What a Wonderful World: 23 Swinging Favorites

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hello Dolly
cover recording of:
Hello, Dolly!
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Herman
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Jerryco Music Co.
sub-publisher:
Warner Chappel Music Belgium NV
part of:
Hello, Dolly!
Louis Armstrong2:31
2Mack the Knife
cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Ella Fitzgerald5:06
3Straighten Up and Fly Right
recording of:
Straighten Up and Fly Right
writer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
sub-publisher:
Mills Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30)
Nat King Cole2:36
4Cry Me a River
producer:
Bobby Troup
double bass [bass]:
Ray Leatherwood
guitar:
Barney Kessel
vocals:
Julie London
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 1957)
recorded at and mixed at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Cry Me a River
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Hamilton
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Co. Inc., Harmony Grace Publishing, Saunders Publications Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Daksel Music Corp. (in 1982) and Song and Dance Music Co. (in 1982)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
Julie London52:49
5The Lady Is a Tramp
recording of:
The Lady Is a Tramp (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
Pal Joey
Frank Sinatra3:13
6Whatever Lola Wants
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1955-03-17)
conductor:
Hugo Peretti (on 1955-03-17)
arranger:
Hugo Peretti
cover recording of:
Whatever Lola Wants (Damn Yankees) (on 1955-03-17)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
part of:
Damn Yankees (1955 musical)
Sarah Vaughan2:37
7I Wished On the Moon
recording of:
I Wished on the Moon
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Billie Holiday3:25
8What a Wonderful WorldLouis Armstrong2:17
9Sunny Side of the StreetDinah Washington2:26
10Blue Prelude
bongos:
Armando Peraza (on 1959-04-29)
double bass:
Carl Pruitt (Double bass player) (on 1959-04-29)
guitar:
Toots Thielemans (on 1959-04-29)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (on 1959-04-29)
vibraphone:
Ray Alexander (on 1959-04-29)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1959-04-29)
cover recording of:
Blue Prelude (on 1959-04-29)
lyricist:
Gordon Jenkins
composer:
Joe Bishop
Peggy Lee & George Shearing2:13
11It’s Only a Paper Moon
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1946-09-25)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1946-09-25)
piano and lead vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-09-25)
recorded at:
The Circle Room in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States (on 1946-09-25)
instrumental recording of:
It’s Only a Paper Moon (on 1946-09-25)
lyricist:
E.Y. Harburg (in 1933) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell Music Ltd., Gloccamorria Music, S.A. Music Co., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Nat King Cole3:06
12How High the Moon
cover recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Ella Fitzgerald3:59
13Sometimes I’m Happy
cover recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
Dinah Washington2:16
14They Can’t Take That Away From Me
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1956-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1956-08-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1956-08-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1956-08-16)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-08-16)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-08-16) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-08-16)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-16)
cover recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”) (on 1956-08-16)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong4.54:37
15Fly Me to the Moon
engineer:
David Hassinger
producer:
Snuff Garrett (aka.Tommy Garrett, singer, songwriter, producer and disc jockey)
vocals:
Julie London
conductor:
Ernie Freeman
arranger:
Ernie Freeman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Liberty (a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1964)
cover recording of:
Fly Me to the Moon
lyricist and composer:
Bart Howard (in 1954)
premiered by:
Kaye Ballard (in 1954)
publisher:
Almanac Music-Inc., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Kensington Music Ltd., Palm Valley Music LLC and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
Julie London42:34
16Make Yourself Comfortable
recording of:
Make Yourself Comfortable
lyricist and composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
publisher:
Rylan Music Corp.
Sarah Vaughan2:40
17Cabaret
cover recording of:
Cabaret (title song from the Kander & Ebb musical)
lyricist:
Fred Ebb
composer:
John Kander
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
part of:
Cabaret (musical)
Louis Armstrong3:59
18If Dreams Come Through
bongos:
Armando Peraza (on 1959-04-29)
double bass:
Carl Pruitt (Double bass player) (on 1959-04-29)
guitar:
Toots Thielemans (on 1959-04-29)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (on 1959-04-29)
vibraphone:
Ray Alexander (on 1959-04-29)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1959-04-29)
cover recording of:
If Dreams Come True (on 1959-04-29)
lyricist:
Irving Mills
composer:
Edgar M. Sampson and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
Peggy Lee & George Shearing2:24
19Manhattan
engineer:
Val Valentin (on 1956-08-29)
producer:
Norman Granz
baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and bassoon:
Chuck Gentry (on 1956-08-29)
bass:
Joe Mondragon (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
cello:
Robert La Marchina (US cellist and conductor) (on 1956-08-29) and Edgar Lustgarten (on 1956-08-29)
cor anglais [English horn] and oboe:
Arnold Koblentz (Oboe player) (on 1956-08-29)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1956-08-29)
flute:
Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1956-08-29), Bud Shank (on 1956-08-29) and Willie Schwartz (on 1956-08-29)
French horn:
Vince DeRosa (on 1956-08-29)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1956-08-29)
percussion:
Milt Holland (on 1956-08-29)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1956-08-29)
viola and violin:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1956-08-29)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-08-29)
conductor:
Buddy Bregman (on 1956-08-29)
arranger:
Buddy Bregman
concertmaster:
Misha Russell (on 1956-08-29)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios, Studio B in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-29)
cover recording of:
Manhattan (on 1956-08-29)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1925)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1925)
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Piedmont Music Company and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Ella Fitzgerald2:51
20(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66Nat King Cole3:40
21Come Fly With Me
recording of:
Come Fly With Me
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1957)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1957)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Maraville Music Corp., PW Arrangements, The International Music Network, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Van Heusen Music Corp. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and フジパシフィックミュージック
Frank Sinatra3:17
22Can’t We Be Friends
cover recording of:
Can’t We Be Friends?
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong3:45
23Comes Love
double bass:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1957-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1957-01-04)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1957-01-04)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1957-01-04)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1957-01-04)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1957-01-04)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-01-04)
recording of:
Comes Love (on 1957-01-04)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Billie Holiday3:57