Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book is a 1956 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
In 1999, this album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame – a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance".
In 2000, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book was voted number 642 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.
Track listing
For the 1956 Verve 2-LP album, Verve MG V-4002-2In 2012, Verve also released an audiophile downloadable version of the LP in up to 192 kHz/24 bit lossless FLAC quality.
Personnel
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Buddy Bregman - Arranger, Conductor.