The Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks were a series of eight studio albums released in irregular intervals between 1956 and 1964, recorded by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, supported by a variety of orchestras, big bands, and jazz quartets.
The eight albums are as follows, with arrangers in parentheses:
DISC ONE - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (disc 1/2)
DISC TWO - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (disc 2/2)
DISC THREE - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers and Hart Song Book (disc 1/2)
DISC FOUR - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers and Hart Song Book (disc 2/2)
DISC FIVE - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (disc 1/3)
DISC SIX - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (disc 2/3)
DISC SEVEN - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (disc 3/3)
DISC EIGHT - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (disc 1/2)
DISC NINE - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (disc 2/2)
DISC TEN - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (disc 1/3)
DISC ELEVEN - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (disc 2/3)
DISC TWELVE - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (disc 3/3)
DISC THIRTEEN - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book (disc 1/2)
DISC FOURTEEN - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book (disc 2/2)
DISC FIFTEEN - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book
The Cole Porter Songbook
CD1:1. "All Through the Night" – 3:15
2. "Anything Goes" – 3:21
3. "Miss Otis Regrets" – 3:00
4. "Too Darn Hot" – 3:47
5. "In the Still of the Night" – 2:38
6. "I Get a Kick Out of You" – 4:00
7. "Do I Love You?" – 3:50
8. "Always True to You in My Fashion" – 2:48
9. "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" – 3:32
10. "Just One of Those Things" – 3:30
11. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" – 3:32
12. "All of You" – 1:43
13. "Begin the Beguine" – 3:37
14. "Get Out of Town" – 3:22
15. "I Am in Love" – 4:06
16. "From This Moment On" – 3:17
CD2:
1. "I Love Paris" – 4:57
2. "You Do Something to Me" – 2:21
3. "Ridin' High" – 3:20
4. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" – 3:24
5. "It's All Right With Me" – 3:07
6. "Why Can't You Behave?" – 5:04
7. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" – 2:02
8. "You're the Top" – 3:33
9. "Love for Sale" – 5:52
10. "It's De-Lovely" – 2:42
11. "Night and Day" – 3:04
12. "Ace in the Hole" – 1:58
13. "So in Love" – 3:50
14. "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 2:42
15. "I Concentrate on You" – 3:11
16. "Don't Fence Me In" – 3:19 (lyrics by Robert Fletcher)
17. "You're the Top" – 2:08
18. "I Concentrate on You" – 3:00
19. "Let's Do It" (Let's Fall in Love) – 5:25
The Rodgers and Hart Songbook
CD1:
1. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" – 3:41
2. "You Took Advantage of Me" – 3:27
3. "A Ship Without a Sail" – 4:07
4. "To Keep My Love Alive" – 3:34
5. "Dancing on the Ceiling" – 4:06
6. "The Lady Is a Tramp" – 3:21
7. "With a Song in My Heart" – 2:44
8. "Manhattan" – 2:48
9. "Johnny One Note" – 2:12
10. "I Wish I Were in Love Again" – 2:36
11. "Spring is Here" – 3:38
12. "It Never Entered My Mind" – 4:06
13. "This Can't Be Love" – 2:54
14. "Thou Swell" – 2:03
15. "My Romance" – 3:42
16. "Where or When" – 2:46
17. "Little Girl Blue" – 2:53
CD2:
1. "Give it Back to the Indians" – 3:10
2. "Ten Cents a Dance" – 4:06
3. "There's a Small Hotel" – 2:48
4. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" – 3:46
5. "Ev'rything I've Got" – 3:21
6. "I Could Write a Book" – 3:38
7. "The Blue Room" – 3:38
8. "My Funny Valentine" – 2:29
9. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" – 3:52
10. "Mountain Greenery" – 7:01
11. "Wait Till You See Her" – 2:13
12. "Lover" (stereo take) – 1:30
13. "Isn't It Romantic?" – 3:16
14. "Here in My Arms" – 3:00
15. "Blue Moon" – 1:52
16. "My Heart Stood Still" – 3:11
17. "I've Got Five Dollars" – 2:39
18. "Lover" (mono take) – 3:15
The Duke Ellington Song Book
CD1:
01 - Rockin' in rhythm
02 - Drop me off in Harlem
03 - Day dream
04 - Caravan
05 - Take the 'A' train
06 - I ain't got nothing but the blues
07 - Clementine
08 - I didn't know about you
09 - I'm beginning to see the light
10 - Lost in meditation
11 - Perdido
12 - Cottontail
13 - Do nothing till you hear from me
CD2:
01 - Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
02 - Solitude
03 - Rocks in My Bed
04 - Satin Doll
05 - Sophisticated Lady
06 - Just Squeeze Me
07 - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
08 - Azure
09 - I Let a Song Go out of My Heart
10 - In a Sentimental Mood
11 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
12 - Prelude to a Kiss
13 - Mood Indigo
14 - In a Mellow Tone
15 - Love You Madly
16 - Lush Life
17 - Squatty Roo
CD3:
01 - I'm Just a Lucky So and So
02 - All Too Soon
03 - Everything But You
04 - I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
05 - Bli-Blip
06 - Chelsea Bridge
07 - Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald
08 - The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke)
09 - Rehearsal
10 - Chelsea Bridge (alternate take)
The Irving Berlin Song Book
CD1:
1. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" – 2:57
2. "You're Laughing at Me" – 3:18
3. "Let Yourself Go" – 2:20
4. "You Can Have Him" – 3:47
5. "Russian Lullaby" – 1:55
6. "Puttin' on the Ritz" – 2:18
7. "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" – 3:49
8. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" – 2:43
9. "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" – 2:36
10. "How About Me?" – 3:17
11. "Cheek to Cheek" – 3:48
12. "I Used to Be Color Blind" – 2:34
13. "Lazy" – 2:40
14. "How Deep is the Ocean?" – 3:11
15. "All by Myself" – 2:29
16. "Remember" – 3:26
CD2:
1. "Supper Time" – 3:19
2. "How's Chances?" – 2:48
3. "Heat Wave" – 2:25
4. "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" – 3:29
5. "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" – 3:35
6. "Reaching for the Moon" – 2:18
7. "Slumming on Park Avenue" – 2:24
8. "The Song is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)" – 2:30
9. "I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket" – 3:01
10. "Now it Can Be Told" – 3:12
11. "Always" – 3:09
12. "It's a Lovely Day Today" – 2:28
13. "Change Partners" – 3:18
14. "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" - 3:03
15. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" – 3:00
16. "Blue Skies" – 3:43
The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
CD1:
1. "Ambulatory Suite" (Instrumental) (George Gershwin)
Promenade (Walking the Dog) " – 2:31,
March of the Swiss Soldiers" – 2:04,
Fidgety Feet" – 2:46
2. "The Preludes" (Instrumental)
Prelude I – 1:36,
Prelude II – 3:48,
Prelude III – 1:13,
3. "Sam and Delilah" – 3:15
4. "But Not For Me" – 3:31
5. "My One and Only" – 2:36
6. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" – 4:26
7. "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" – 3:08
8. "Oh, Lady be Good!" – 3:58
9. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" – 3:32
10. "Things Are Looking Up" – 3:03
11. "Just Another Rhumba" – 5:34
12. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" – 3:45
13. "'S Wonderful" – 3:28
14. "The Man I Love" – 3:50
15. "That Certain Feeling" – 3:07
16. "By Strauss" – 2:29
17. "Someone to Watch Over Me" – 4:30
18. "The Real American Folk Song (Is a Rag)" – 3:43
19. "Who Cares?" – 3:05
CD2:
1. "Looking For a Boy" – 3:02
2. "They All Laughed" – 3:02
3. "My Cousin in Milwaukee" – 3:07
4. "Somebody from Somewhere" – 3:06
5. "A Foggy Day" – 3:50
6. "Clap Yo' Hands" – 2:28
7. "For You, For Me, For Evermore" – 3:23
8. "Stiff Upper Lip" – 2:50
9. "Boy Wanted" – 3:33
10. "Strike up the Band" – 2:33
11. "Soon" – 2:20
12. "I've Got a Crush on You" – 3:26
13. "Bidin' My Time" – 2:40
14. "Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did?" – 3:28
15. "Of Thee I Sing" – 3:07
16. "'The Half of it, Dearie' Blues" – 3:45
17. "I Was Doing All Right" – 3:25
18. "He Loves and She Loves" – 2:46
CD3:
1. "Love is Sweeping the Country" – 3:24
2. "Treat Me Rough" – 2:54
3. "Our Love is Here to Stay" – 3:52
4. "Slap That Bass" – 3:23
5. "Isn't It a Pity?" – 3:23
6. "Shall We Dance?" – 3:08
7. "Love Walked In" – 3:52
8. "You've Got What Gets Me" – 2:13
9. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" – 3:07
10. "Embraceable You" – 4:49
11. "I Can't Be Bothered Now" – 2:48
12. "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" – 3:46
13. "Fascinating Rhythm" – 3:22
14. "Funny Face" – 3:23
15. "Lorelei" – 3:21
16. "Oh, So Nice!" – 3:40
17. "Let's Kiss and Make Up" – 3:49
18. "I Got Rhythm" – 3:07
19. "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, Ballard McDonald) – 2:36
20. "Cheerful Little Earful" (Harry Warren, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose) – 2:06
21. "Oh, Lady be Good!" (Alternative Take) – 4:04
22. "But Not For Me" – 2:05
The Harold Arlen Song Book
CD1:
1. "Blues in the Night" (Johnny Mercer) – 7:14
2. "Let's Fall in Love" (Ted Koehler) – 4:05
3. "Stormy Weather" (Koehler) – 5:17
4. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Koehler) – 2:26
5. "My Shining Hour" (Mercer) – 4:02
6. "Hooray for Love" (Leo Robin) – 2:45
7. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Mercer) – 4:39
8. "That Old Black Magic" (Mercer) – 4:13
9. "I've Got the World on a String" (Koehler) – 4:54
10. "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" (I. Gershwin, Yip Harburg) – 4:03
11. "Ill Wind" (Koehler) – 3:55
12. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive" (Mercer) – 3:37
CD2:
1. "When the Sun Comes Out" (Koehler) – 5:10
2. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Mercer) – 3:24
3. "As Long as I Live" (Koehler) – 3:48
4. "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" (Harburg) – 3:30
5. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harburg, Rose) – 3:37
6. "The Man that Got Away" (I. Gershwin) – 5:21
7. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Mercer) – 3:58
8. "It Was Written in the Stars" (Robin) – 5:11
9. "Get Happy" (Koehler) – 3:33
10. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Koehler) – 5:12
11. "Out of This World" (Mercer) – 2:46
12. "Over the Rainbow" (Harburg) – 4:21
13. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harburg) – 3:19
14. "Sing My Heart" (Koehler) – 2:49
15. "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" – 4:07
16. "Sing My Heart" – 2:32
The Jerome Kern Songbook
1. "Lets Begin" (Otto Harbach) – 2:56
2. "A Fine Romance" (Dorothy Fields) – 3:36
3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:15
4. "I'll Be Hard to Handle" (Bernard Dougall) – 3:47
5. "You Couldn't Be Cuter" (Fields) – 3:13
6. "She Didn't Say Yes" (Harbach) – 3:20
7. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Mercer) – 3:27
8. "Remind Me" (Fields) – 3:50
9. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields) – 4:28
10. "Yesterdays" (Harbach) – 2:51
11. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Hammerstein) – 3:54
12. "Why Was I Born?" (Hammerstein) – 3:44
The Johnny Mercer Songbook
1. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting) – 2:31
2. "Early Autumn" (Ralph Burns) – 3:51
3. "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom) – 2:49
4. "Laura" (from the film Laura) (David Raksin) – 3:43
5. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Arlen) – 2:54
6. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:12
7. "Single-O" (Donald Kahn, Mercer) – 3:19
8. "Something's Gotta Give" (Mercer) – 2:33
9. "Trav'lin' Light" (Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 3:47
10. "Midnight Sun" (Francis J. Burke, Lionel Hampton) – 4:55
11. "Dream" (Mercer) – 2:58
12. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger) – 3:38
13. "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins) – 3:51
