We got 2nd place, I think.īrad: Ha! Please post it on YouTube and include a link.īrad: I’m partial to the Kirsty MacColl and the Pogues version from Red Hot + Blue. Miss Otis Regrets being one. When I was in 12th grade 5 of us entered the talent show and did the Bette version of that song. A few of these song I exclusively associate with Bette Midler. Jason: I agree that’s not my favorite arrangement. Something about the arrangement of the music bugs me on her version. The only Ella version I don’t particularly care for is ‘In the Still of the Night’. In fact, I pretty much like all of this album. Of the versions on here I like “I Get a Kick out of You”, “ You’re the Top” and “I Love Paris” which I sing quite a bit to myself.īrad: Those three are all nice choices. Six of the songs on this album are in that version. You know I am partial to the musical Anything Goes BUT I prefer the off-Broadway 1962 version with Hal Linden and Eileen Rodgers – especially “ All Through the Night“. Do you think that in 20 years songs like “Purple Rain”, “Like a Virgin” and “Nothing but a G Thang” will be considered standards?īrad: ‘Purple Rain’ for sure! What are your favorite Cole Porter songs? Jason: A “standard” is a song that is so established in popularity that it is considered part of the “standard repertoire” of its genre and often serves as the basis for musical improvisation going forward. Jason: Is there a favorite standard of yours on here?īrad: I’m not sure what the definition of ‘standard’ is but my favorite Cole Porter songs are “From This Moment On” and “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”. I was inspired by the excellent AIDS benefit compilation “Red Hot + Blue”. I went through a “Cole Porter Phase” when I was in high school. Because these are standards I knew most of the songs, albeit different versions.īrad: Same here. Not in a bad way just that I rarely had the time so listen to it in one sitting.īrad: Yeah, it is 1 hour and 49 minutes long! But not as long as a Marvel movie. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 and added to the National Historic Registry. This kicked off her popular Great American Songbook series (eight albums total). The idea behind this album was to transition Fitzgerald from a jazz singer with a cult following to a recognized popular singer. Fitzgerald's manager, and the producer of many of her albums, Norman Granz, visited Cole Porter at the Waldorf-Astoria, and played him this entire album.Released May 15, 1956. The album was recorded February 7-9 & Main Hollywood, Los Angeles. This album inaugurated Fitzgerald's Songbook series, each of the eight albums in the series focusing on a different composer of the canon known as the Great American Songbook. This was Fitzgerald's first album for the newly created Verve Records (and the first album to be released by the label.) Fitzgerald's time on the Verve label would see her produce her most highly acclaimed recordings, at the peak of her vocal powers. Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book" Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook is a 1956 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.Īccompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs of Cole Porter.
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