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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book
| Recorded | Feb 1956 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 1 credited player |
| Discogs | master 249904 |
The record
Buoyed by lush orchestral charts, this early entry in Fitzgerald's Songbook run treats Rodgers and Hart's melodies and wordplay with the affection they deserve. A cornerstone of the Verve series that reframed the American songbook as serious repertoire.
Session personnel
- Ella Fitzgerald — solo vocal
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 28 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Verve Records · MGV-4002-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold, Orange/Yellow Labels, Rockaway Pressing earliest on file · deep groove; gatefold |
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| — | Verve Records · MGV-4002-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · deep groove; gatefold |
| 1956 | Artone · MGV-4002-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EPV-5035 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EP V-5027 — Vinyl, 7", EP, 45 RPM |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EPV-5029 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EPV-5030 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EPV-5034 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EPV-5035 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Black Label |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EPV 5027 — Vinyl, 7", EP, 45 RPM |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EPV 5034 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1957 | Verve Records · EPV 5030 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1960 | His Master's Voice · 7EG 8594 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1960 | Verve Records · MGV-4002-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Indianapolis Pressing |