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In the summer of 1950, seven recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" were in release, with the versions by Frankie Laine and Jack Owens reaching the US top 20 at respectively numbers 18 and 14: the other versions were by Cathy Mastice, Ella Fitzgerald with trumpet backing by Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore and a ...
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.
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997) – repackaging of Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis Again, and Porgy and Bess; rereleases of Together For The First Time and The Great Reunion. The Great Summit: The Master Takes (2001)
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 ...
Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis Again (1957)*Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis Again (1957) [26] The Kirby Stone Four - Baubles, Bangles, And Beads (1958) [ 27 ] Frank Sinatra & Shirley MacLaine , Can-Can Soundtrack, 1960 [ 28 ]
Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers (Decca, ... Dream a Little Dream of Me (Pickwick, 1968) ... (with Ella Fitzgerald)
Ella and Louis Again is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, released in 1957 on Verve Records. It is the sequel to their 1956 album, Ella and Louis . In contrast to their previous collaboration, this album features seven solo vocal tracks by either Armstrong or Fitzgerald amongst its dozen duet tracks.
Things Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald - the final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork in 1989. It was released together on one CD with Ella's first album recorded for Reprise label, Ella.