Ella Fitzgerald was early in her historic run on Norman Granz’s Verve label… Read Full Bio ↴Ella Fitzgerald was early in her historic run on Norman Granz’s Verve label when she was paired up with the great Louis Armstrong in the summer of 1956 for Ella and Louis. Their Porgy & Bess album followed soon after, as did Ella and Louis Again (all of it collected on The Complete Ella and Louis on Verve). The alchemy between the two giants is a marvel in the annals of American song. They take a simple approach that essentially can’t go wrong: beautiful expressive standards, uncluttered arrangements, virtuoso small-group backing from pianist Oscar Peterson’s working unit with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis—plus Buddy Rich on drums, as exquisitely delicate as you’ll ever hear him. Taking separate choruses or harmonizing in vivacious and perfectly timed call-and-response (with Armstrong on trumpet and voice), the partners casually arrive at version after definitive version of these adored songs, pouring themselves equally into shimmering ballads (“Moonlight in Vermont,” “Stars Fell on Alabama”) and levitating midtempo swingers (“Can’t We Be Friends,” “Under a Blanket of Blue”). Fitzgerald’s masterful Armstrong impression in the last phrase of “Tenderly” captures the fun of it all.

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01Can't We Be Friends3:48 Ella Fitzgerald

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02Isn't This a Lovely Day3:29 Ella Fitzgerald

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03Moonlight in Vermont3:40 Ella Fitzgerald

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04They Can't Take That Away From Me3:43 Ella Fitzgerald

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05Under a Blanket of Blue4:14 Ella Fitzgerald

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06Tenderly3:12 Ella Fitzgerald

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07A Foggy Day3:31 Ella Fitzgerald

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08Stars Fell On Alabama Ella Fitzgerald

09Cheek to Cheek5:53 Ella Fitzgerald

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10The Nearness Of You5:39 Ella Fitzgerald

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11April in Paris4:43 Ella Fitzgerald

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Ella and Louis
Ella Fitzgerald Lyrics

A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
April in Paris April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom Holiday tables under th…
Can't We Be Friends I took each word she said as gospel truth the…
Cheek to Cheek Heaven, I'm in heaven And my heart beats so that I…
Isn't This A Lovely Day The weather is fright'ning The thunder and lightning Seem to…
Moonlight in Vermont Pennies in a stream Falling leaves of a sycamore Moonlight i…
Stars Fell On Alabama We lived our little drama We kissed in a field of…
Tenderly The evening breeze caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
The Nearness Of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and…
They Can't Take That Away From Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
Under a Blanket of Blue Under a blanket of blue Just you and I beneath the…