Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax

Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1955
Recorded	April 27 & September 21, 1949, March 24, 1954
Genre	Jazz, traditional pop
Length	44:33
Label	Decca
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
For Sentimental Reasons (1955) Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax (1955) Sweet and Hot (1955)

Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax is a collection of material recorded by Ella Fitzgerald between 1949 and 1954, all tracks were arranged by Gordon Jenkins.^[1] All tracks were previously only available on 78rpm singles. The album was compiled and released by Decca in 1955.

Track listing[edit]

1. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:08
2. "Baby" (Robert Colby, Floyd Huddleston) – 2:44
3. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 3:02
4. "A Man Wrote a Song" (Dave Franklin) – 3:11
5. "Who's Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)" (Doris Tauber, Jack Lawrence) – 2:45
6. "Happy Talk" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:25
7. "Black Coffee" (Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke) – 3:03
8. "Lover's Gold" (Morty Nevins, Bob Merrill) – 3:04
9. "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:53
10. "Dream a Little Longer" (Donald Kahn) – 2:59
11. "I Need" (Ralph Care, Sol Marcus) – 2:40
12. "Foolish Tears" (Jenny Lou Carson) – 2:57

Personnel[edit]

Performance[edit]

• Ella Fitzgerald – vocal
• Gordon Jenkins – arranger

References[edit]