Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook

by Ella Fitzgerald

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/1997
Label:	Imports
UPC:	0731453725829
catalogNumber:	1124576
Rank:	24147

Related Subjects

• American Popular Songs
• Standards
• Traditional Pop
• Vocal Jazz