Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | January 23, 1961 and June 22–23, 1961 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 58:25 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy. The liner notes are by Benny Green of the London Observer.
Track listing
For the 1961 Verve LP album, Verve V-4053 (Mono) & V6-4053 (Stereo)
Side One:
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:06
- "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:35
- "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 3:16
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:17
- "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 3:28
- "Jersey Bounce" (Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Edward Johnson, Bobby Plater) – 3:33
- "Signing Off" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly) – 3:45
Side Two:
- "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 4:13
- "This Year's Kisses" (Irving Berlin) – 2:14
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higgenbotham) – 4:17
- "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 2:42
- "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" (Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer, Billy Rose) – 2:41
- "Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 6:13
- "The Music Goes Round and Round" (Eddie Farley, Red Hodgson, Mike Riley) – 2:27
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1989 Verve-PolyGram CD Reissue, Verve-PolyGram 835 646-2 and DAT W.L.S.T. 1994 835 646 - 4
15. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Previously unreleased) (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:12
16. "I Got a Guy" (Previously unreleased) (Marion Sunshine) – 3:43
17. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Previously unreleased) (Steve Allen) – 2:43
Personnel
Tracks 1 to 14; recorded 22–23 June 1961 in Los Angeles
Tracks 15 to 17; recorded 23 January 1961 in New York
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
- Lou Levy - piano
- Herb Ellis - guitar
- Joe Mondragon - bass on tracks 1-14 only
- Wilfred Middlebrooks - double bass on tracks 15-17 only
- Gus Johnson - drums
Media
CD Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Universal Division Jazz / Verve 1991
Digital Audio Tape DAT W.L.S.T. licence from Universal Division Jazz / Verve 1994
LP Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Classic Collection 2003
LP Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Classic 2006
CD Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie [Bonus Tracks] Essential Jazz Classics / Essential Jazz Spain 2012
LP Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Analogue Productions 2012
LP Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Speakers Corner 2013
Super Audio Hybrid CD Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Analogue Productions / APO (Analogue Production Originals) / Apo
2013
Digital Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Decca / Verve 2014
References
- ↑ "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-30.