It showcases her peerless talents

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

• All My Life
• My Melancholy Baby
• Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
• Mr. Paganini If You Can't Sing It (You'll Have To Swing It)
• Goodnight My Love
• Dedicated To You
• Big Boy Blue
• If You Should Ever Leave
• All Over Nothing At All
• Rock It For Me
• I Got A Guy
• A-Tisket, A Tasket
• Wacky Dust
• Macpherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing)
• F.D.R Jones
• I Found My Yellow Basket
• My Heart Belongs To Daddy
• T'ain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)
• Undecided 
• Chew, Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum)
• Little White Lies
• I Want The Waiter (With The Water)
• My Wubba Dolly 
• The Starlit Hour

• Sing Song Swing
• Imagination
• Sugar Blues
• Shake Down The Stars
• Five O'Clock Whistle 
• Louisville KY
• Hello Ma! I Done It Again
• The Muffin Man
• My Heart And I Decided 
• Cow-Cow Boogie
• When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
• Once Too Often 
• I'm Making Believe
• Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
• And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
• I'm Beginning To See The Light
• It's Only A Paper Moon
• You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
• The Frim Fram Sauce
• Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Coming)
• Petootie Pie
• I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
• Guilty
• That's My Desire

• My Happiness
• Tea Leaves
• It's Too Soon To Know
• Baby It's Cold Outside
• I Hadn't Anyone Till You
• I'll Never Be Free
• T'ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
• Can Anyone Explain (No, No, No)
• Dream A Little Dream Of Me
• Smooth Sailing
• Goody Goody
• Trying
• Walkin' By The River
• Crying In The Chapel
• Melancholy Me
• I Need
• Lullaby Of Birdland
• Lover Come Back To Me
• Beautiful Friendship
• Swingin' Shepherd Blues
• But Not For Me
• Mack The Knife
• How High The Moon
• Mr Paganini (You've Got To Swing It)
• Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune)

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 210 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/11/25

UPC: 824046916428