Ella Fitzgerald – All The Hits And More 1936-62

Ella Fitzgerald was one of the great singers of the 20th century, a song stylist who could range readily across worlds of jazz, swing, big band, R&B and sophisticated pop, and who set the standards for many artists who followed, as she became a major album seller in the later decades of her career. 

However, she also had a significant number of hits in the pop and R&B market, and in the quarter century from 1936 through to the early 1960s she had over 60 entries in the various US and UK charts, included duets with other artists. 

This 73-track 3-CD collection comprises all her hits from this era, including her No. 1s with “A-Tisket, A Tasket”, “I’m Making Believe”, and “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall”, plus selected other titles from her releases on the Decca and Verve labels during this time.

It features hits with Chick Webb & His Orchestra, the Benny Goodman Orchestra and her own Savoy Eight and Famous Orchestra, and includes her duet hits with the Mills Brothers, Ink Spots, Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan and Delta Rhythm Boys. It also includes recordings with Duke Ellington, Leroy Kirkland, Gordon Jenkins and other top bands of the day. 

It showcases her peerless talents as she performs hits across the pop spectrum, reflecting the changing tastes of the era, and it makes for hugely entertaining listening.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Teddy Wilson & His Orch.: 1. All My Life -   2. My Melancholy Baby -   Chick Webb & His Orch.: 3. Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) -   4. Mr. Paganini If You Can't Sing It (You'll Have To Swing It) -   Benny Goodman Orch.: 5. Goodnight My Love -   Ella Fitzgerald & The Mills Brothers: 6. Dedicated To You -   7. Big Boy Blue -   Ella Fitzgerald & Her Savoy Eight: 8. If You Should Ever Leave -   9. All Over Nothing At All -   Chick Webb & His Orch.: 10. Rock It For Me -   11. I Got A Guy -   12. A-Tisket, A Tasket -   13. Wacky Dust -   14. Macpherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing) -   15. F.D.R Jones Chick -   16. I Found My Yellow Basket -   17. My Heart Belongs To Daddy -   18. T'ain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It) -   Ella Fitzgerald & The Keys: 19. Undecided -   Chick Webb & His Orch.: 20. Chew, Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum) -   21. Little White Lies -   Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orch.: 22. I Want The Waiter (With The Water) -   23. My Wubba Dolly -   24. The Starlit Hour -  

CD2:
Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orch.: 1. Sing Song Swing -   2. Imagination -   3. Sugar Blues -   4. Shake Down The Stars -   5. Five O'clock Whistle -   6. Louisville Ky -   7. Hello Ma! I Done It Again -   8. The Muffin Man -   Ella Fitzgerald And The Keys: 9. My Heart And I Decided -   Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots: 10. Cow-Cow Boogie -   Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orch.: 11. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street -   Ella Fitzgerald: 12. Once Too Often -   Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots: 13. I'm Making Believe -   14. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall -   Ella Fitzgerald & Johnny Long & His Orch.With The Song Spinners: 15. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine -   Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots: 16. I'm Beginning To See The Light -   Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys: 17. It's Only A Paper Moon -   Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: 18. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) -   19. The Frim Fram Sauce -   Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan: 20. Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Coming) -   21. Petootie Pie -   Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys: 22. I Love You For Sentimental Reasons -   Ella Fitzgerald: 23. Guilty -   Ella Fitzgerald With Andy Love Quintet: 24. That's My Desire -

CD3:
Ella Fitzgerald With The Song Spinners: 1. My Happiness -   2. Tea Leaves -   Ella Fitzgerald With Male Quartet: 3. It's Too Soon To Know -   Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan -   4. Baby It's Cold Outside -   Ella Fitzgerald: 5. I Hadn't Anyone Till You -   Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan: 6. I'll Never Be Free -   7. T'ain't Nobody's Business But My Own -   Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: 8. Can Anyone Explain (No, No, No) -   9. Dream A Little Dream Of Me -   Ella Fitzgerald: 10. Smooth Sailing -   11. Goody Goody - 12. Trying -   13. Walkin' By The River -   14. Crying In The Chapel -   15. Melancholy Me -   16. I Need -   17. Lullaby Of Birdland -   18. Lover Come Back To Me -   19. Beautiful Friendship -   20. Swingin' Shepherd Blues -   21. But Not For Me -   22. Mack The Knife -   23. How High The Moon -   24. Mr Paganini (You've Got To Swing It) -   25. Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune) -