Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

Primary Artist
Ella Fitzgerald
Album Title
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
Release Date
February, 1956 
Time
902:45 
Review by Lindsay Planer
This admittedly pricey -- but by all means mandatory -- Grammy Award-winning box set is the final word on the "songbooks" recorded by Ella Fitzgerald between 1956 and 1964. In order of their initial release, contained within are Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (1956), Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956), Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (1957), Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (1958), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959), Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book (1961), Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book (1963), and finally, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Song Book (1964). Read More