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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Verve
Salesrank: 1883
Released: September 21, 1993 |
| Our Price: $5.49 |
| Used Price: $2.98 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Best of the Song Books Track Listing:
1. Something's Gotta Give
2. Love Is Here to Stay
3. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
4. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
5. Lady Is a Tramp
6. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
7. Miss Otis Regrets
8. 'S Wonderful
9. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
10. Love for Sale
11. They Can't Take That Away from Me
12. Midnight Sun
13. Hooray for Love
14. Why Was I Born?
15. Cotton Tail
16. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Editorial Review:
Trying to cull a single-CD "Best of" from the 16-CD set of The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books may seem like a daunting task, but it's also foolproof. The complete set is a monument to the century's greatest songs and, arguably, its greatest singer, and this selection is a series of gems programmed to simulate a Fitzgerald performance, carefully sequencing joyous uptempo swingers and moving ballads. Recorded between 1956 and 1964, Fitzgerald's finest years, the CD includes arrangements by Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Buddy Bregman, as well as a superb rendering of "I've Got It Bad" with the Ellington orchestra and Johnny Hodges. Balancing the orchestral settings are some intimate small-group performances, including a witty rendition of Cole Porter's "Miss Otis Regrets" and Rodgers and Hart's "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered." This is an ideal introduction to the "Song Books," a selection so good it will appeal to owners of the box sets. --Stuart Broomer
The Best of the Song Books Reviews:
GREAT CD! 
2009-11-13 - I listen to this CD all the time. Ella Fitzgerald's voice is so unique, raw, and beautiful. It is the perfect CD to listen to on a rainy cold day, all bundled up inside the house. Love it!
GOODMAN
2008-11-16 - WHEN ELLA DOES A SONG NO ONE ELSE NEEDS TO RECORD IT EVER AGAIN.
SHE IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST.
Truly the best
2008-02-11 - I've listened to the other songbooks and this CD is the only one I can listen to without skipping around. I loved this CD from the first time I heard it. Ella Fitzgerald has one of the best singing voices I've ever heard and I never get tired of this album. I've had it for about ten years and it's still one of the CD's I play the most.
Fantastic Listening 
2008-01-25 - The Best of the Song BooksThe title says it all. This is easy listening at it's best and this lady has one of the most beautiful voices ever. There are so many songs that I enjoyed that it just goes round and round on my CD player - the last track sends shivers up my spine. If you like music from this era, then this CD is a must.
Accept no Substitutes or Imitations
2007-09-24 - This is Ella at her finest and reminiscent of her live performances.
Couple Ella with great composers, lyricists, arrangers and orchestras and this is a classic for the ages. In popular music there are but two "Voices", Ella and Frank.
