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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1958
Recorded	March 13 - March 191958
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:48
Label	Verve Records
Producer(s)	Norman Granz
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) album by the American Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin.

This album is an important part of her 'Songbook' project, in which she recorded albums that featured the talents of America's greatest songwriters, who wrote the Great American Songbook.

This album was the fourth in her Songbook project, following earlier efforts concentrating on;

• Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook) (1956)
• Rodgers and Hart (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook) (1956)
• Duke Ellington (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook) (1957)

Four later albums would focus on;

• George and Ira Gershwin (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook) (1959)
• Harold Arlen (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook) (1961)
• Jerome Kern (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook) (1963)

and

• Johnny Mercer (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook) (1964).

Ella's voice is on fine form throughout, with her recording of 'Blue Skies' providing a magnificent backdrop for her scat singing.

Ella's performance on this album won her the 1959 Grammy Awards for Best Vocal Performance, Female and Best Jazz Performance, Individual.

[edit] Track listing for the 2000 Verve CD Reissue 830533-2

1. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" – 2:57
2. "You're Laughing at Me" – 3:18
3. "Let Yourself Go" – 2:20
4. "You Can Have Him" – 3:47
5. "Russian Lullaby" – 1:55
6. "Puttin' on the Ritz" – 2:18
7. "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" – 3:49
8. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" – 2:43
9. "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" – 2:36
10. "How About Me?" – 3:17
11. "Cheek to Cheek" – 3:48
12. "I Used to Be Color Blind" – 2:34
13. "Lazy" – 2:40
14. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" – 3:11
15. "All by Myself" – 2:29
16. "Remember" – 3:26

Disc Two

1. "Supper Time" – 3:19
2. "How's Chances?" – 2:48
3. "Heat Wave" – 2:25
4. "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" – 3:29
5. "You Keep Coming Back Like A Song" – 3:35
6. "Reaching for the Moon" – 2:18
7. "Slumming on Park Avenue" – 2:24
8. "The Song Is Ended" (lyrics by Beda Loehner) – 2:30
9. "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" – 3:01
10. "Now It Can Be Told" – 3:12
11. "Always" – 3:09
12. "It's a Lovely Day Today" – 2:28
13. "Change Partners" – 3:18
14. "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) " – 3:03
15. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" – 3:00
16. "Blue Skies" – 3:43

All music and lyrics composed by Irving Berlin.

[edit] Personnel

Recorded March 13 - 19, 1958, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

• Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
• Paul Weston - Arranger, Conductor.