Ella Fitzgerald - First Lady of Song - the Complete Sessions - CD - New

2-CD SETAfter Ella Fitzgerald disbanded her own orchestra (the former Chick Webb band in 1941, she was free to record for Decca in a variety of musical contexts. This 2-CD set presents the complete contents of the original album "The First Lady of Song" (Decca DL-8695), along with all other tracks from the same sessions and several further rarely heard dates from the same period. All of the tracks showcase Ella as the main singer backed by various orchestras and instrumental groups. [Her Decca studio duets with other vocalists of vocal groups can be found on the companion 2-CD set "Ella & Her Fellas", EJC55732, and further orchestra tracks would follow in the incoming double set Lullabies of Birdland]Among the many highlights here are Ella’s original versions of such hits as “Mr. Paganini,” “My One and Only Love,” “The Tender Trap,” “I’ve Got the World on a String,” and “Angel Eyes,” among many others. A 1947 live vocal duet with drummer (and also singer) Buddy Rich, taken from a radio broadcast and first issued on a V-disc, closes this extraordinary collection.ELLA FITZGERALD,vocals on all tracks, plus:Orchestras conducted by Sy Oliver, Toots Camarata, John Scott Trotter,Leroy Kirkland & Jerry Gray, among others.Recorded in New York between 1947 & 1955.INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLETCD 1: Total Time: 78:50 Min.01 MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE02 THE IMPATIENT YEARS03 BUT NOT LIKE MINE04 THE TENDER TRAP05 SOLID AS A ROCK06 I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING07 SUGAR FOOT RAG08 PEAS AND RICE09 AN EMPTY BALLROOM10 IF YOU DON’T, I KNOW WHO WILL11 MELANCHOLY ME12 SOMEBODY BAD STOLE THE WEDDING BELL13 YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME14 I CRIED AND CRIED AND CRIED15 ROBBINS’ NEST16 TRYING17 THE GREATEST THERE IS18 MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN19 ELLA’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE BLUES20 SOLDIER BOY21 A SATISFIED MIND22 CARELESS23 BLUE LOU24 I WONDER WHAT KIND OF A GUY YOU’D BE25 I DON’T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE26 THERE NEVER WAS A BABY (LIKE MY BABY)27 GIVE A LITTLE, GET A LITTLECD 2 Total Time: 78:34 Min.01 HE’S MY GUY02 MOANIN’ LOW03 TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE04 A GUY IS A GUY05 NOWHERE GUY06 GEE, BUT I’M GLAD TO KNOW YOU LOVE ME07 GOODY GOODY08 ANGEL EYES09 DING-DONG BOOGIE10 MR. PAGANINI Parts 1 & 211 EARLY AUTUMN12 PREVIEW13 MY FAVORITE SONG14 WALKING BY THE RIVER15 I CAN’T LIE TO MYSELF16 DON’T WAKE ME UP17 THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO18 TWO LITTLE MEN IN THE FLYING SAUCER19 BECAUSE OF RAIN20 THE HOT CANARY21 EVEN AS YOU AN I22 DO YOU REALLY LOVE ME?23 LOVE YOU MADLY24 COME ON-A-MY HOUSE25 BUD-ELLA (BLUES SKIES) [vocal duet with Buddy Rich]