Tag: Ella Fitzgerald
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Hollywood Golden Era Songs
Full booklet notes with all dates, accompanists, film titles-inside ! “All the Songs and performances here are ‘unforgettable’ in that true sense that is so often abused nowadays. All came to fame in films of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s (‘Singin’ in the Rain, Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, High Noon ….) and will never, ever,…
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Ella Fitzgerald: Songbook Classics
“Ella herself acknowledged the Cole Porter Songbook album (ALN 1932) was a ‘turning point in my life. Doing those songbooks got me into spots I’d never been able to play before’. Porter commented ‘My, what marvellous diction that girl has’. Ira Gershwin was more appreciative remarking ‘I never knew how good our songs were until…
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Cole Porter & Irving Berlin Songbook Classics
“Ella herself acknowledged that Cole Porter album was a ‘turning point in my life. Doing those song books helped me get into spots I’d never been able to play before’. Porter simply commented ‘My, what marvellous diction that girl has’. Ira Gershwin was more appreciative remarking ‘I never knew how good our songs were until…
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Evr’y Time We Say Goodbye – All-Time Romantic Duets
“the resulting album bursts with relaxed, musicianly banter and sexual chemistry. Charles is growling and suggestive, Carter squirrelly and coy, and it remains one of the all-time great duet sets” (MoJo Collection- Album of the Year 1961: Ray Charles & Betty Carter: tracks 1-12 )
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The Christmas Memories Album
Best-selling holiday tracks from the early LP era, together for the first time at a value price!
