Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book - Part 1

Album #6 - May 1956

Episode date - March 1, 2023

The Top 500 of The Top 40
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    Few people delved deeper into the new long player format than Ella. Unsatisfied with a mere forty-five minutes per disk, she compiled her song book series with no consideration for time limitations.

    The “Cole Porter Song Book” was a double album, released at a time when even a single album still felt like a novelty, and it contained just under a full two hours of gloriously definitive recordings. This album marked the start of Ella’s tenure on the newly formed Verve Records, and the label seemed willing to grant her every wish. Label head Norman Granz was a visionary who recognized that jazz could easily become a mainstream style, if handled properly, and the combination of Ella’s voice with Porter’s material represented a perfect storm of sorts.

    Arrangements remained more or less true to the songwriter’s intentions, providing up-to-date, pristine versions of classic material from one of America’s all-time best songwriters. The elegance of this collection elevated Ella to the same commercial plateau as Frank Sinatra, while providing a service to the rest of us by ensuring that the music of Cole Porter remained alive and well.

    Featured Tracks:

    All Through the Night

    Anything Goes

    Miss Otis Regrets

    Too Darn Hot

    In The Still of the Night

    I Get a Kick Out of You

    Do I Love You?

    Always True to You in My Fashion

    Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)

    Just One Of Those Things

    Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

    All of You

    Begin the Beguine

    Get Out of Town

    I Am in Love

    From This Moment On

    May 1956 - Billboard Charted #15

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