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Ella Fitzgerald
Early Years 2
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Undecided - Ella Fitzgerald, Robin, Sydney
2. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) - Ella Fitzgerald, Oliver, Sy
3. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole
4. Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum) - Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Ella
5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Bloom, Rube
6. If You Ever Change Your Mind - Ella Fitzgerald, Green, Johnny [1]
7. Little White Lies - Ella Fitzgerald, Donaldson, Walter
8. Coochi-Coochi-Coo - Ella Fitzgerald, Werner, Kay
9. Betcha Nickel - Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Ella
10. Stairway to the Stars - Ella Fitzgerald, Malneck, Matty
11. I Want the Waiter (With the Water) - Ella Fitzgerald, Werner, Kay
12. Out of Nowhere - Ella Fitzgerald, Green, Johnny [1]
13. My Last Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald, Howard, Eddy [Vocal
14. Billy (I Always Dream of Billy) - Ella Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Joe
15. You're Gonna Lose Your Gal - Ella Fitzgerald, Monaco, James V.
16. After I Say I'm Sorry - Ella Fitzgerald, Donaldson, Walter
17. Moonray - Ella Fitzgerald, Connor, Chris [Voca
18. Sugar Blues - Ella Fitzgerald, Fletcher, Lucy
19. The Starlit Hour - Ella Fitzgerald, DeRose, Peter
20. What's the Matter With Me? - Ella Fitzgerald, Lewis, Sam M. [1]
21. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home - Ella Fitzgerald, Warfield, Charles
Track Listings (21) - Disc #2
1. If It Weren't for You - Ella Fitzgerald, Mizzy, Victor
2. Imagination - Ella Fitzgerald, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
3. Deedle-De-Dum - Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Ella
4. Shake Down the Stars - Ella Fitzgerald, DeLange, Eddie
5. Gulf Coast Blues - Ella Fitzgerald, Williams, Clarence
6. Five O'Clock Whistle - Ella Fitzgerald, Gannon, Kim
7. Louisville, K-Y - Ella Fitzgerald, Skylar, Sunny
8. Taking a Chance on Love - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke, Vernon
9. Cabin in the Sky - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke, Vernon
10. I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town - Ella Fitzgerald, Brown, Lew
11. Three Little Words - Ella Fitzgerald, Kalmar, Bert
12. The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) - Ella Fitzgerald, Jones, Isham
13. The Muffin Man - Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Ella
14. Keep Cool, Fool - Ella Fitzgerald, Doc Rhythm
15. No Nothing - Ella Fitzgerald, Handman, Lou
16. My Man - Ella Fitzgerald, Charles, Jacques
17. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Gaskill, Clarence
18. I Must Have That Man! - Ella Fitzgerald, Fields, Dorothy
19. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street - Ella Fitzgerald, Austin, Gene
20. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Ella Fitzgerald, Ellington, Duke
21. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Ella Fitzgerald, Hammerstein, Oscar

CD Details

All Artists: Ella Fitzgerald
Title: Early Years 2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Verve
Release Date: 8/12/1997
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Classic Vocalists, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 011105062329, 011105062343, 4007198757064

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Ella Fitzgerald began her career while still in her teens, singing with drummer Chick Webb's great swing band, and rapidly establishing herself as one of the era's leading singers. When Webb died in 1938, Fitzgerald assumed the leadership of the band. This two-CD set documents the period from 1939 to 1941, and it includes hits like the opening "Undecided," the kind of rhythm tune with which Fitzgerald could already distinguish herself, with a meticulous command of tune and timing. Webb was irreplaceable, but the group remained a distinguished swing band, while Fitzgerald demonstrated the musical way with ballads that would be a hallmark of her career. --Stuart Broomer

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CD Reviews

Ella at her finest

Susan Wadden | Seattle | 01/16/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"How fresh is the feeling of Ella, always and forever. At age twenty-one, her voice is sweet, like honey and molasses on a breeze: smooth, rich, effortless. This dense double CD compilation, its musical heritage recorded with impeccable clarity, is an essential addition to any collection of jazz history, for these are the years when Ella blossems into her full (magical) maturity, and when, tragically, her brilliant and well loved band leader, Chick Webb, dies of tuberculosis at the height of his fame. Their last songs recorded together: chew chew chew (chew your bubble gum), little white lies, and don't worry 'bout me, are reason enough to have (and to hold) this gem of a recording. Dense also in poetry are the lyrics of these fine songs: "as we sail away on a crest of a thrill, keep building a stairway to the stars, it would be heaven to climb with you"...so light a voice in so heavy a time, Ella, the early years, 1939-1941...a heavenly sound heralding a heartbreaking war...This music is all that music can be, and more."

Enjoyable to the ear

E. Scruggs | Millsboro, Delaware | 09/03/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This was a present for my father. He wanted to hear Ella Fitzgerald's early years. It was a hit with him and some of his friends he shared it with."