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"Dream a Little Dream of Me" was recorded for the Mamas & the Papas April 1968 album release The Papas & the Mamas with lead vocals by Cass Elliot.The group had often sung the song for fun, having been familiarized with it by member Michelle Phillips, whose father had been friends with the song's co-writer, Fabian Andre, in Mexico City where Michelle Phillips' family had resided when she was a ...
Writing for All About Jazz, music critic David Rickert stated that the collaborations were "a match made in heaven" and lauded Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis Again, and Porgy and Bess all as "terrific albums". He remarked, "Their work together is a highlight of the 1950s, a busy time for classic vocal jazz records, and both were in fine form on ...
Armstrong recorded two albums with Ella Fitzgerald, Ella and Louis and Ella and Louis Again, for Verve Records. The sessions featured the backing musicianship of the Oscar Peterson Trio with drummer Buddy Rich on the first album and Louie Bellson on the second. Norman Granz then had the vision for Ella and Louis to record Porgy and Bess.
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1957 Ella and Louis Again: Verve MGV 4006-2 [double LP] Verve: 2003 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1957 Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson: Verve [12 tracks] Verve: 1997 (16 tracks) Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson: 1957 Louis Under the Stars: Verve MGV 4012 1957 Louis and the Angels: Decca
Porgy and Bess is a studio album by jazz vocalist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong and singer Ella Fitzgerald, released on Verve Records in 1959. The third and final of the pair's albums for the label, it is a suite of selections from the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess.
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve is a compilation album released on Verve Records in 1997. It comprises three compact discs containing the three studio albums made for the label by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong , released during 1956 through 1958.
In "Teenage Dream," Olivia is basically saying "I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream," potentially reflecting on the years she's grown since and what it means to bid that era of ...
Though Granz produced the album, Armstrong was given final say over songs and keys. [5] The success of Ella and Louis was replicated by Ella and Louis Again and Porgy and Bess. All three were released as The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve. Verve also released the album as one of the first ones in SACD.