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Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson - Ella Fitzgerald
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  1. When Your Lover Has Gone
  2. Don't Be That Way
  3. Love Me or Leave Me
  4. I Hear Music
  5. What Am I Here For?
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  1. When Your Lover Has Gone
  2. Don't Be That Way
  3. Love Me or Leave Me
  4. I Hear Music
  5. What Am I Here For?
  6. I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
  7. I Won't Dance
  8. I Only Have Eyes for You
  9. The Gentleman Is a Dope
  10. Mean to Me
  11. Alone Together
  12. Pick Yourself Up
  13. Call Me Darling
  14. Somebody Loves Me
  15. Cheerful Little Earful
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Nelson Riddle, whose arrangements were an asset on some of Ella Fitzgerald's Song Book projects, also made two albums with her during 1961: this one plus Ella Swings Gently with Nelson. The singer has rarely sounded better than during this period. For the Swings Brightly set (which gets a slight edge over the other one), Fitzgerald sticks mostly to familiar standards and is particularly memorable on "Don't Be That Way," "What Am I Here For," "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," and "I Won't Dance." Three slightly earlier bonus tracks ...

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Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson 1993, PolyGram

UPC: 731451934728

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