Ella Fitzgerald began her glorious association with the newly formed Verve in 1956, and her album debut, ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book’, bankrolled the label’s initial success.
Four tunes were chosen for pre-release to secure advance publicity: ‘It’s All Right with Me’, ‘Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love’, ‘All of You’ and ‘What Is This Thing Called Love?’.
It was an approach that turned out to be spectacularly successful and, repeated, put Verve in the commercial market propelling sales of the albums the singles were drawn from.
Latterly, many of Ella’s singles have long since enjoyed separate lives from the albums they were drawn from.
‘Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Volume 2’ showcases Ella singing with an incomparable level of artistry, whether its songs by Cole Porter, Gershwin or The Beatles, and features liners by jazz commentator, Stuart Nicholson.
Tracks:
Disc 1
Track name
Artist
1.It's All Right With Me
Ella Fitzgerald
2.Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
Ella Fitzgerald
3.What Is This Thing Called Love?
Ella Fitzgerald
4.All of You
Ella Fitzgerald
5.Stars Fell On Alabama
Ella Fitzgerald
6.Can't We Be Friends?
Ella Fitzgerald
7.Manhattan
Ella Fitzgerald
8.Stairway to the Stars
Ella Fitzgerald
9.Goody Goody
Ella Fitzgerald
10.St. Louis Blues
Ella Fitzgerald
11.Stompin' at the Savoy (Parts 1 & 2)
Ella Fitzgerald
12.What Will I Tell My Heart?
Ella Fitzgerald
Disc 2
Track name
Artist
1.Midnight Sun
Ella Fitzgerald
2.Teardrops from My Eyes
Ella Fitzgerald
3.Little Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald
4.They Can't Take That Away from Me
Ella Fitzgerald
5.Oh, Lady Be Good!
Ella Fitzgerald
6.I've Grown Accustomed to His Face
Ella Fitzgerald
7.I'm Through With Love
Ella Fitzgerald
8.Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Ella Fitzgerald
9.You Make Me Feel So Young
Ella Fitzgerald
10.Like Young
Ella Fitzgerald
11.Cool Breeze
Ella Fitzgerald
12.Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
Ella Fitzgerald
13.Gone With the Wind
Ella Fitzgerald
Disc 3
Track name
Artist
1.Lorelai
Ella Fitzgerald
2.Mack the Knife
Ella Fitzgerald
3.How High the Moon (Parts 1 & 2)
Ella Fitzgerald
4.I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Ella Fitzgerald
5.Reach for Tomorrow
Ella Fitzgerald
6.Jingle Bells
Ella Fitzgerald
7.Good Morning Blues
Ella Fitzgerald
8.(You'll Have to Swing It) Mr. Paganini
Ella Fitzgerald
9.You're Driving Me Crazy
Ella Fitzgerald
10.Cry Me a River
Ella Fitzgerald
11.Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!
Ella Fitzgerald
Disc 4
Track name
Artist
1.I'll Always Be in Love With You
Ella Fitzgerald
2.I Could Have Danced All Night
Ella Fitzgerald
3.Shiny Stockings
Ella Fitzgerald
4.Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
Ella Fitzgerald
5.See See Rider
Ella Fitzgerald
6.Trouble in Mind
Ella Fitzgerald
7.Can't Buy Me Love
Ella Fitzgerald
8.Hello, Dolly!
Ella Fitzgerald
9.And the Angels Sing
Ella Fitzgerald
10.A Hard Day's Night
Ella Fitzgerald
11.Duke's Place
Ella Fitzgerald
12.Imagine My Frustration (Parts 1 & 2)
Ella Fitzgerald
13.Whisper Not
Ella Fitzgerald
14.Old MacDonald
Ella Fitzgerald
