30 by Ella

1968 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald

30 by Ella

Studio album by

Ella Fitzgerald

Released| 1968
Recorded| May 28–June 3, 1968 (1968-06-03)
Genre| Jazz
Length| 54:31
Label| Capitol
Producer| Dave Dexter, Jr.
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
| Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
(1967)  | 30 by Ella
(1968)  | Misty Blue
(1968)

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Allmusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]

30 by Ella is a 1968 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.

The album's unusual construction of six medleys of songs were arranged by Benny Carter. This album was Fitzgerald's final recording made for Capitol Records. The following album release on Capitol from Fitzgerald, Misty Blue had been recorded in late 1967.

## Track listing

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For the 1968 LP on Capitol Records; Capitol ST 2960; Re-issued in 2000 on CD, Capitol 7243 5 20090 2 2

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "My Mother's Eyes
Try a Little Tenderness
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
Everything I Have Is Yours
I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You)
Goodnight My Love"| L. Wolfe Gilbert, Abel Baer
Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly
Paul Francis Webster, Duke Ellington
Harold Adamson, Burton Lane
Tom Pitts, Raymond B. Egan, Roy Marsh, Paul Whiteman
Mack Gordon, Harry Revel| 12:21
2.| "Four or Five Times
Maybe
Taking a Chance on Love
Elmer's Tune
At Sundown
It's a Wonderful World"| Mares H. Hellman, Byron Gay, Allen Flynn, Frank Madden
Vernon Duke, John La Touche, Ted Fetter
Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop, Dick Jurgens
Walter Donaldson
Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson| 6:18
3.| "On Green Dolphin Street
How Am I To Know
Just Friends
I Cried for You
Seems Like Old Times
You Stepped Out of a Dream"| Ned Washington, Bronislau Kaper
Dorothy Parker, Jack King
Sam M. Lewis, John Klenner
Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman
Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb
Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn| 7:05
4.| "If I Give My Heart to You
Once in a While
Ebb Tide
The Lamp Is Low
Where Are You?
Thinking of You (I've Grown So Lonesome)"| Jimmie Crane, Jimmy Brewster, Al Jacobs
Bud Green, Michael Edwards
Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell
Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose, Bert Shefter
Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Donaldson, Paul Ash| 11:08
5.| "Candy
All I Do Is Dream of You
Spring is Here
720 In the Books
It Happened in Monterey
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?"| Mack David, Joan Whitney Kramer, Alex Kramer
Freed, Nacio Herb Brown
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Adamson, Savitt, Johnny Watson
Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne
Donaldson, Abe Lyman| 6:14
6.| "No Regrets
I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling
Don't Blame Me
Deep Purple
Rain
You're a Sweetheart"| Harry Tobias, Roy Ingraham
Freed, Brown
Dorothy Fields, McHugh
Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose
Eugene Ford
Adamson, McHugh| 9:47
7.| "Hawaiian War Chant" (Note: CD bonus track only, not on the original release.)| Ralph Freed, Leleiohaku, Ray Noble| 2:18

## Personnel

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* Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
* Jimmy Jones – piano
* Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet
* Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone
* John Collins – guitar
* Panama Francis – drums (tracks 3 & 6)
* Louie Bellson \- drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7)
* Bob West – bass

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## References

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1. ^ "30 by Ella". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 78\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. ^ Capitol CD 7243 5 20090 2 2 (1999)

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Ella Fitzgerald

* Discography
* Awards

Studio
albums|

* Ella Sings Gershwin
* Songs in a Mellow Mood
* Lullabies of Birdland
* For Sentimental Reasons
* Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax
* Sweet and Hot
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
* Ella and Louis
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book
* Ella and Louis Again
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
* Like Someone in Love
* Ella Swings Lightly
* Porgy and Bess
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
* Get Happy!
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
* Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
* Hello, Love
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
* Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
* Rhythm Is My Business
* Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
* Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
* Ella Sings Broadway
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
* Ella and Basie!
* These Are the Blues
* Hello, Dolly!
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
* Ella at Duke's Place
* Whisper Not
* Brighten the Corner
* Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
* 30 by Ella
* Misty Blue
* Ella
* Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
* Ella Loves Cole
* Take Love Easy
* Fine and Mellow
* Ella and Oscar
* Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
* Lady Time
* Dream Dancing
* A Classy Pair
* Ella Abraça Jobim
* The Best Is Yet to Come
* Speak Love
* Nice Work If You Can Get It
* Easy Living
* All That Jazz

Live
albums|

* At the Opera House
* Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
* Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
* Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's
* Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
* Ella in Hollywood
* Ella Returns to Berlin
* Twelve Nights in Hollywood
* Ella at Juan-Les-Pins
* Ella in Hamburg
* Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
* Sunshine of Your Love
* Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall
* The Stockholm Concert, 1966
* Ella in Budapest
* Ella à Nice
* Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
* Ella in London
* Montreux '75
* Montreux '77
* Digital III at Montreux
* A Perfect Match
* Sophisticated Lady

Other
albums|

* Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues
* One O'Clock Jump
* Back on the Block
* The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
* Pure Ella
* The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
* Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
* Gold

Tribute
albums|

* Dear Ella
* To Ella
* We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song

Filmography|

* Ride 'Em Cowboy
* Pete Kelly's Blues
* St. Louis Blues

Related|

* Ray Brown (second husband)
* Ray Brown Jr. (son)
* Louis Armstrong collaborations
* A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
* Marilyn and Ella (2008 play)

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Benny Carter

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* Alone Together (1952)
* Cosmopolite (1952–54)
* Benny Carter Plays Pretty (1954)
* New Jazz Sounds (and Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, 1954)
* Urbane Jazz (and Roy Eldridge, 1955)
* Jazz Giant (1957–58)
* Swingin' the '20s (and Earl Hines, 1958)
* Further Definitions/Additions to Further Definitions (1961/1966)
* Carter, Gillespie Inc. (and Dizzy Gillespie]], 1976)
* Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
* Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986)

Songs|

* "Cow-Cow Boogie" (1942)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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