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5 unusual facts about Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook


Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) five album set by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, focusing on the songs of George and Ira Gershwin.

The album cover is an original portrait of Fitzgerald by the French artist Bernard Buffet, starting a tradition of using contemporary artists for Fitzgerald's albums, the artwork of Henri Matisse gracing the cover of her Harold Arlen Songbook (1961).

Oh, Lady Be Good!

1959 - from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook

For her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), it was sung as a ballad, arranged by Nelson Riddle.

Somebody Loves Me

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) and her Verve/Polygram release: "Jazz at the Philharmonic, the Ella Fitzgerald Sets".



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