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Ella Loves Cole
''Ella Loves Cole'' is a 1972 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, arranged by Nelson Riddle, of songs written by Cole Porter. This was Fitzgerald's first album of songs dedicated to a single composer since 1964's '' Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book'' (also arranged by Riddle), and her second collection of songs by Porter, her first since 1956's Cole Porter songbook. She later recorded '' Ella Abraça Jobim'', dedicated to Antônio Carlos Jobim. Fitzgerald and Riddle would collaborate again on her 1982 album '' The Best Is Yet to Come''. The album was re-released on Pablo as '' Dream Dancing'' in 1978, with the addition of two new tracks; "Dream Dancing" and "After You". ''Ella Loves Cole'' was remastered again in 2002, with colours added to the cover. Track listing For the 1972 Atlantic LP release; Atlantic SD 1631. Side One: # " I Get a Kick Out of You" – 4:21 # " Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)" – 3:40 # " At Long Last Love" – 2:27 # " I've ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, Intonation (music), intonation, absolute pitch, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Her rendition of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start her solo career. Her manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her career over to Norman Granz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records by Fitzgerald. With Verve, she recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream Dancing (Ella Fitzgerald Album)
''Dream Dancing'' is a 1978 album by Ella Fitzgerald. Thirteen of the tracks on this album were recorded in June 1972 and originally released on Fitzgerald's 1972 Atlantic album ''Ella Loves Cole''. In 1978, Pablo Records repackaged the album with the addition of two new recordings from February 1978. Track listing For the 1978 LP on Pablo Records; Pablo 2310 814; Re-issued by Pablo Records in 1987 on CD; PACD 2310 814-2 All songs written by Cole Porter. Side one # " Dream Dancing" – 4:02 # "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 3:17 # "I Concentrate on You" – 4:06 # "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" – 2:33 # " Love for Sale" – 4:36 # " So Near and Yet So Far" – 2:21 # " Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor)" – 3:40 Side two # " After You, Who?" – 3:14 # " Just One of Those Things" – 3:53 # "I Get a Kick Out of You" – 4:21 # " All of You" – 2:18 # "Anything Goes" – 2:51 # "At Long Last Love" – 2:27 # "C'est Magnifique" – 2:32 # " Without Love" – 2:46 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C'est Magnifique
"C'est Magnifique" ("It's Magnificent") is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical ''Can-Can'', where it was introduced by Lilo and Peter Cookson. The song became a standard. The only version to chart was by Gordon MacRae which reached No. 29 for one week. In the 1960 film of ''Can-Can'', the song was performed by Frank Sinatra and Shirley Maclaine. Other notable versions * Bing Crosby – included in the album '' El Señor Bing'' (1960) * Frank Sinatra – included in ''Can-Can Original Soundtrack'' album (1960) * Kay Starr – for her album ''Movin' on Broadway'' (1960) * Peggy Lee – included in her album ''Latin ala Lee!'' (1960) * Dean Martin – for his album '' French Style'' (1962) * Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anything Goes
''Anything Goes'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy Number 13, "Moonface" Martin, aid Billy in his quest to win Hope. Songs introduced that later became pop and jazz standards are " Anything Goes", " You're the Top", " All Through the Night", and " I Get a Kick Out of You". Since its 1934 debut at the Alvin Theatre (now known as the Neil Simon Theatre) on Broadway, the musical has been revived several times in the United States and Britain. It has been adapted for film three times (in 1936, 1956 and a filmed version of a stage production in 2021), and adapted for television al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Concentrate On You
"I Concentrate on You" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1940 film ''Broadway Melody of 1940'', where it was introduced by Douglas McPhail. Notable recordings *Frank Sinatra - '' Songs by Sinatra Vol. 1'' (1950), ''Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!'' (1961), ''Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim'' (1967) *Fred Astaire - ''The Astaire Story'' (1952) *Perry Como - ''TV Favorites'' (1952), ''Easy Listening'' (1970) Best Sellers in Stores chart and included on ''I Concentrate on You'' (1960) *Ella Fitzgerald - ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook'' (1956), ''Ella Loves Cole'' (1972) *Judy Garland - ''Judy in Love'' (1958) *Stan Kenton - '' Back to Balboa'' (1958) *Mel Tormé - ''Mel Tormé Sings About Love'' (1958), '' A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde'' (1968) *Art Farmer - ''Last Night When We Were Young'' (1958) *Carmen McRae - ''When You're Away'' (1959), ''Recorded Live at Bubba's'' (1981) *Oscar Peterson - '' Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just One Of Those Things (song)
"Just One of Those Things" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1935 musical ''Jubilee''. Porter had written the score for ''Jubilee'' while on an extended sea cruise in the early part of 1935; however, in September 1935, ''Jubilees librettist Moss Hart mentioned that the play's second act required an additional song. Porter had "Just One of Those Things" completed by the following morning. (He had previously used the title for a song intended for but not featured in the 1930 musical ''The New Yorkers''. Apart from the title the two songs are distinct). Porter's original lyric lacked an adjective for the line "a trip to the moon on '' gossamer'' wings": "gossamer" would be suggested by his friend, Ed Tauch. A recording by Richard Himber reached the charts of the day in 1935 and Peggy Lee's stylized arrangement of the song was a No. 14 hit in the ''Billboard'' charts in 1952. Other recordings The song has become a standard of the American Songbook, with many other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love For Sale (song)
"Love for Sale" is a song by Cole Porter introduced by Kathryn Crawford in the musical '' The New Yorkers,'' which opened on Broadway on December 8, 1930, and closed in May 1931 after 168 performances. The song is written from the viewpoint of a prostitute advertising "love for sale". Early versions The song's chorus, like many in the Great American Songbook, is written in the A-A-B-A format. However, instead of 32 bars, it has 64, plus an eight-bar tag. The tag is often dropped when the song is performed. The tune, like many of Porter's, shifts between a major and minor feeling. The A section is in the key of B-flat minor before modulating to B-flat major and back. Background When the song came out in 1930, a newspaper labelled it as "in bad taste";Schwartz, Charles (1979). ''Cole Porter''. Da Capo Press. , pp. 115–116 radio stations avoided broadcasting it. Because of the complaints, Porter shifted the setting of the song in the musical to the Cotton Club in Harlem, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" is a song written by Cole Porter for the musical '' Leave It to Me!'' which premiered on November 9, 1938. It was originally performed by Mary Martin, who played Dolly Winslow, the young "protégée" of a rich newspaper publisher, her sugar daddy. In the musical, Dolly wears a fur coat while stranded at a Siberian railway station and surrounded by eager men. She performs a striptease and sings to them about how since she has her "daddy", she may still flirt with other men but won't "follow through". Later versions Martin sang it again in the 1940 movie '' Love Thy Neighbor''. Again she wears a fur coat, but the setting is a show within a show and the act is more conventional as she wears an evening gown beneath the fur. The words to the introduction are altered, the innuendoes being toned down. Her best-known movie performance is in the 1946 Cole Porter biopic '' Night and Day'' in which she plays herself. The film recreates Martin's audition then seg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silk Stockings
''Silk Stockings'' is a musical with a book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, and Abe Burrows and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The musical is loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel story ''Ninotchka'' and the 1939 film adaptation it inspired. It ran on Broadway in 1955. This was the last musical that Porter wrote for the stage. Production history Background During the "severely troubled tryout" George S. Kaufman and his wife Leueen MacGrath were replaced by Abe Burrows. (According to Cecil Michener Smith and Glenn Litton, Kaufman became angry and quit.Michener Smith, Cecil and Litton, Glenn."Chapter:The Book Musical Refined"''Musical Comedy in America'', Psychology Press, 1981, , p. 220) Burrows re-wrote most of the book. The producer Cy Feuer took over the direction from Kaufman. The three leads had not performed in a Broadway musical comedy: Hildegard Knef was a German film and stage actress, Don Ameche never had sung on stage, and Gretchen Wyler was making her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Of You (Cole Porter Song)
"All of You" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1954. It was introduced by Don Ameche in the Broadway musical ''Silk Stockings'' and featured in the film version as well, when it was sung by Fred Astaire. Notable recordings * Ahmad Jamal – for the album '' Ahmad Jamal Plays'' (1955) *Modern Jazz Quartet - on the 1955 album ''Concorde''. * Ella Fitzgerald - on her album ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book'' (1956) * Mel Tormé - for his album ''Musical Sounds Are the Best Songs'' (1956). * Sammy Davis Jr. - Decca 9-29402 (1955) * Miles Davis - on '''Round About Midnight'' (1957) and '' My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert'' (1964). * Sarah Vaughan - for the album '' After Hours at the London House'' (1959) * Annie Ross – for her album '' Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan!'' (1959) * Nancy Wilson - for her album '' Like in Love'' (1960) * Bill Evans – featured the song on his live album '' Sunday at the Village Vanguard'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Near And Yet So Far
"So Near and yet So Far" is a song written by Cole Porter, for the 1941 film ''You'll Never Get Rich'', where it was introduced by Fred Astaire, and accompanied a dance with Astaire and Rita Hayworth, choreographed by Robert Alton. Astaire and Hayworth's performance was significant as the only occasion where Astaire's female dancing partner led the choreography of the dance. Porter's biographer, William McBrien described the song as "beautiful and highly successful". Priscilla Peña Ovalle in her book ''Dance and the Hollywood Latina'' describes the song as a "latune", a "tune with a Latin beat and an English-language lyric" that was a "U.S. consumer-friendly approximation" of an Afro-Cuban rumba. Theorist Gustavo Perez Firmat discussed "So Near and yet So Far" in his book ''The Havana Habit'' and described it as "the most elegant rumba ever captured on film". Notable recordings *Eugenie Baird with Tony Pastor (1941 - Bluebird B-11267) *Bobby Short – ''Bobby Short Loves Cole Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Got You Under My Skin
"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by American composer Cole Porter in 1936. It was introduced that year in the Eleanor Powell musical film ''Born to Dance'' in which it was performed by Virginia Bruce. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year but lost out to "The Way You Look Tonight". Popular recordings in 1936 were by Ray Noble and his Orchestra (vocal by Al Bowlly) and by Hal Kemp and his Orchestra (vocal by Skinnay Ennis). The song has subsequently been recorded by hundreds of artists. It became a signature song for Frank Sinatra, and, in 1966, became a top-10 hit for The Four Seasons. Swedish singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry had a European hit with her reworking of the song for the 1990 ''Red Hot + Blue'' charity album. Charts Weekly charts Louis Prima and Keely Smith The Four Seasons Year-end charts The Four Seasons Versions by Frank Sinatra Sinatra first sang the song in 1946 on his weekly radio show, as the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
