Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
Album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1963
Recorded	January 5,6,7, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:00
Label	Verve Records
Producer(s)	Norman Granz
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Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella Sings Broadway (1963)	Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963)	Ella and Basie! (1963)

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook is a 1963 (see 1963 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with an Orchestra conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle. Ella had previously recorded with Riddle on her epic George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), and had recorded two albums of standards with him in 1962. Image File history File links SingstheJeromeKernSongbook. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Jazz), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Art presented by President Reagan and the Presidential Medal... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Genres of Cuban music and other popular music A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Verve Records was an American Jazz record label, founded by Norman Granz in 1956, which absorbed the catalogues of his earlier labels: Norgran Records and Clef Records (founded 1953). ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Norman Granz (Los Angeles, USA, August 6, 1918 - Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2001), was an American jazz music impresario and producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Jazz), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Art presented by President Reagan and the Presidential Medal... Ella Sings Broadway is a 1963 (see 1963 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with an orchestra arranged and conducted by the American bandleader Marty Paich. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ella and Basie! is a 1963 (see 1963 in music) album by the American Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, with arrangements by a youthful Quincy Jones. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1962 in music, other events of 1963, 1964 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 1 - The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, Love Me Do. January 4 - At Cortina d... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Jazz), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Art presented by President Reagan and the Presidential Medal... Nelson Riddle and Frank Sinatra, 1956 Nelson Smock Riddle (June 1, 1921 - October 6, 1985) was a well-known American bandleader, arranger and orchestrator whose career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1980s. ... Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, the first time that Ella and Riddle had worked together. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

'Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook' is the seventh album in Ella's series of historic recordings of songs written by the great Broadway composers. The previous albums were dedicated to songs by;

• Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook) (1956)
• Rodgers and Hart (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook) (1956)
• Duke Ellington (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook) (1957)
• Irving Berlin (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook) (1958)
• George and Ira Gershwin (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook) (1959)
• Harold Arlen (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook) (1961)

The last songbook, dedicated to Johnny Mercer (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook) was to be released in 1964. Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. ... Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook is a 1956 (see 1956 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with an orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rodgers and Hart was the songwriting team consisting of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook is a 1957 album by the American Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Duke Ellington orchestra, focusing on Ellingtons songs. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989), born Israel Isidore Baline, in Tyumen, Russia (or possibly Mogilev, Belarus), was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. ... Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook is a 1958 album by the American Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George and Ira Gershwin were brothers George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin who became famous as songwriters. ... Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, the first time that Ella and Riddle had worked together. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harold Arlen, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1960 Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 - April 23, 1986) was a Jewish-American composer of popular music. ... Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with an Orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johnny Mercer John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 - June 25, 1976) was a lyricist and composer. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

In contrast to the Johnny Mercer Songbook, (the only Songbook dedicated to a lyricist), this is the only Songbook where the composer does not contribute any of the lyrics. Awarded four and a half stars by Downbeat Magazine in 1963, this album contains a fine selection of Jazz standards, with All the Things You Are, (named by Tony Bennett as his favourite song), a whistful Oscar winning The Way You Look Tonight, which contrasts beautifully with Sinatra's more famous swinging version from his 1964 album Sinatra Sings...Academy Award Winners, and A Fine Romance from Astaire and Roger's Swing Time. The downbeat is the first beat of a measure in music. ... Tony Bennett, 2000 Tony Bennett (born August 3, 1926) is an American popular music, standards, and jazz singer who is widely considered to be one of the best interpretive singers in these genres. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered by many to have been the finest male popular song vocalist of all time. ... Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River and Other Academy Award Winners (or simply Academy Award Winners) is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1964. ... This article is about the film. ...

Track Listing

1. “Lets Begin” (Otto Harbach) 2:56
2. “A Fine Romance” (Dorothy Fields) 3:36
3. “All the Things You Are” (Oscar Hammerstein II) 3:15
4. “I'll Be Hard to Handle” (Bernard Dougall) 3:47
5. “You Couldn't Be Cuter” (Dorothy Fields) 3:13
6. “She Didn't Say Yes” (Otto Harbach) 3:20
7. “I'm Old Fashioned” (Johnny Mercer) 3:27
8. “Remind Me” (Dorothy Fields) 3:50
9. “The Way You Look Tonight” (Dorothy Fields) 4:28
10. “Yesterdays” (Otto Harbach) 2:51
11. “Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man” (Oscar Hammerstein II) 3:54
12. “Why Was I Born?” (Oscar Hammerstein II) 3:44

All music written by Jerome Kern with lyricists as indicated. Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1905 - March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist who wrote well over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. ... (For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein) Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ... Johnny Mercer John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 - June 25, 1976) was a lyricist and composer. ... Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American popular composer. ...

Personnel

Recorded January 5,6,7 1963 at Radio Recorders Studio 10H, Los Angeles: 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

Tracks 1,3,5,6 and 8

• Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
• Don Fagerquist - Trumpet
• Caroll Lewis
• George Seaberg
• Shorty Sherock
• Dick Nash - Trombone
• Tommy Pederson
• Tommy Shepard
• George Roberts
• Plas Johnson - Tenor Saxophone
• Harry Klee - Woodwind
• Joe Koch
• Wilber Schwartz
• Champ Webb
• Victor Arno - Violin
• Israel Baker
• Victor Bay
• Alex Beller
• Dan Lube
• Erno Neufeld
• Lou Raderman
• Nathan Ross
• Sidney Sharp
• Gerald Vinci
• Alex Neimann - Viola
• Paul Robyn
• Barbara Simons
• Armand Kaproff - Cello
• Ray Kramer
• Eleanor Slatkin
• Paul Smith - Piano
• Robert Bain - Guitar
• Joe Comfort - Double Bass
• Frank Flynn - Drums
• Alvin Stoller
• Nelson Riddle - Arranger, Conductor

On Tracks 2,4, and 7: Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Jazz), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Art presented by President Reagan and the Presidential Medal... The trumpet is the highest stringed instrument in register, above the horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba. ... A lip-reed aerophone with a predominantly cylindrical bore, the trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch is varied by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. ... The pitches of open strings on a violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which... The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass) and double bass. ... A cello The cello (often formally referred to as the violoncello) is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... A grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a convenient aid to composing and rehearsal. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Nelson Riddle and Frank Sinatra, 1956 Nelson Smock Riddle (June 1, 1921 - October 6, 1985) was a well-known American bandleader, arranger and orchestrator whose career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1980s. ...

Personnel Same as Tracks 1,3,5,6, and 8 except Felix Slatkin and Marshall Sosson Violin replace Don Lube and Sidney Sharp; Edgar Lustgarten Cello replaces Ray Kramer; and add Ann Stockton on Harp. The pitches of open strings on a violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which... A cello The cello (often formally referred to as the violoncello) is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... The harp is a chordophone which has its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ...