Complete Masters 1935 - 1955
Compilation by Ella Fitzgerald
Released 6 November 2011
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1I’ll Chase the Blues Away3:16
- 2Love and Kisses3:03
- 3Rhythm and Romance2:44
- 4I’ll Chase the Blues Away3:01
- 5My Melancholy Baby3:14
- 6All My Life3:09
- 7Crying My Heart Out for You2:58
- 8Under the Spell of the Blues2:32
- 9When I Get Low I Get High2:25
- 10Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)2:35
- 11A Little Bit Later On3:03
- 12Love You’re Just a Laugh3:09
- 13Devoting My Time to You2:27
- 14(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)2:54
- 15Swingin’ on the Reservation3:08
- 16I Got the Spring Fever Blues3:03
- 17Vote for Mr. Rhythm2:26
- 18Goodnight My Love3:08
- 19Take Another Guess2:30
- 20Didja Mean It2:22
- 21My Last Affair2:44
- 22The Organ Grinder’s Swing2:49
- 23Shine2:49
- 24Darktown Strutters’ Ball3:02
- CD 2
- 1Take Another Guess2:42
- 2Love Marches On2:54
- 3Big Boy Blue2:48
- 4There’s Frost on the Moon2:52
- 5Dedicated to You3:13
- 6Wake Up and Live2:40
- 7You Showed Me the Way3:18
- 8Crying Mood2:37
- 9Love Is the Thing, So They Say2:51
- 10All Over Nothing at All2:40
- 11If You Ever Should Leave3:04
- 12Everyone’s Wrong but Me3:03
- 13Deep in the Heart of the South3:17
- 14Just a Simple Melody2:57
- 15I Got a Guy3:20
- 16Holiday in Harlem3:11
- 17Rock It for Me3:08
- 18I Want to Be Happy4:30
- 19The Dipsy Doodle3:10
- 20If Dreams Come True2:34
- 21Hallelujah!4:04
- 22Bei mir bist Du schön3:02
- 23It’s My Turn Now2:54
- 24It’s Wonderful2:54
- CD 3
- 1I Was Doing All Right2:54
- 2A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket2:383.0 ★
- 3Heart of Mine2:53
- 4I’m Just a Jitterbug3:15
- 5This Time It’s Real3:09
- 6(Oh, Oh) What Do You Know About Love?3:05
- 7You Can’t Be Mine (and Someone Else’s Too)2:57
- 8We Can’t Go on This Way3:02
- 9Saving Myself for You2:50
- 10If You Only Knew2:45
- 11Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil2:54
- 12McPherson Is Reharsin’ (to Swing)3:06
- 13Everybody Step2:42
- 14Ella
- 15Wacky Dust3:02
- 16Gotta Pebble in My Shoe2:55
- 17I Can’t Stop Loving You3:07
- 18Strictly From Dixie2:46
- 19Woe Is Me2:53
- 20I Let a Tear Fall in the River3:13
- 21Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones2:51
- 22I Love Each Move You Make3:03
- 23It’s Foxy2:58
- 24I Found My Yellow Basket2:34
- CD 4
- 1Undecided3:20
- 2’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)2:58
- 3One Side of Me3:23
- 4My Heart Belongs to Daddy3:02
- 5Once Is Enough for Me3:03
- 6I Had to Live and Learn3:10
- 7Sugar Pie3:10
- 8It’s Slumbertime Along the Swanee2:50
- 9I’m Up a Tree3:09
- 10Chew‐Chew‐Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum)3:00
- 11Don’t Worry About Me3:07
- 12If Anything Happened to You3:08
- 13If That’s What You’re Thinking, You’re Wrong3:09
- 14If You Ever Change Your Mind3:04
- 15Have Mercy3:11
- 16Little White Lies2:52
- 17Coochi‐Coochi‐Coo3:02
- 18That Was My Heart3:08
- 19Betcha Nickel2:54
- 20Stairway to the Stars3:18
- 21I Want the Waiter (with the Water)3:08
- 22That’s All Brother3:11
- 23Out of Nowhere2:58
- 24My Last Goodbye3:16
- CD 5
- 1(I Always Dream of) Billy2:40
- 2Please Tell Me the Truth3:19
- 3I’m Not Complainin’3:11
- 4You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal3:08
- 5What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry2:51
- 6Baby, What Else Can I Do?3:05
- 7My Wubba Dolly (Rubber Dolly)3:05
- 8Moon Ray3:00
- 9Is There Somebody Else?2:34
- 10Sugar Blues2:47
- 11The Starlit Hour3:07
- 12What’s the Matter With Me2:56
- 13Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home2:33
- 14If It Weren’t for You2:59
- 15Sing Song Swing3:02
- 16Imagination2:58
- 17Deedle‐Dee‐Dum2:38
- 18Shake Down the Stars2:46
- 19Gulf Coast Blues2:56
- 20I Fell in Love With a Dream3:14
- 21The Five O’Clock Whistle3:10
- 22So Long3:05
- 23Louisville, KY3:08
- 24Taking a Chance on Love3:05
- CD 6
- 1Cabin in the Sky2:45
- 2I’m the Lonesomest Gal in Town2:40
- 3Three Little Words2:31
- 4Hello Ma! I Done It Again2:32
- 5Wishful Thinking3:02
- 6The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else3:05
- 7The Muffin Man2:25
- 8Keep Cool, Fool3:00
- 9No Nothing3:06
- 10My Man3:00
- 11I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me2:35
- 12I Must Have That Man3:09
- 13When My Sugar Walks Down the Street2:44
- 14I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)2:57
- 15Melinda the Mousie2:43
- 16Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man2:47
- 17Jim3:00
- 18His Love of Mine2:55
- 19Somebody Nobody Loves3:12
- 20You Don’t Know What Love Is3:25
- 21Who Are You?2:58
- 22I’m Thrilled3:06
- 23Make Love to Me2:47
- 24I’m Getting Mighty Lonesome for You2:43
- CD 7
- 1When I Come Back Crying (Will You Be Laughing at Me?)2:55
- 2All I Need Is You2:59
- 3Mama Come Home2:43
- 4My Heart and I Decided3:01
- 5(I Put) a Four Leaf Clover in Your Pocket2:54
- 6He’s My Guy3:19
- 7Cow Cow Boogie2:55
- 8Once Too Often2:58
- 9Time Alone Will Tell3:08
- 10Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall3:09
- 11I’m Making Believe3:12
- 12And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine3:15
- 13I’m Confessin’ That I Love You3:24
- 14I’m Beginning to See the Light2:44
- 15That’s the Way It Is3:18
- 16It’s Only a Paper Moon2:42
- 17Cry You Out of My Heart2:47
- 18A Kiss Goodnight3:07
- 19Benny’s Coming Home on Saturday3:25
- 20Flying Home2:27
- 21Stone Cold Dead in the Market2:40
- 22Petootie Pie2:37
- 23That’s Rich3:19
- 24I’ll Always Be in Love With You4:27
- CD 8
- 1I’ll See You in My Dreams4:07
- 2You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)2:54
- 3The Frim Fram Sauce3:13
- 4I’m Just a Lucky So‐And‐So2:55
- 5I Didn’t Mean a Word I Said3:18
- 6(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons3:10
- 7It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight2:40
- 8Guilty3:12
- 9Sentimental Journey3:17
- 10Budella (Blue Skies)4:04
- 11A Sunday Kind of Love3:14
- 12That’s My Desire3:01
- 13Oh, Lady Be Good!3:15
- 14Don’t You Think I Ought to Know?3:08
- 15You’re Breakin’ in a New Heart2:28
- 16I Want to Learn About Love2:23
- 17That Old Feeling2:27
- 18My Baby Likes to Be‐Bop2:41
- 19No Sense2:59
- 20How High the Moon3:15
- 21I’ve Got a Feelin’ I’m Fallin’2:34
- 22You Turned the Tables on Me2:57
- 23I Cried and Cried and Cried2:54
- 24Robbin’s Nest (Just When We’re Fallin’ in Love)2:33
- CD 9
- 1Tea Leaves2:43
- 2My Happiness3:18
- 3It’s Too Soon to Know2:39
- 4I Can’t Go On (without You)2:50
- 5To Make a Mistake Is Human3:07
- 6In My Dreams2:59
- 7I Couldn’t Stay Away From You3:18
- 8Old Mother Hubbard2:41
- 9Someone Like You3:04
- 10Happy Talk2:28
- 11I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair2:54
- 12Black Coffee3:06
- 13Lover’s Gold3:05
- 14Baby, It’s Cold Outside2:42
- 15Don't Cry, Cry Baby2:57
- 16Crying3:10
- 17A New Shade of Blues3:00
- 18In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)2:38
- 19Talk Fast, My Heart, Talk Fast2:54
- 20I’m Waitin’ for the Junkman3:17
- 21Basin Street Blues3:09
- 22I Hadn’t Anyone Till You3:02
- 23Dream a Little Longer3:01
- 24Foolish Tears2:58
- CD 10
- 1A Man Wrote a Song3:13
- 2Fairy Tale2:53
- 3I Gotta Have My Baby Back3:22
- 4Baby, Won’t You Say You Love Me2:57
- 5Don’cha Go ’way Mad3:19
- 6Solid as a Rock2:59
- 7I’ve Got the World on a String3:18
- 8Sugarfoot Rag3:03
- 9Peas and Rice3:22
- 10M.I.S.S.I.S.S.I.P.P.I.2:22
- 11I Don’t Want the World2:13
- 12Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own3:14
- 13I’ll Never Be Free3:10
- 14Dream a Little Dream of M3:06
- 15Can Anyone Explain?3:11
- 16Looking for a Boy3:08
- 17My One and Only3:15
- 18How Long Has This Been Going On?3:15
- 19I’ve Got a Crush on You3:14
- 20But Not for Me3:14
- 21Soon2:46
- 22Someone to Watch Over Me3:15
- 23Maybe3:25
- 24Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney3:083.0 ★
- CD 11
- 1Molasses, Molasses2:44
- 2Little Small Town Girl3:07
- 3I Still Feel the Same About You3:17
- 4Lonesome Gal3:04
- 5The Bean Bag Song3:07
- 6The Chesapeake and Ohio2:41
- 7Two Little Men in the Flying Saucer3:22
- 8Because of Rain3:18
- 9The Hot Canary3:15
- 10Even as You and I3:30
- 11Do You Really Love Me?3:11
- 12Love You Madly3:00
- 13Mixed Emotions3:18
- 14Smooth Sailing3:06
- 15Come On‐A My House1:58
- 16I Don’t Want to Take a Chance3:13
- 17There Never Was a Baby (Like My Baby)2:48
- 18Give a Little, Give a Little3:20
- 19Necessary Evil2:32
- 20Oops!3:10
- 21Would You Like to Take a Walk?3:18
- 22Who Walks in When I Walk Out?2:19
- 23Baby Doll3:18
- 24What Does It Take2:43
- CD 12
- 1Lady Bug3:19
- 2Lazy Day3:09
- 3Airmail Special3:02
- 4Rough Ridin’3:13
- 5A Guy Is a Guy2:52
- 6Nowhere Guy3:07
- 7Gee, but I’m Glad to Know You Love Me3:09
- 8Goody Goody2:23
- 9Angel Eyes2:55
- 10Ding‐Dong Boogie3:11
- 11(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini), Pts. 1–25:10
- 12Early Autumn3:13
- 13Preview3:03
- 14Trying2:58
- 15The Greatest There Is2:14
- 16My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean2:15
- 17Ella’s Contribution to the Blues2:32
- 18My Favorite Song2:48
- 19Walking by the River2:28
- 20I Can’t Lie to Myself2:55
- 21Don’t Wake Me Up3:02
- 22Blue Lou2:46
- 23Careless2:48
- 24I Wonder What Kind of a Guy You’d Be2:56
- CD 13
- 1When the Hands of the Clock Pray at Midnight2:46
- 2Crying in the Chapel3:04
- 3An Empty Ballroom3:06
- 4If You Don’t Know, I Know Who Will2:45
- 5Melancholy Me2:52
- 6Somebody Bad Stole the Wedding Bell2:29
- 7Moanin’ Low2:41
- 8Taking a Chance on Love3:063.0 ★
- 9I Wished on the Moon3:06
- 10Baby2:42
- 11I Need2:39
- 12Who’s Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)2:48
- 13I’m Glad There Is You3:08
- 14Baby, What Else Can I Do?3:48
- 15What Is There to Say?3:21
- 16Makin’ Whoopee3:05
- 17Until the Real Thing Comes Along2:56
- 18People Will Say We’re in Love3:10
- 19Please Be Kind3:34
- 20Imagination2:36
- 21My Heart Belongs to Daddy2:38
- 22You Leave Me Breathless3:05
- 23Nice Work If You Can Get It2:38
- 24Stardust4:00
- CD 14
- 1Lullaby of Birdland2:514.0 ★
- 2Later2:32
- 3You’ll Never Know3:08
- 4Thanks for the Memory2:28
- 5It Might as Well Be Spring2:41
- 6I Can’t Get Started3:05
- 7Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea2:16
- 8That Old Black Magic2:29
- 9Old Devil Moon2:58
- 10Lover, Come Back to Me1:59
- 11Hard Hearted Hannah3:00
- 12Pete Kelly’s Blues2:26
- 13Ella Hums the Blues5:14
- 14Soldier Boy2:59
- 15A Satisfied Mind2:33
- 16My One and Only Love3:19
- 17The Impatient Years2:48
- 18But Not Like Mine2:58
- 19The Tender Trap2:59
More by Ella Fitzgerald
Release credits
- trumpet [14-15]
- tenor saxophone [17]
- conductor [5]
- performing orchestra [5]
- conductor [7]
- performing orchestra [7]
- guitar [3]
- trumpet [17]
- double bass [2.3, 2.19, 3.1-2]
- drums (drum set) [24]
- piano [14-15]
- double bass [14-15]
- trumpet [14-15]
- trumpet [7-8]
- guitar [3.1-2, 2.19]
- trumpet [3.2, 2.19]
- piano [7-8]
- trumpet [17]
- drums (drum set) [3.1-2, 2.3, 2.19]
- performing orchestra [2.19, 3.2]
- saxophone [7-8]
- piano [11]
- trombone [24]
- lead vocals [17], vocal [11.4, 11.17, 12.19, 5.24, 10.16-24, 9.2, 9.12, 9.14-15, 9.17, 9.22-23, 9.23, 14.1, 14.5, 14.7, 14.11, 3.1-2, 13.7-8, 13.17, 13.22, 1.11, 8.11, 2.3, 2.19]
- piano [10.16-23, 13.17, 13.22]
- guitar [11.17, 14.1]
- trombone [17]
- tenor saxophone [17]
- reeds [3.2, 2.19]
- double bass [19]
- trombone [3.2, 5.24]
- conductor [12, 22-23]
- performing orchestra [12, 22]
- piano [11.17, 12.19, 14.1]
- trumpet [14-15]
- trombone [17]
- guitar [19]
- alto saxophone [17]
- trumpet [24]
- electric guitar [14-15]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- trombone [7-8]
- bass guitar [11]
- drums (drum set) [14-15]
- trombone [24]
- conductor [7-8]
- drums (drum set) [17]
- tenor saxophone [14-15]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- conductor [19]
- alto saxophone [2.19, 3.1-2, 9.14, 9.14-15], tenor saxophone [14, 14-15], vocal [14-15]
- trumpet [2.19, 3.2]
- saxophone [7-8]
- producer [13.17, 13.22, 10.16-23]
- alto saxophone [17]
- trombone [2.19, 3.2]
- drums (drum set) [7-8]
- guitar [7-8]
- clarinet [3], reeds [24]
- vibraphone [19]
- double bass [7-8]
- trumpet [7-8]
- tenor saxophone [24]
- tenor saxophone [1]
- double bass [14.1, 11.17]
- trombone [2.3, 2.19, 3.1-2]
- drums (drum set) [19]
- baritone saxophone [17]
- conductor [1]
- performing orchestra [1]
- trumpet [3.1-2, 5.24, 11.17, 2.3, 2.19]
- trombone [7-8]
- reeds [3], tenor saxophone [2.19, 3.1-2]
- vocal [3]
- background vocals [2]
- piano [3.1-2, 5.24, 2.3, 2.19]
- guitar [24]
- saxophone [7-8]
- tenor saxophone [2.19, 3.2]
- trombone [7-8]
- trumpet [7-8]
Issues
C6 November 2011



