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Track Listing
1. All Through the Night
2. Anything Goes
3. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)
4. Too Darn Hot
5. In the Still of the Night
6. I Get a Kick Out of You
7. Do I Love You
8. Always True to You in My Fashion
9. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
10. Just One of Those Things
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
12. All of You
13. Begin the Beguine
14. Get Out of Town
15. I Am in Love
16. From This Moment On
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Buddy Bregaman (arranger, conductor).
Producer: Norman Granz.
Reissue producer: Richard Seidel.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California in February 1956. Includes liner notes by Robert Kimball.
Digitally remastered by Dennis Drake (PolyGram Studios).
Though better known for her remarkable scat-singing abilities, Ella Fitzgerald was a genius at interpreting songwriters. It's as if she felt she had to understand and express every nuance of a lyric before she was comfortable enough with it to let fly from her vocal chords. As a result, whenever Fitzgerald was matched with a particularly outstanding set of lyrics, fireworks could be assumed to follow.
Cole Porter may be the finest lyricist in pop music history, which obviously makes Fitzgerald's COLE PORTER SONGBOOK VOLUME ONE one of her finest-ever releases. The coupling of lyricist and singer is so perfect that the listing of highlights becomes superfluous. Buddy Bregman's arrangements are slick but never intrusive, catching every bit of musical humor in a saucy tune like "Too Darn Hot" and investing ballads like "Begin the Beguine" with just enough elegance and emotion. This album is simply perfect.
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