Ella Fitzgerald albums discography

See also: Ella Fitzgerald singles discography

Fitzgerald in 1986

Between 1935 and 1955, American singer Ella Fitzgerald was signed to Decca Records. Her early recordings as a featured vocalist were frequently uncredited. Her first credited single was 78 RPM recording "I'll Chase the Blues Away" with the Chick Webb Orchestra. Fitzgerald continued recording with Webb until his death in 1939, after which the group was renamed Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra. With the introduction of 10" and 12" Long-Playing records in the late 1940s, Decca released several original albums of Fitzgerald's music and reissued many of her previous single-only releases. From 1935 to the late 1940s Decca issued Ella Fitzgerald's recordings on 78rpm singles and album collections, in book form, of four singles that included eight tracks. These recordings have been re-issued on a series of 15 compact disc by the French record label Classics Records between 1992 and 2008.

In 1956 Ella Fitzgerald signed with Verve Records, the Norman Granz record label. Fitzgerald recorded with Verve until the mid-1960s. Included in this era were a series of eight Song Book albums, with interpretations of the greater part of the Great American Songbook, with songs from the pens of Cole Porter (1956), Rodgers & Hart (1956), Duke Ellington (1957), Irving Berlin (1958), George and Ira Gershwin (1959), Harold Arlen (1961), Jerome Kern (1963) and Johnny Mercer (1964). Ella Fitzgerald released many stand alone singles throughout her Verve years. These were re-issued in 2003 on the 2-CD set, Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1.

The late 1960s and early 1970s saw Fitzgerald release albums on several major record labels, including three albums on Capitol Records and two on the Reprise Records label. In 1972 Norman Granz formed Pablo Records, the label continued to release Ella Fitzgerald's albums up until her last recorded album All That Jazz in 1989.

In recent years the Ella Fitzgerald back catalogue has continued to grow, this includes complete albums of previously unreleased live material and alternative recordings from her studio sessions.

Studio albums

1950s

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Jazz [1]	UK [2]
Ella Sings Gershwin	Released: 1950 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—	13
Songs in a Mellow Mood	Released: 1954 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—	—
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book	Released: May 15, 1956 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Ella and Louis (with Louis Armstrong)	Released: October 1956 Label: Verve Formats: LP	3	—
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book	Released: 1956 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Ella and Louis Again (with Louis Armstrong)	Released: October 1957 Label: Verve Formats: LP	12	—
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (with Duke Ellington)	Released: 1957 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Like Someone in Love	Released: 1957 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
One O'Clock Jump (with Count Basie and Joe Williams)	Released: 1957 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Porgy and Bess	Released: 1957 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Ella Swings Lightly	Released: 1958 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book	Released: 1958 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	5
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers	Released: 1959 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Get Happy!	Released: 1959 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers	Released: 1959 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
Hello, Love	Released: 1959 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

1960s

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [3]	US Jazz [1]	BEL [4]	NLD [5]	NOR [6]	SWE [7]	UK [2]
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas	Released: 1960 Label: Verve Formats: LP	61	5	55	37	33	33	44
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from the Soundtrack of "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"	Released: 1960 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book	Released: 1961 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Released: 1961 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rhythm Is My Business	Released: 1962 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson	Released: 1962 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella Swings Gently with Nelson	Released: 1962 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella Sings Broadway	Released: 1963 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book	Released: 1963 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella and Basie! (with Count Basie)	Released: 1963 Label: Verve Formats: LP	69	—	—	—	—	—	—
These Are the Blues	Released: 1963 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hello, Dolly!	Released: July 1964 Label: Verve Formats: LP	146	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book	Released: 1964 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella at Duke's Place (with Duke Ellington)	Released: 1965 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Whisper Not	Released: 1966 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Brighten the Corner	Released: August 1967 Label: Capitol Formats: LP	172	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas	Released: November 1967 Label: Capitol Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30 by Ella	Released: 1968 Label: Capitol Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Misty Blue	Released: 1968 Label: Capitol Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ella	Released: 1969 Label: Reprise Formats: LP	196	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

1970s

List of studio albums, showing all relevant details

Title	Album details
Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)	Released: 1970 Label: Reprise Formats: LP
Ella Loves Cole	Released: 1972 Label: Atlantic Formats: LP
Take Love Easy (with Joe Pass)	Released: 1973 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette
Ella and Oscar (with Oscar Peterson)	Released: 1975 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette
Fitzgerald and Pass... Again (with Joe Pass)	Released: 1976 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette
Lady Time	Released: 1978 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette
Fine and Mellow	Released: 1979 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette
A Classy Pair (with Count Basie)	Released: 1979 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette

1980s

List of studio albums, showing all relevant details

Title	Album details
Ella Abraça Jobim	Released: 1981 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette
The Best Is Yet to Come	Released: 1982 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette
Speak Love (with Joe Pass)	Released: 1983 Label: Pablo Formats: LP
Nice Work If You Can Get It (with André Previn	Released: 1983 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette
Easy Living (with Joe Pass)	Released: 1986 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, CD, cassette
All That Jazz	Released: 1989 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, CD, cassette

Live albums

The albums are sorted by release date.

Title	Album Details	Notes
Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl	Released: 1958 Label: Verve
Ella Fitzgerald And Billie Holiday At Newport	Released: 1958 Label: Verve
Ella At The Opera House	Released: 1958 Label: Verve
Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife	Released: 1960 Label: Verve	Later re-issued as The Complete Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife with additional tracks.
Ella In Hollywood	Released: 1961 Label: Verve
Ella At Juan-Les-Pins	Released: 1964 Label: Verve
Ella In Hamburg	Released: 1965 Label: Verve
Duke & Ella In Concerto (with Duke Ellington)	Released: 1966 Label: Verve
Ella And Duke At The Cote D'Azur (with Duke Ellington)	Released: 1966 Label: Verve
Sunshine Of Your Love	Released: 1968 Label: MPS
J.A.T.P. In Tokyo: Live At The Nichigeki Theatre 1953	Recorded: 1953 Released: 1972 Label: Verve
Jazz At Santa Monica Civic '72	Recorded: 1972 Released: 1972 Label: Pablo
Newport Jazz Festival: Live At Carnegie Hall, July 5, 1973	Released: 1973 Label: Columbia
Ella In London	Recorded: 1974 Released: 1974 Label: Pablo
Ella Fitzgerald And Her Orchestra Live From The Roseland Ballroom, 1940	Released: 1974 Label: Sunbeam
Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975	Released: 1975 Label: Pablo
Montreux '77 (with the Tommy Flanagan Trio)	Recorded: 1977 Released: 1977 Label: Pablo
Digital III At Montreux	Released: 1979 Label: Pablo
A Perfect Match (with Count Basie)	Released: 1979 Label: Pablo
Ella À Nice	Released: 1982 Label: Pablo
Return To Happiness: Jazz At The Philharmonic, Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, 1983	Recorded: 1983 Released: 1983 Label: Pablo
The Stockholm Concert, 1966 (with Duke Ellington)	Released: 1984 Label: Pablo
Ella In Rome: The Birthday Concert	Recorded: 1958 Released: 1988 Label: Verve
The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World (with Duke Ellington)	Released: 1990 Label: Pablo
Ella Returns To Berlin	Released: 1991 Label: Verve
The Complete Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife	Released: 1993 Label: Verve	Re-issue of the album Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife with additional tracks.
Ella Fitzgerald With The Tommy Flanagan Trio	Released: 1996 Label: LaserLight
Live From The Cave Supper Club: Vancouver BC, Canada, 19 May 1968	Recorded: 1968 Released: 1999 Label: Jazz Band Records
Ella Fitzgerald In Budapest	Released: 1999 Label: Pablo
Sophisticated Lady (with Joe Pass)	Released: 2001 Label: Pablo
Live At Mister Kelly's	Released: 2007 Label: Verve
Twelve Nights In Hollywood	Released: 2009 Label: Verve
Ella In Japan: 'S Wonderful	Released: 2011 Label: Verve
Live in Paris, Vol. 1 (May 8 – October 7, 1957)	Released: 2012 Label: Fremeaux	Previously unreleased live recordings, released over 3 volumes, from a series of concerts recorded between 1957 and 1962 at the Paris Olympia.
Live in Paris, Vol. 2 (May 1, 1958; February 23 & 29, 1960)	Released: 2012 Label: Fremeaux
Live in Paris, Vol. 3 (February 28 & March 11, 1961; March 16, 1962)	Released: 2013 Label: Fremeaux
Ella At Zardi's	Released: 2017 Label: Verve	Previously unreleased live concert recording from Zardi's Jazzland on Hollywood Boulevard, L.A., February 2, 1956.[8]
Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes	Released: 2020 Label: Verve	Previously unreleased live concert recording from Berlin, Germany, 1962.
Live in East Berlin 1967	Released: 2023 Label: The Lost Recordings	Previously unreleased live concert recording from Friedrichstadt-Palast, 1967

Notable guest appearances

The albums are sorted by release date.

• 1956 – Metronome All-Stars 1956
• 1960 – The Drum Battle: Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich at J.A.T.P.
• 1989 – Back on the Block
• 1992 – Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack THE SETTING SUN (Compact Disc RCA VICTOR VICP 8084, Japan. Ella Fitzgerald sings "The Setting Sun". It was her last professional recording, recorded at Warner Bros. Studios in January 1992 with arrangements by Billy May. Source:https://www.discogs.com/it/Various-The-Setting-Sun-Rakuy%C3%B4-Music-From-The-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/8310263)
• 2002 – Classic Duets (Three duets with Frank Sinatra, originally recorded in 1957 on the ABC TV series The Frank Sinatra Show)

Boxed sets and collections

• 1994 – The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
• 1995 – Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings
• 1997 – The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
• 1998 – Swingsation: Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb^[9]
• 1998 – Ella 100^[10]
• 2014 – The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions 1934-1941^[11]
• 2017 – Ella Fitzgerald: 100 Songs for a Centennial^[12]

References

1. "Ella Fitzgerald chart history (Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
2. "Ella Fitzgerald: Songs and albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
3. "Ella Fitzgerald chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
4. "Ultratop Belgian Charts: Ella Fitzgerald". Ultratop. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
5. "Dutch Charts: Ella Fitzgerald". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
6. "Norweigan charts: Ella Fitzgerald". norweigancharts.com. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
7. "Swedish Charts: Ella Fitzgerald". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
8. "Ella Fitzgerald – Ella At Zardi's". www.discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
9. "Swingsation: Ella Fitzgerald With Chick Webb". Spotify. January 1, 1998. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
10. "100 Songs For A Centennial". Open.spotify.com. April 21, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
11. "The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934-41)". downbeat.com.
12. Ella Fitzgerald: 100 Songs for a Centennial at allmusic.com