Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (Acoustic Sounds 180g) Vinyl 2LP #TTLStaple Throughout the preceding decade

Throughout the preceding decade

The Heavy are best known for “How You Like Me Now”

easily up there with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and To Pimp a Butterfly

There’s a real live feel to this record

Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (Acoustic Sounds 180g) Vinyl 2LP #TTLStaple Throughout the preceding decadeReleased in 1956 as the first album on the newly established Verve label, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book inaugurated her Song Book series and marked the beginning of her extended focus on composers associated with the Great American Songbook. Produced by Norman Granz, the sessions paired Ella with arranger conductor Buddy Bregman and a studio orchestra, establishing the large ensemble format that characterized the early Song Book