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. Ella had previously recorded with Paich and his more familar Dek-tette on the 1957 album Ella Swings Lightly, and was to record with him again on her 1967 album Whisper Not. Shortly before the sessions for Ella Sings Broadway , Ella had recorded two singles with Marty Paich, the Antonio Carlos Jobim song 'Desafinado' and a Bossa Nova version of the jazz standard 'Stardust'. An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Ella Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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 is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, 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 catalogs of his earlier Norgran Records and Clef (founded 1953) labels. ... In the music industry, a record producer is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Norman Granz (Los Angeles, USA, August 6, 1918 - Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2001), was an American jazz music impresario and producer. ... Ella Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 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 is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Ella Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Whisper Not is a 1967 (see 1967 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Marty Paich Orchestra. ... Antonio Carlos Jobim (born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro - December 8, 1994 in New York City), also called Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, pianist and one of the greatest legends of bossa nova. ... Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music invented in the late 1950s by a group of middle-class students and musicians living in the Copacabana and Ipanema beachside districts of Rio de Janeiro. ...

This album is a fascinating musical departure for Ella in many senses. As the author David Hajdu comments in his liner notes for the 2001 reissue of Ella Sings Broadway , virtually every important singer of standards had recorded an album of musical-theatre songs, Sinatra with My Kind of Broadway and The Concert Sinatra (an album often mistaken for a live recording), Sarah Vaughan with Great Songs From Hit Shows and Doris Day with Show Time . 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frank Sinatra in 1947 Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. ... Sarah Vaughan (March 27, 1924 - April 3, 1990) is considered by some to be one of the greatest female jazz singers in the history of the genre, along with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. ... Doris Day Doris Day (born April 3, 1924) is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. ...

These singers, espcially Sinatra and Fitzgerald, had aquired a reputation of being consumate performers of the Great American Songbook, a songbook which by and large had been written before the outbreak of the Second World War, and which had been aped in it's popularity with youth by Rock and Roll the time of the Vietnam War. With many Gershwin, Porter and Berlin standards having been written in the 1920's (see 1920s in music) and 1930's (see 1930s in music) , whilst Sinatra and Fitzgerald were growing up. The Great American Songbook is an informal term referring to a period of American popular music songwriting that took place between the 1930s and 1950s, that is considered by many to be the peak of the popular songwriting craft. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War (Vietnamese: known as the American War Chiến Tranh Chống Mỹ Cứu NÆ°á»›c, literally the War Against the Americans to Save the Nation) was a war between the governments of North and South Vietnam and their domestic and foreign political... George and Ira Gershwin were brothers George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin who became famous as songwriters. ... Cole Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. ... Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working television system. ... (Redirected from 1920s in music) 1920 in music International trends Highlife music develops in western Africa, especially in coastal Ghana Performers like Carlos Gardel begin to popularize the tango in France, Spain and Latin America Xavier Cugat popularizes several forms of Afro-Cuban dances in the United States and Europe... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to... (Redirected from 1930s in music) 1930 in music Music of the Bahamas A sponge disease decimates the sponge fishing industry in the Bahamas, beginning the decline of antems, a type of work song Music of Cuba The rumbas popularity begins to spread in Cuba and abroad, while Arsenio...

On Ella Sings Broadway , Ella connects with the Broadway songs of the previous decade and a half, vastly different in musical terms to the Great American Songbook standards from 40 years previously. This article is about the street in New York City. ... The Great American Songbook is an informal term referring to a period of American popular music songwriting that took place between the 1930s and 1950s, that is considered by many to be the peak of the popular songwriting craft. ...

The seven songs are from twelve musicals, being;

• “ Warm All Over ” and "Somebody Somewhere" from Frank Loesser's Most Happy Fella (1956)
• “ If I Were a Bell ” and “ Guys and Dolls ” from Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls (1950)
• “ Almost Like Being in Love ” from Lerner and Lowe's Brigadoon (1947)
• “ I Could Have Danced All Night ” and "Show Me" from Lerner and Lowe's My Fair Lady (1956)
• "No Other Love" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Me and Juliet (1953)
• "Dites-Moi" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (1949)
• “ Hernando's Hideaway ” and "Steam Heat" from Adler and Ross's Pajama Game (1954)
• “ Whatever Lola Wants ” from Adler and Ross's Damm Yankees (1955)

Awarded 4 stars by Down Beat jazz magazine in 1963, the review commented that it was "A perfect complement to Fitzgerald's classic series of 'Song Book' albums". Guys And Dolls is a successful 1950 musical. ... Brigadoon is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, first produced in 1947. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... South Pacific is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, which opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949. ... Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to jazz. ...

Track Listing

Original Lp issue - Ella Sings Broadway Verve V6-4059 2001 Cd re-issue - Ella Sings Broadway Verve 549 373-2

1. “Hernando's Hideaway” Richard Adler, Jerry Ross 3:17
2. “If I Were a Bell” Frank Loesser 2:22
3. “Warm All Over” Frank Loesser 2:46
4. “Almost Like Being in Love” Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe 3:02
5. "Dites-Moi" Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 2:30
6. “I Could Have Danced All Night” Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe 2:22
7. “Show Me” Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe 2:22
8. “No Other Love” Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II 2:20
9. “Steam Heat” Richard Adler, Jerry Ross 3:27
10. “Whatever Lola Wants” Richard Adler, Jerry Ross 3:13
11. “Guys and Dolls” Frank Loesser 2:21
12. “Somebody Somewhere” Frank Loesser 3:12

Richard Adler was born on 23rd August 1923 in New York, NY, USA. He is a lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. ... Jerry Ross may refer to: Musician Jerry Ross Astronaut Jerry L. Ross This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Frank Loesser (June 29, 1910, New York City - July 26, 1969, New York City) was a composer and lyricist. ... Alan Jay Lerner (born August 31, 1918 in New York City, United States ? died there on June 14, 1986) was a Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Frederic Loewe, an Austrian-American composer (June 10, 1901 - February 14, 1988) worked with lyricist Alan J. Lerner in musical theater. ... (For work done with Oscar Hammerstein II, see Rodgers and Hammerstein) Richard Rodgers (June 18, 1902 - December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He received countless awards including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars... (For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein) Oscar Hammerstein II ( July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer and producer of musical comedies for almost forty years. ...

Personnel

Recorded October 1,2,3,4 1962 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles: 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

• Val Valentin - Engineer

Tracks 1-12

• Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
• Marty Paich - Arranger, Conductor.

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