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The beguine is a dance and music form, similar to a slow rhumba. ... Ella Fitzgerald recorded it for her 1956 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook.
"Let’s Face the Music and Dance," debuting as part of Follow the Fleet, was a film produced by Pandro Berman and RKO Pictures; Berlin scored himself a deal with RKO Radio Picture productions that enabled him to take the reins for artistic and creative control – allowing him to produce originals such as "Let’s Face the Music and Dance."
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction , phrasing, timing, intonation , absolute pitch , and a "horn-like" improvisational ability ...
Ella Fitzgerald – recorded in 1956 with Louis Armstrong for Ella and Louis and in 1959 for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook; Mel Tormé – Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956) Oscar Peterson – Pastel Moods (1956) June Christy – for June's Got Rhythm recorded in 1958 [9]
In the movie, Astaire sings the song to Rogers as they dance. ... Ella Fitzgerald: March 1958: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book: Verve:
On March 15, 1955, [3] Ella Fitzgerald opened at the Mocambo, [4] after Marilyn Monroe lobbied the owner for the booking. [5] The booking was instrumental in Fitzgerald's career. The incident was turned into a play by Bonnie Greer in 2005. It has been widely reported that Fitzgerald was the first Black performer to play the Mocambo, following ...
Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" is a song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young.It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald, [1] and again the same year by Nat Gonella and His Georgians.
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra; NBC broadcasts OCLC 811140658 Recorded January 25, 1940, at the Savoy, New York [12] Kathy Linden released a version of the song as a single in 1958 entitled "Oh Johnny, Oh!". [13]