ELLA FITZGERALD - Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book (1957-1993) 2CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The second of Ella Fitzgerald's famed Songbook series features her singing 34 of the best songs co-written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The arrangements by Buddy Bregman for the string orchestra and big band only border on jazz but she manages to swing the medium-tempo numbers and give sensitivity to the ballads. With such songs as "You Took Advantage of Me," "The Lady Is a Tramp," "It Never Entered My Mind," "Where or When," "My Funny Valentine," and "Blue Moon," it is not too surprising that these recordings (originally released on a two-LP set) were so popular.  by Scott Yanow
Tracklist
1-1 Have You Met Miss Jones? 3:41
1-2 You Took Advantage Of Me 3:27
1-3 A Ship Without A Sail 4:07
1-4 To Keep My Love Alive 3:34
1-5 Dancing On The Ceiling 4:06
1-6 The Lady Is A Tramp 3:21
1-7 With A Song In My Heart 2:44
1-8 Manhattan 2:48
1-9 Johnny One Note 2:12
1-10 I Wish I Were In Love Again 2:36
1-11 Spring Is Here 3:38
1-12 It Never Entered My Mind 4:06
1-13 This Can't Be Love 2:54
1-14 Thou Swell 2:03
1-15 My Romance 3:42
1-16 Where Or When 2:46
1-17 Little Girl Blue 3:53
2-1 Give It Back To The Indians 3:10
2-2 Ten Cents A Dance 4:06
2-3 There's A Small Hotel 2:48
2-4 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3:46
2-5 Everything I've Got 3:21
2-6 I Could Write A Book 3:38
2-7 Blue Room 2:29
2-8 My Funny Valentine 3:52
2-9 Bewitched 7:01
2-10 Mountain Greenery 2:13
2-11 Wait Till You See Her 1:30
2-12 Lover - Stereo Take 3:16
2-13 Isn't It Romantic? 3:00
2-14 Here In My Arms 1:52
2-15 Blue Moon 3:11
2-16 My Heart Stood Still 3:02
2-17 I've Got Five Dollars 2:39
2-18 Lover - Monaural Take 3:15
Credits
Liner Notes – William Simon, Norman Granz, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Liner Notes [Notes Edited By] – Peter Pullman
Lyrics By – Lorenz Milton Hart
Music By – Richard Charles Rodgers
Orchestra – Buddy Bregman's Orchestra
Producer [Original Recordings] – Norman Granz
Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald
Notes
Recorded from August 21 to 31, 1956 at Capitol Records Studio, Hollywood.
Verve Master Edition