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2009 live album by Ella Fitzgerald
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Twelve Nights in Hollywood is a 2009
live album by the American jazz vocalist
Ella Fitzgerald , recorded at
the Crescendo Club in
Hollywood, Los Angeles over ten nights in May 1961, and a subsequent pair of performances in June 1962.
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In 1961 Fitzgerald released an album of her live performances at the Crescendo,
Ella in Hollywood , this album repeats none of those tracks, or the subsequent two singles that resulted from her 1962 stay, "Ol' Man Mose" and "
Bill Bailey ".
Track listing
For Volume 1 & 2 issued on Verve 2CD; Verve B0014022-2
Disc One:
Introduction – 0:48
"
Lover Come Back to Me " (
Oscar Hammerstein II ,
Sigmund Romberg ) – 1:55
"
Too Close for Comfort " (
Jerry Bock ,
Larry Holofcener ,
George David Weiss ) – 2:39
"
Little White Lies " (
Walter Donaldson ) – 3:01
"
On the Sunny Side of the Street " (
Dorothy Fields ,
Jimmy McHugh ) – 2:49
"
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive " (
Harold Arlen ,
Johnny Mercer ) – 2:53
"
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home " (Charles Warfield,
Clarence Williams ) – 3:47
"
I Found a New Baby " (
Jack Palmer ,
Spencer Williams ) – 2:28
"
On a Slow Boat to China " (
Frank Loesser ) – 2:25
"
My Heart Belongs to Daddy " (
Cole Porter ) – 3:15
"
Perdido " (
Ervin Drake , Hans J. Lengsfelder,
Juan Tizol ) – 6:52
"
I've Got a Crush on You " (
G. Gershwin ,
I. Gershwin ) – 2:23
"
But Not for Me " (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:10
"
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me " (
Sammy Fain ,
Irving Kahal , Pierre Norman) – 3:03
"
Across the Alley from the Alamo " (
Joe Greene ) – 2:00
"
I'm Glad There Is You " (
Jimmy Dorsey , Paul Mertz) – 3:15
"
'Round Midnight " (
Bernie Hanighen ,
Thelonious Monk ,
Cootie Williams ) – 3:37
"
Take the "A" Train " (
Billy Strayhorn ) – 6:45
"
(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) " (
Sam Coslow ) – 4:10
Disc Two:
"
Nice Work If You Can Get It " (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 02:29
"
I Can't Get Started " (
Vernon Duke , I. Gershwin) – 3:31
"
Give Me the Simple Life " (
Rube Bloom ,
Harry Ruby ) – 1:53
"
Caravan " (
Duke Ellington ,
Irving Mills , Tizol) – 2:05
"
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) " (Arlen,
Johnny Mercer ) – 4:18
"
Lorelei " (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:16
"
A-Tisket, A-Tasket " (
Van Alexander ,
Ella Fitzgerald ) – 1:54
"
Witchcraft " (
Cy Coleman ,
Carolyn Leigh ) – 3:04
"
Gone with the Wind " (
Herb Magidson ,
Allie Wrubel ) – 2:31
"
Happiness is a Thing Called Joe " (Arlen,
Yip Harburg ) – 3:45
"
It's De-Lovely " (Porter) – 2:15
"
The Lady Is a Tramp " (
Lorenz Hart ,
Richard Rodgers ) – 2:41
"
That Old Black Magic " (Arlen, Mercer) – 3:33
"
Lullaby of Birdland " (
George Shearing ,
George David Weiss ) – 2:08
Ella Introduces the Band – 0:39
"
Imagination " (
Johnny Burke (lyricist) ,
Jimmy Van Heusen ) – 2:41
"
Blue Moon " (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:08
"Joe Williams' Blues" (Fitzgerald) – 7:21
For Volume 3 & 4 issued on Verve 2CD; Verve B0014394-2
Disc Three:
"
The Lady's in Love with You " (
Burton Lane , Loesser) – 1:39
"
Love Is Here to Stay " (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:34
"
Come Rain or Come Shine " (Arlen, Mercer) – 3:36
"
Anything Goes " (Porter) – 02:26
"
This Could Be the Start of Something Big " (
Steve Allen ) – 2:25
"
Candy " (
Mack David ,
Joan Whitney Kramer ,
Alex Kramer ) – 5:07
"
Little Girl Blue " (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:49
"
You're Driving Me Crazy " (Donaldson) – 3:30
"
It's All Right with Me " (Porter) – 2:33
"
Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) " (Ellington, Lee Gaines) – 2:49
"
'S Wonderful " (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:28
"
How High the Moon " (
Nancy Hamilton ,
Morgan Lewis ) – 6:20
"
Deep Purple " (
Peter DeRose ,
Mitchell Parish ) – 2:17
"
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning " (
Bob Hilliard ,
David Mann ) – 3:33
"
Mack the Knife " (
Marc Blitzstein ,
Bertolt Brecht ,
Kurt Weill ) – 3:53
"
Exactly Like You " (Fields, McHugh) – 4:30
"Rock It for Me" (Kay Werner, Sue Werner) – 3:35
"
Stompin' at the Savoy " (
Benny Goodman ,
Andy Razaf ,
Edgar Sampson ,
Chick Webb ) – 6:49
"
Love for Sale " (Porter) – 4:11
"
St. Louis Blues " (
W. C. Handy ) – 6:05
Disc Four: Recorded on June 29–30, 1962
"
All of Me " (
Harold Marks ,
Seymour Simons ) – 3:15
"
Hard Hearted Hannah " (
Milton Ager , Chas Bates,
Bob Bigelow ,
Jack Yellen ) – 2:38
"
Broadway " (Billy Bird,
Teddy McRae ,
Henri Woode ) – 2:46
"My Kind of Boy" (
Leslie Bricusse ) – 2:42
"
It Had to Be You " (
Isham Jones ,
Gus Kahn ) – 3:56
"
C'est Magnifique " (Porter) – 3:28
"
How Long Has This Been Going On? " (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:49
"
When Your Lover Has Gone " (
Einar Aaron Swan ) – 2:10
"
Taking a Chance on Love " (
Vernon Duke ,
Ted Fetter ,
John Latouche ) – 2:23
"
Good Morning Heartache " (Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:24
"
Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! " (
Ballard MacDonald ,
Joseph Meyer ,
Billy Rose ) – 3:23
"
Hallelujah I Love Him So " (
Ray Charles ) – 2:19
"
Angel Eyes " (
Matt Dennis , Earl Brent) – 3:25
"Ol' Man Mose" (
Louis Armstrong ,
Zilner Randolph ) – 3:13
"
Teach Me Tonight " (
Sammy Cahn , de Paul) – 3:06
Medley: "
Too Darn Hot "/"Ella's Twist" (Porter)/(Fitzgerald) – 1:10
"Too Darn Hot" – 2:41
"
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered " (Hart, Rodgers) – 5:19
"
Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey " (
Hughie Cannon ) – 3:41
"Bill Bailey Reprise" – 3:32
Personnel
Performance
Discs 1 to 3:
Disc 4:
References
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