VA - Queens Of Jazz - Love Songs (2024)

"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a popular jazz song with lyrics and music by Cole Porter. The lyrics of the song celebrate the singer's happiness in the company of a loved one, but also his suffering at parting.
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" has stood the test of time and entered the Great American Songbook due to its appeal, telling the story of how happy the main character is to be with the love of his life, and how sad he is when he leaves — a situation familiar to millions of people. The song also appeared at a time when World War II had just ended, and many soldiers were reuniting with their wives and girlfriends. The most famous song is by Ella Fitzgerald from her 1956 album "Ella Sings the Cole Porter Songbook".
"Mad About the Boy" is a popular song with lyrics and music by actor and playwright Noel Coward. Has the song been submitted??in the 1932 revue "Words and Music" by Joyce Barbour, Steffi Doona, Nora Howard and Doris Hare. The song is dedicated to the theme of unrequited love for a movie star. Dina Washington recorded the song twice, for the first time on March 24, 1952.
"At Last" is a song written by Mac Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film "Sun Valley Serenade" (1941). In 1960, rhythm and blues singer Etta James recorded an arrangement by Riley Hampton, improvising on Warren's original melody. Etta James' version became the title track of her debut album "At Last!".
"I'm a Fool to Want You" is the opening ballad of the album "Lady in Satin", Holiday's penultimate album and the last work released during her lifetime. Seven years before she entered the studio to record this iconic version, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf and Joel Herron wrote the lyrics. This authorship was unique to Sinatra, who, like many of his contemporaries, relied heavily on professional songwriters.
In 1958, during the recording of the song "Lady in Satin", Billie Holiday was 43 years old, and she certainly experienced all the subtleties of love.
"When I Fall in Love" is a popular song written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was featured in Howard Hughes' latest film "One Minute to Zero" as an instrumental track called "Theme from One Minute to Zero". Geri Southern performed the lead vocals on the first recording, released in April 1952, with the song's composer, Victor Young, arranging and conducting. The song became a classic, and many artists recorded it; the first hit version was performed by Doris Day and released in July 1952. Day's recording was made on June 5, 1952.
The blues jazz ballad "Cry Me a River" was originally written for Ella Fitzgerald to perform in the movie Pete Kelly's Blues (1955), set in the 1920s. According to Hamilton, he and Julie London were classmates, and she contacted him on behalf of her husband, Jack Webb, who directed the film and was looking for new songs for its soundtrack. After the song was dropped from the film, Fitzgerald released her version for the first time on the album "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!". In 1961. The first release of the song took place in 1955 on the Liberty Records label, performed by actress and singer Julie London.
"Summertime" is an aria written in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
The song was first recorded by Abby Mitchell on July 19, 1935, with George Gershwin playing the piano and conducting the orchestra. Is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, released in April 1959.
"Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym "John Davenport". It was originally recorded by American R&B singer Little Willie John for his debut album Fever (1956) and released as a single in April of the same year. The song topped the Billboard R&B Best Sellers chart in the United States and reached number 24 on the Billboard Pop chart. It was positively received by music critics and was included in several lists of the best songs after its release. The 1958 version of Peggy Lee became the most famous and her calling card.
"Why Don't You Do Right?" (originally recorded as "Weed Smoker's Dream" in 1936) is an American blues and jazz pop song, usually attributed to Kansas Joe McCoy. Blues in a minor key, consisting of twelve bars with several chord changes, is considered a classic "female blues" song and has become a classic. "Why Don't You Do Right" is a jazz song by Julie London, released on May 19, 1961 on the album Whatever Julie Wants.
"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was written for the film version of the musical comedy "Whoopee!" (1930). A stylized version of the song performed by American singer and songwriter Nina Simone, recorded in 1957.
"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. The first recording of the song was made in 1954 by Kay Ballard. Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was closely related to the Apollo missions to the Moon. Sarah Vaughan is one of the best performers of the song "Fly Me to the Moon".
"I'm Sorry" is a 1960 hit performed by 15-year-old American singer Brenda Lee. The song was written by Dub Albritten and Ronnie Self. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 1960.
"What a Difference a Day Made", also recorded as "What a Difference a Day Makes", is a popular song originally written in Spanish by Mexican songwriter Maria Grever in 1934 under the title "Cuando vuelva a tu lado" ("When I Come Back to You"). The song is also known in English as "What a Difference a Day Makes", popularized by Dinah Washington in 1959. Dinah Washington won a Grammy Award in 1959 for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance with this song.
"La Vie en rose" is one of the most famous songs by French singer Edith Piaf. It was written in 1945, became popular in 1946, and was recorded in 1947. The lyrics were written by Piaf, and the music was composed by Luigi. "La Vie en rose" brought Piaf international fame, her words expressed the joy of finding true love and were close to those who survived the difficult period of the Second World War.
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song achieved its highest chart success when it was covered by Cass Elliott with Mamas & the Papas in 1968, and recorded by Anita Harris the same year. In the summer of 1950, seven recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" were released. This song is one of Ella Fitzgerald's best recordings, accompanied by Louis Armstrong's trumpet.