Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book is a 1956 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."

In 2000 it was voted number 642 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

Track listing

For the 1956 Verve 2-LP album, Verve MG V-4002-2

All lyrics are written by Lorenz Hart; all music is composed by Richard Rodgers

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Have You Met Miss Jones?"	3:41
2.	"You Took Advantage of Me"	3:27
3.	"A Ship Without a Sail"	4:07
4.	"To Keep My Love Alive"	3:34
5.	"Dancing on the Ceiling"	4:06
6.	"The Lady Is a Tramp"	3:21
7.	"With a Song in My Heart"	2:44
8.	"Manhattan"	2:48

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Johnny One Note"	2:12
2.	"I Wish I Were in Love Again"	2:36
3.	"Spring Is Here"	3:38
4.	"It Never Entered My Mind"	4:06
5.	"This Can't Be Love"	2:54
6.	"Thou Swell"	2:03
7.	"My Romance"	3:42
8.	"Where or When"	2:46
9.	"Little Girl Blue"	3:53

Side three
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Give It Back to the Indians"	3:10
2.	"Ten Cents a Dance"	4:06
3.	"There's a Small Hotel"	2:48
4.	"I Didn't Know What Time It Was"	3:46
5.	"Ev'rything I've Got"	3:21
6.	"I Could Write a Book"	3:38
7.	"The Blue Room"	2:29
8.	"My Funny Valentine"	3:52

Side four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"	7:01
2.	"Mountain Greenery"	2:13
3.	"Wait Till You See Him"	1:30
4.	"Lover"	3:16
5.	"Isn't It Romantic?"	3:00
6.	"Here in My Arms"	1:52
7.	"Blue Moon"	3:11
8.	"My Heart Stood Still"	3:02
9.	"I've Got Five Dollars"	2:39

Bonus track; Issued on disc two of 2009 the Verve 2CD Reissue, Verve 314-5372582
No.	Title	Length
35.	"Lover" (Alternative mono take)	3:15

In 2012, Verve also released an audiophile downloadable version of the LP in up to 192 kHz/24 bit lossless FLAC quality.

Personnel

Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
Buddy Bregman - Arranger, Conductor.

Liner notes by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, William Simon and Norman Granz.

References

"Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 490. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 245.
"GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". grammy.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 211. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

v t e Ella Fitzgerald
Albums Singles Awards
Studio albums	Ella Sings Gershwin Songs in a Mellow Mood Lullabies of Birdland For Sentimental Reasons Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax Sweet and Hot Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book Ella and Louis Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book Ella and Louis Again Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Like Someone in Love Ella Swings Lightly Porgy and Bess Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book Get Happy! Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas Hello, Love Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Rhythm Is My Business Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Ella Swings Gently with Nelson Ella Sings Broadway Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book Ella and Basie! These Are the Blues Hello, Dolly! Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book Ella at Duke's Place Whisper Not Brighten the Corner Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas 30 by Ella Misty Blue Ella Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) Ella Loves Cole Take Love Easy Fine and Mellow Ella and Oscar Fitzgerald and Pass... Again Lady Time Dream Dancing A Classy Pair Ella Abraça Jobim The Best Is Yet to Come Speak Love Nice Work If You Can Get It Easy Living All That Jazz
Live albums	At the Opera House Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife Ella in Hollywood Ella Returns to Berlin Twelve Nights in Hollywood Ella at Juan-Les-Pins Ella in Hamburg Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur Sunshine of Your Love Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella in Budapest Ella à Nice Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 Ella in London Montreux '75 Montreux '77 Digital III at Montreux A Perfect Match Sophisticated Lady
Other albums	Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues One O'Clock Jump Back on the Block The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books Pure Ella The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 Gold
Tribute albums	Dear Ella To Ella We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song
Filmography	Ride 'Em Cowboy Pete Kelly's Blues St. Louis Blues
Related	Ray Brown (second husband) Ray Brown Jr. (son) Louis Armstrong collaborations A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim Marilyn and Ella (2008 play)
Category

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Cole Porter (1956) Rodgers and Hart (1956) Duke Ellington (1957) Irving Berlin (1958) George and Ira Gershwin (1959) Harold Arlen (1961) Jerome Kern (1963) Johnny Mercer (1964)

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