The Man I Love

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald

Appears on releases

# Title Length Release Title Release Artist Date Country Label Catalog#
Official
1.4 The Man I Love 3:53 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Volume 1 Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1957
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) MGV-4013
2.2 The Man I Love 3:54 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1959
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) MG V-4024-8
1.12 The Man I Love 3:54 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1989
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 825 024-2
1.1 The Man I Love 3:52 Jazz 'Round Midnight Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1991-03-19
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 843 621-2
10.14 The Man I Love 3:50 The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1993-11-02
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 3145198322
1.5 The Man I Love 3:53 Essential Ella Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1994
  • GB
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 523 990-2
1.13 The Man I Love 3:55 Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best of the Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1996-01-30
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 3145295812
1.9 The Man I Love 3:53 Best of the Song Books: Love Songs Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1996-06-18
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 3145317622
1.13 The Man I Love 3:55 Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best of the Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1996
  • XE
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 529 581-2
2.7 The Man I Love 3:52 The No. 1 Jazz Album Various Artists
  • 1997
  • AU
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 553837-2
1.14 The Man I Love 3:53 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1998-05-19
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 539 759-2
2.8 The Man I Love 3:54 Something to Live For Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1999-11-02
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 3145478002
1.2 The Man I Love 3:52 I Giganti del Jazz & Pop Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2000
  • IT
Famiglia Cristiana FC0010EL
1.8 The Man I Love 3:53 Classic Jazz: Jazz for Lovers Various Artists
  • 2002
  • US
Time-Life Music R612-21
2.18 The Man I Love 3:53 Gold: All Her Greatest Hits Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2003-02-03
  • GB
UCJ (UK label held by "Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd"), Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 589 647-2
2.18 The Man I Love 3:53 Gold Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2003-07-07
  • AU
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 9800276
2.18 The Man I Love 3:53 Gold Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2003
  • XE
Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese company - read the annotation before using!), Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 065 484-2
2.18 The Man I Love 3:53 Gold Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2003
  • GB
Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese company - read the annotation before using!), Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 0654842
1.19 The Man I Love 3:52 Because I Love You Various Artists
  • 2005-01-31
  • GB
Spectrum Music (budget label)
1.7 The Man I Love 3:55 Love Songs Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2005
  • XE
UCJ (UK label held by "Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd")
2.5 The Man I Love 3:53 The Very Best of the Song Books Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2006-05-12
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz) 0007423
1.16 The Man I Love 3:52 Music & Moonlight: Songbook Selections 1956-1959 Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2006
  • US
Hear Music B0006539-02
1.2 The Man I Love 3:52 ICON: Love Songs Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2011-01-10
  • US
Verve (aka “Verve Records”, US jazz)
1.14 The Man I Love 3:52 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2011
  • XE
Essential Jazz Classics EJC55500
1.2 The Man I Love 3:52 Anatomy of Music, Volume 2 Various Artists
Promotion
1.49 The Man I Love 3:53 The Diamond Collection Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2013-05-07
  • US
Hbc Remastered Classics
1.19 The Man I Love 3:52 The Diamond Collection Ella Fitzgerald
  • 2013-05-07
  • US
Hbc Remastered Classics

Relationships

recorded in: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (1959-01-05)
violin: Victor Bay (1959-01-05)
Alex Beller (1959-01-05)
Jacques Gasselin (1959-01-05)
James Getzoff (1959-01-05)
Ben Gill (1959-01-05)
Murray Kellner (1959-01-05)
Nat Ross (1959-01-05)
Eudice Shapiro (1959-01-05)
Felix Slatkin (1959-01-05)
Marshall Sosson (1959-01-05)
cello: Armand Kaproff (1959-01-05)
Kurt Reher (1959-01-05)
Eleanor Slatkin (1959-01-05)
trumpet: Cappy Lewis (1959-01-05)
Vito Mangano (1959-01-05)
Dale McMickle (1959-01-05)
Shorty Sherock (1959-01-05)
woodwind: Buddy Collette (1959-01-05)
Harry Klee (1959-01-05)
Joe Koch (1959-01-05)
Champ Webb (1959-01-05)
viola: Alvin Dinkin (1959-01-05)
Stanley Harris (1959-01-05)
Barbara Simons (1959-01-05)
drums: Alvin Stoller (1959-01-05)
guitar: Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (1959-01-05)
bass: Joe Mondragon (1959-01-05)
percussion: Frank Flynn (1959-01-05)
alto saxophone: Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (1959-01-05)
piano: Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (1959-01-05)
bass trombone: George Roberts (american bass trombone) (1959-01-05)
trombone: Milt Bernhart (1959-01-05)
Richard Noel (trombonist) (1959-01-05)
Tommy Pederson (1959-01-05)
French horn: Vincent DeRosa (1959-01-05)
arranger: Nelson Riddle
conductor: Nelson Riddle (1959-01-05)
engineer: Val Valentin
lead vocals: Ella Fitzgerald (1959-01-05)
orchestra: Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (1959-01-05)
producer: Norman Granz
vocals: Ella Fitzgerald (1959-01-05)
recording of: The Man I Love (cover) (1959-01-05)
The Man I Love (1959-01-05)

Related works

The Man I Love

composer: George Gershwin (composer) (1924)
lyricist: Ira Gershwin (1924)
publisher: New World Company
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV
arrangements: The Man I Love (for solo piano, transcr. by Percy Grainger)
The Man I Love (for piano solo)
is the basis for: 7 Virtuoso Études: The Man I Love
later translated versions: Mia zwa
later versions: Signature ("Music by Gershwin" Radio Show)
part of: An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)