Complete Masters 1935 - 1955

Compilation by Ella Fitzgerald

Released 6 November 2011

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    I’ll Chase the Blues Away
    3:16
  • 2
    Love and Kisses
    3:03
  • 3
    Rhythm and Romance
    2:44
  • 4
    I’ll Chase the Blues Away
    3:01
  • 5
    My Melancholy Baby
    3:14
  • 6
    All My Life
    3:09
  • 7
    Crying My Heart Out for You
    2:58
  • 8
    Under the Spell of the Blues
    2:32
  • 9
    When I Get Low I Get High
    2:25
  • 10
    Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)
    2:35
  • 11
    A Little Bit Later On
    3:03
  • 12
    Love You’re Just a Laugh
    3:09
  • 13
    Devoting My Time to You
    2:27
  • 14
    (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)
    2:54
  • 15
    Swingin’ on the Reservation
    3:08
  • 16
    I Got the Spring Fever Blues
    3:03
  • 17
    Vote for Mr. Rhythm
    2:26
  • 18
    Goodnight My Love
    3:08
  • 19
    Take Another Guess
    2:30
  • 20
    Didja Mean It
    2:22
  • 21
    My Last Affair
    2:44
  • 22
    The Organ Grinder’s Swing
    2:49
  • 23
    Shine
    2:49
  • 24
    Darktown Strutters’ Ball
    3:02
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Take Another Guess
    2:42
  • 2
    Love Marches On
    2:54
  • 3
    Big Boy Blue
    2:48
  • 4
    There’s Frost on the Moon
    2:52
  • 5
    Dedicated to You
    3:13
  • 6
    Wake Up and Live
    2:40
  • 7
    You Showed Me the Way
    3:18
  • 8
    Crying Mood
    2:37
  • 9
    Love Is the Thing, So They Say
    2:51
  • 10
    All Over Nothing at All
    2:40
  • 11
    If You Ever Should Leave
    3:04
  • 12
    Everyone’s Wrong but Me
    3:03
  • 13
    Deep in the Heart of the South
    3:17
  • 14
    Just a Simple Melody
    2:57
  • 15
    I Got a Guy
    3:20
  • 16
    Holiday in Harlem
    3:11
  • 17
    Rock It for Me
    3:08
  • 18
    I Want to Be Happy
    4:30
  • 19
    The Dipsy Doodle
    3:10
  • 20
    If Dreams Come True
    2:34
  • 21
    Hallelujah!
    4:04
  • 22
    Bei mir bist Du schön
    3:02
  • 23
    It’s My Turn Now
    2:54
  • 24
    It’s Wonderful
    2:54
  • CD 3
  • 1
    I Was Doing All Right
    2:54
  • 2
    A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
    2:38
    3.0 ★
  • 3
    Heart of Mine
    2:53
  • 4
    I’m Just a Jitterbug
    3:15
  • 5
    This Time It’s Real
    3:09
  • 6
    (Oh, Oh) What Do You Know About Love?
    3:05
  • 7
    You Can’t Be Mine (and Someone Else’s Too)
    2:57
  • 8
    We Can’t Go on This Way
    3:02
  • 9
    Saving Myself for You
    2:50
  • 10
    If You Only Knew
    2:45
  • 11
    Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil
    2:54
  • 12
    McPherson Is Reharsin’ (to Swing)
    3:06
  • 13
    Everybody Step
    2:42
  • 14
    Ella
  • 15
    Wacky Dust
    3:02
  • 16
    Gotta Pebble in My Shoe
    2:55
  • 17
    I Can’t Stop Loving You
    3:07
  • 18
    Strictly From Dixie
    2:46
  • 19
    Woe Is Me
    2:53
  • 20
    I Let a Tear Fall in the River
    3:13
  • 21
    Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
    2:51
  • 22
    I Love Each Move You Make
    3:03
  • 23
    It’s Foxy
    2:58
  • 24
    I Found My Yellow Basket
    2:34
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Undecided
    3:20
  • 2
    ’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
    2:58
  • 3
    One Side of Me
    3:23
  • 4
    My Heart Belongs to Daddy
    3:02
  • 5
    Once Is Enough for Me
    3:03
  • 6
    I Had to Live and Learn
    3:10
  • 7
    Sugar Pie
    3:10
  • 8
    It’s Slumbertime Along the Swanee
    2:50
  • 9
    I’m Up a Tree
    3:09
  • 10
    Chew‐Chew‐Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum)
    3:00
  • 11
    Don’t Worry About Me
    3:07
  • 12
    If Anything Happened to You
    3:08
  • 13
    If That’s What You’re Thinking, You’re Wrong
    3:09
  • 14
    If You Ever Change Your Mind
    3:04
  • 15
    Have Mercy
    3:11
  • 16
    Little White Lies
    2:52
  • 17
    Coochi‐Coochi‐Coo
    3:02
  • 18
    That Was My Heart
    3:08
  • 19
    Betcha Nickel
    2:54
  • 20
    Stairway to the Stars
    3:18
  • 21
    I Want the Waiter (with the Water)
    3:08
  • 22
    That’s All Brother
    3:11
  • 23
    Out of Nowhere
    2:58
  • 24
    My Last Goodbye
    3:16
  • CD 5
  • 1
    (I Always Dream of) Billy
    2:40
  • 2
    Please Tell Me the Truth
    3:19
  • 3
    I’m Not Complainin’
    3:11
  • 4
    You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal
    3:08
  • 5
    What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry
    2:51
  • 6
    Baby, What Else Can I Do?
    3:05
  • 7
    My Wubba Dolly (Rubber Dolly)
    3:05
  • 8
    Moon Ray
    3:00
  • 9
    Is There Somebody Else?
    2:34
  • 10
    Sugar Blues
    2:47
  • 11
    The Starlit Hour
    3:07
  • 12
    What’s the Matter With Me
    2:56
  • 13
    Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home
    2:33
  • 14
    If It Weren’t for You
    2:59
  • 15
    Sing Song Swing
    3:02
  • 16
    Imagination
    2:58
  • 17
    Deedle‐Dee‐Dum
    2:38
  • 18
    Shake Down the Stars
    2:46
  • 19
    Gulf Coast Blues
    2:56
  • 20
    I Fell in Love With a Dream
    3:14
  • 21
    The Five O’Clock Whistle
    3:10
  • 22
    So Long
    3:05
  • 23
    Louisville, KY
    3:08
  • 24
    Taking a Chance on Love
    3:05
  • CD 6
  • 1
    Cabin in the Sky
    2:45
  • 2
    I’m the Lonesomest Gal in Town
    2:40
  • 3
    Three Little Words
    2:31
  • 4
    Hello Ma! I Done It Again
    2:32
  • 5
    Wishful Thinking
    3:02
  • 6
    The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
    3:05
  • 7
    The Muffin Man
    2:25
  • 8
    Keep Cool, Fool
    3:00
  • 9
    No Nothing
    3:06
  • 10
    My Man
    3:00
  • 11
    I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
    2:35
  • 12
    I Must Have That Man
    3:09
  • 13
    When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
    2:44
  • 14
    I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
    2:57
  • 15
    Melinda the Mousie
    2:43
  • 16
    Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
    2:47
  • 17
    Jim
    3:00
  • 18
    His Love of Mine
    2:55
  • 19
    Somebody Nobody Loves
    3:12
  • 20
    You Don’t Know What Love Is
    3:25
  • 21
    Who Are You?
    2:58
  • 22
    I’m Thrilled
    3:06
  • 23
    Make Love to Me
    2:47
  • 24
    I’m Getting Mighty Lonesome for You
    2:43
  • CD 7
  • 1
    When I Come Back Crying (Will You Be Laughing at Me?)
    2:55
  • 2
    All I Need Is You
    2:59
  • 3
    Mama Come Home
    2:43
  • 4
    My Heart and I Decided
    3:01
  • 5
    (I Put) a Four Leaf Clover in Your Pocket
    2:54
  • 6
    He’s My Guy
    3:19
  • 7
    Cow Cow Boogie
    2:55
  • 8
    Once Too Often
    2:58
  • 9
    Time Alone Will Tell
    3:08
  • 10
    Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
    3:09
  • 11
    I’m Making Believe
    3:12
  • 12
    And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
    3:15
  • 13
    I’m Confessin’ That I Love You
    3:24
  • 14
    I’m Beginning to See the Light
    2:44
  • 15
    That’s the Way It Is
    3:18
  • 16
    It’s Only a Paper Moon
    2:42
  • 17
    Cry You Out of My Heart
    2:47
  • 18
    A Kiss Goodnight
    3:07
  • 19
    Benny’s Coming Home on Saturday
    3:25
  • 20
    Flying Home
    2:27
  • 21
    Stone Cold Dead in the Market
    2:40
  • 22
    Petootie Pie
    2:37
  • 23
    That’s Rich
    3:19
  • 24
    I’ll Always Be in Love With You
    4:27
  • CD 8
  • 1
    I’ll See You in My Dreams
    4:07
  • 2
    You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
    2:54
  • 3
    The Frim Fram Sauce
    3:13
  • 4
    I’m Just a Lucky So‐And‐So
    2:55
  • 5
    I Didn’t Mean a Word I Said
    3:18
  • 6
    (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons
    3:10
  • 7
    It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight
    2:40
  • 8
    Guilty
    3:12
  • 9
    Sentimental Journey
    3:17
  • 10
    Budella (Blue Skies)
    4:04
  • 11
    A Sunday Kind of Love
    3:14
  • 12
    That’s My Desire
    3:01
  • 13
    Oh, Lady Be Good!
    3:15
  • 14
    Don’t You Think I Ought to Know?
    3:08
  • 15
    You’re Breakin’ in a New Heart
    2:28
  • 16
    I Want to Learn About Love
    2:23
  • 17
    That Old Feeling
    2:27
  • 18
    My Baby Likes to Be‐Bop
    2:41
  • 19
    No Sense
    2:59
  • 20
    How High the Moon
    3:15
  • 21
    I’ve Got a Feelin’ I’m Fallin’
    2:34
  • 22
    You Turned the Tables on Me
    2:57
  • 23
    I Cried and Cried and Cried
    2:54
  • 24
    Robbin’s Nest (Just When We’re Fallin’ in Love)
    2:33
  • CD 9
  • 1
    Tea Leaves
    2:43
  • 2
    My Happiness
    3:18
  • 3
    It’s Too Soon to Know
    2:39
  • 4
    I Can’t Go On (without You)
    2:50
  • 5
    To Make a Mistake Is Human
    3:07
  • 6
    In My Dreams
    2:59
  • 7
    I Couldn’t Stay Away From You
    3:18
  • 8
    Old Mother Hubbard
    2:41
  • 9
    Someone Like You
    3:04
  • 10
    Happy Talk
    2:28
  • 11
    I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair
    2:54
  • 12
    Black Coffee
    3:06
  • 13
    Lover’s Gold
    3:05
  • 14
    Baby, It’s Cold Outside
    2:42
  • 15
    Don't Cry, Cry Baby
    2:57
  • 16
    Crying
    3:10
  • 17
    A New Shade of Blues
    3:00
  • 18
    In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
    2:38
  • 19
    Talk Fast, My Heart, Talk Fast
    2:54
  • 20
    I’m Waitin’ for the Junkman
    3:17
  • 21
    Basin Street Blues
    3:09
  • 22
    I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
    3:02
  • 23
    Dream a Little Longer
    3:01
  • 24
    Foolish Tears
    2:58
  • CD 10
  • 1
    A Man Wrote a Song
    3:13
  • 2
    Fairy Tale
    2:53
  • 3
    I Gotta Have My Baby Back
    3:22
  • 4
    Baby, Won’t You Say You Love Me
    2:57
  • 5
    Don’cha Go ’way Mad
    3:19
  • 6
    Solid as a Rock
    2:59
  • 7
    I’ve Got the World on a String
    3:18
  • 8
    Sugarfoot Rag
    3:03
  • 9
    Peas and Rice
    3:22
  • 10
    M.I.S.S.I.S.S.I.P.P.I.
    2:22
  • 11
    I Don’t Want the World
    2:13
  • 12
    Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own
    3:14
  • 13
    I’ll Never Be Free
    3:10
  • 14
    Dream a Little Dream of M
    3:06
  • 15
    Can Anyone Explain?
    3:11
  • 16
    Looking for a Boy
    3:08
  • 17
    My One and Only
    3:15
  • 18
    How Long Has This Been Going On?
    3:15
  • 19
    I’ve Got a Crush on You
    3:14
  • 20
    But Not for Me
    3:14
  • 21
    Soon
    2:46
  • 22
    Someone to Watch Over Me
    3:15
  • 23
    Maybe
    3:25
  • 24
    Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney
    3:08
    3.0 ★
  • CD 11
  • 1
    Molasses, Molasses
    2:44
  • 2
    Little Small Town Girl
    3:07
  • 3
    I Still Feel the Same About You
    3:17
  • 4
    Lonesome Gal
    3:04
  • 5
    The Bean Bag Song
    3:07
  • 6
    The Chesapeake and Ohio
    2:41
  • 7
    Two Little Men in the Flying Saucer
    3:22
  • 8
    Because of Rain
    3:18
  • 9
    The Hot Canary
    3:15
  • 10
    Even as You and I
    3:30
  • 11
    Do You Really Love Me?
    3:11
  • 12
    Love You Madly
    3:00
  • 13
    Mixed Emotions
    3:18
  • 14
    Smooth Sailing
    3:06
  • 15
    Come On‐A My House
    1:58
  • 16
    I Don’t Want to Take a Chance
    3:13
  • 17
    There Never Was a Baby (Like My Baby)
    2:48
  • 18
    Give a Little, Give a Little
    3:20
  • 19
    Necessary Evil
    2:32
  • 20
    Oops!
    3:10
  • 21
    Would You Like to Take a Walk?
    3:18
  • 22
    Who Walks in When I Walk Out?
    2:19
  • 23
    Baby Doll
    3:18
  • 24
    What Does It Take
    2:43
  • CD 12
  • 1
    Lady Bug
    3:19
  • 2
    Lazy Day
    3:09
  • 3
    Airmail Special
    3:02
  • 4
    Rough Ridin’
    3:13
  • 5
    A Guy Is a Guy
    2:52
  • 6
    Nowhere Guy
    3:07
  • 7
    Gee, but I’m Glad to Know You Love Me
    3:09
  • 8
    Goody Goody
    2:23
  • 9
    Angel Eyes
    2:55
  • 10
    Ding‐Dong Boogie
    3:11
  • 11
    (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini), Pts. 1–2
    5:10
  • 12
    Early Autumn
    3:13
  • 13
    Preview
    3:03
  • 14
    Trying
    2:58
  • 15
    The Greatest There Is
    2:14
  • 16
    My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
    2:15
  • 17
    Ella’s Contribution to the Blues
    2:32
  • 18
    My Favorite Song
    2:48
  • 19
    Walking by the River
    2:28
  • 20
    I Can’t Lie to Myself
    2:55
  • 21
    Don’t Wake Me Up
    3:02
  • 22
    Blue Lou
    2:46
  • 23
    Careless
    2:48
  • 24
    I Wonder What Kind of a Guy You’d Be
    2:56
  • CD 13
  • 1
    When the Hands of the Clock Pray at Midnight
    2:46
  • 2
    Crying in the Chapel
    3:04
  • 3
    An Empty Ballroom
    3:06
  • 4
    If You Don’t Know, I Know Who Will
    2:45
  • 5
    Melancholy Me
    2:52
  • 6
    Somebody Bad Stole the Wedding Bell
    2:29
  • 7
    Moanin’ Low
    2:41
  • 8
    Taking a Chance on Love
    3:06
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    I Wished on the Moon
    3:06
  • 10
    Baby
    2:42
  • 11
    I Need
    2:39
  • 12
    Who’s Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)
    2:48
  • 13
    I’m Glad There Is You
    3:08
  • 14
    Baby, What Else Can I Do?
    3:48
  • 15
    What Is There to Say?
    3:21
  • 16
    Makin’ Whoopee
    3:05
  • 17
    Until the Real Thing Comes Along
    2:56
  • 18
    People Will Say We’re in Love
    3:10
  • 19
    Please Be Kind
    3:34
  • 20
    Imagination
    2:36
  • 21
    My Heart Belongs to Daddy
    2:38
  • 22
    You Leave Me Breathless
    3:05
  • 23
    Nice Work If You Can Get It
    2:38
  • 24
    Stardust
    4:00
  • CD 14
  • 1
    Lullaby of Birdland
    2:51
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Later
    2:32
  • 3
    You’ll Never Know
    3:08
  • 4
    Thanks for the Memory
    2:28
  • 5
    It Might as Well Be Spring
    2:41
  • 6
    I Can’t Get Started
    3:05
  • 7
    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
    2:16
  • 8
    That Old Black Magic
    2:29
  • 9
    Old Devil Moon
    2:58
  • 10
    Lover, Come Back to Me
    1:59
  • 11
    Hard Hearted Hannah
    3:00
  • 12
    Pete Kelly’s Blues
    2:26
  • 13
    Ella Hums the Blues
    5:14
  • 14
    Soldier Boy
    2:59
  • 15
    A Satisfied Mind
    2:33
  • 16
    My One and Only Love
    3:19
  • 17
    The Impatient Years
    2:48
  • 18
    But Not Like Mine
    2:58
  • 19
    The Tender Trap
    2:59

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