Ella Fitzgerald, The Best of the Song Books: The Ballads - 1h 4m 28s

Tracks & Durations

1. Oh, Lady Be Good! (G & I Gershwin)	4:04
2. I'm Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern & Johnny Mercer)	3:30
3. Laura (David Raskin & Johnny Mercer)	3:46
4. Day-dream (Duke Ellington)	4:01
5. Easy To Love (Cole Porter)	3:26
6. It Was Written In The Stars (Harold Arlen)	5:11
7. How Long Has This Been Going On? (G & I Gershwin)	3:48
8. Let's Begin (Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach)	3:00
9. Now It Can Be Told (Irving Berlin)	3:12
10. There's A Small Hotel (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)	2:51
11. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (Duke Ellington & Bob Russell)	7:43
12. Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler)	3:53
13. You're Laughing At Me (Irving Berlin)	3:17
14. A Ship Without A Sail (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)	4:10
15. Trav'lin Light (Jimmy Mundy, James Osborne & Johnny Mercer)	3:51
16. This Time The Dream's On Me (Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer)	4:34

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Review

Never as dramatic in her interpretations as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald nonetheless imbued the songs she chose with a personal touch. This disc, one of several recent distillations of her epochal Songbook series, wisely chooses a number of relatively lesser known pieces ("Let's Begin," "You're Laughing at Me") to complement classic readings of "I'm Old Fashioned," "Oh, Lady Be Good!" and "Ill Wind (You're Blowing Me No Good)." Ella's singing tended to shield her pain, but the resigned note she brings to some of these numbers is touching. A good starter disc for those who would investigate her wide-ranging Verve catalog. --Rickey Wright

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The Best of the Song Books: The Ballads

Tracks: 16, Disk length: 1h 4m 29s (+0m 1s)

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