''For Sentimental Reasons'' is a 1955 studio
album
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by
Ella Fitzgerald, issued on the
Decca Records
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label. The album features tracks recorded during the late 1940s and early 1950s, that had been previously issued on 78rpm single.
Track listing
Side one:
#"
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (William Best, Deek Watson) – 3:13
#"
Guilty" (
Richard A. Whiting,
Harry Akst,
Gus Kahn) – 3:14
#"
It's Too Soon to Know" (Deborah Chessler) – 2:36
#"Baby Doll" (
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Wallichs Music Cit ...
,
Harry Warren) – 3:18
#"
Mixed Emotions" (Stuart F. Louchheim) – 3:18
#"
That Old Feeling" (
Sammy Fain
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,
Lew Brown
Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, espec ...
) – 2:28
Side two:
#"
Confessin'" (
Al Neiburg, Doc Daugherty) – 3:24
#"
A Sunday Kind of Love
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History
The song has become a popular music, pop and jazz standard, recorde ...
" (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes,
Louis Prima
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) – 3:23
#"There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby" (
Adolph Green,
Betty Comden,
Jule Styne
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) – 2:49
#"Walking by the River" (
Una Mae Carlisle,
Robert Sour) – 2:28
#"Because of Rain" (
Nat King Cole
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, William Harrington, Ruth Pole) – 3:12
#"Don't You Think I Ought to Know" (William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen) – 3:08
Personnel
*
Ella Fitzgerald –
vocals
*
The Delta Rhythm Boys – Track 1. (Recorded in 1946)
*
Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra – Track 2. (Recorded in 1947)
*
Sonny Burke and His Orchestra – Track 4. (Recorded in 1951)
*
Sy Oliver and His Orchestra – Tracks 5. (Recorded 1951)
*The Day Dreamers (vocal harmony) – Track 6. (Recorded 1947)
*
Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Track 7. (Recorded in 1944)
*
Leroy Kirkland and His Orchestra – Track 10. (Recorded in 1952)
*
Bob Haggart and His Orchestra – Tracks 8 and 12. (Recorded in 1947)
References
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1955 albums
Ella Fitzgerald albums
Decca Records albums