19. Basin Street Blues
20. I've Got the World on a String
DISC 2:
1. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
2. Dream a Little Dream of Me - (with Louis Armstrong)
3. Smooth Sailing
4. Airmail Special
5. Rough Ridin'
6. Goody, Goody
7. Angel Eyes
8. You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) - (parts 1 & 2)
9. Preview
10. Blue Lou
11. I Wished on the Moon
12. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
13. Lullaby of Birdland
14. That Old Black Magic
15. Old Devil Moon
16. Lover, Come Back to Me
17. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
18. Hard Hearted Hannah
19. My One and Only Love
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); The Ink Spots (vocals); Louis Jordan (vocals); Louis Armstrong.
Compilation producers: Milt Gabler, Orrin Keepnews.
Recorded between 1935 and 1955. Includes liner notes by Milt Gabler and Dan Morgenstern.
1945-55 recordings originally produced by Milt Gabler.
Industry Reviews
...This is a nice BIRTHDAY present from Ella....It has the novelty hits...and it has masterpieces...
JazzTimes (08/01/1993)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...In the '30s and '40s her voice was clear, beautiful and the embodiment of young in heart...captures 39 examples, including her first hit with the Chick Webb Orchestra, `A-Tisket, A-Tasket' and her great version of `Paper Moon'...
Q (07/01/1993)
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