Songs in a Mellow Mood

Songs in a Mellow Mood
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1954
Recorded	March 29–30, 1954
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:20
Label	Decca
Producer	Milt Gabler
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella Sings Gershwin (1950) Songs in a Mellow Mood (1954) Lullabies of Birdland (1955)

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AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Songs in a Mellow Mood is a 1954 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the pianist Ellis Larkins. The complete album was re-issued as part of the 1994 MCA Records CD, Pure Ella.

Track listing

Side one

1. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) – 3:10
2. "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 3:22
3. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:12
4. "Please Be Kind" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:36
5. "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (Cahn, Chaplin, Alberta Nichols, Mann Holiner, L.E. Freeman) – 2:58
6. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:07

Side two

1. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:38
2. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 4:03
3. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) – 2:39
4. "You Leave Me Breathless" (Ralph Freed, Frederick Hollander) – 3:07
5. "Baby, What Else Can I Do?" (Gerald Marks, Walter Hirsch) – 3:50
6. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:38

Personnel

• Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
• Ellis Larkins - piano

References

1. "Ella Fitzgerald Songs in a Mellow Mood". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.