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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Cheek To Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings / Verve Records 4x Audio CD / 00602557627725
UPC 602557627725
"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1934–35, specifically for the star of his new musical, Fred Astaire. The movie was Top Hat, co-starring Ginger Rogers. In the movie, Astaire sings the song to Rogers as they dance. The song was nominated for the Best Song Oscar for 1936, which it lost to "Lullaby of Broadway". The song spent five weeks at #1 on Your Hit Parade and was named the #1 song of 1935. Astaire's 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2004, Astaire's version finished at No. 15 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
| Label: | Verve Records – 00602557627725 |
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| Format: |
4 x CD, Compilation
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
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| Genre: | Jazz, Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Musical |
Tracklist:
| Disc 1 - The Decca Singles / Ella And Louis | |||
| 1 | You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) | ||
| 2 | The Frim Fram Sauce | ||
| 3 | Dream A Little Dream Of Me | ||
| 4 | Can Anyone Explain? | ||
| 5 | Necessary Evil | ||
| 6 | Oops! | ||
| 7 | Who Walks In When I Walk Out | ||
| 8 | Would You Like To Take A Walk | ||
| 9 | Can't We Be Friends | ||
| 10 | Isn't This A Lovely Day | ||
| 11 | Moonlight In Vermont | ||
| 12 | They Can't Take That Away From Me | ||
| 13 | Under A Blanket Of Blue | ||
| 14 | Tenderly | ||
| 15 | A Foggy Day | ||
| 16 | Stars Fell On Alabama | ||
| 17 | Cheek To Cheek | ||
| 18 | The Nearness Of You | ||
| 19 | April In Paris | ||
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Disc 2 - Ella And Louis Again |
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| 1 | Don't Be That Way | ||
| 2 | Makin' Whoopee | ||
| 3 | They All Laughed | ||
| 4 | Comes Love | ||
| 5 | Autumn In New York | ||
| 6 | Let's Do It | ||
| 7 | Stompin' At The Savoy | ||
| 8 | I Won't Dance | ||
| 9 | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You | ||
| 10 | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | ||
| 11 | These Foolish Things | ||
| 12 | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | ||
| 13 | Willow Weep For Me | ||
| 14 | I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket | ||
| 15 | A Fine Romance | ||
| 16 | Ill Wind | ||
| 17 | Love Is Here To Stay | ||
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Disc 3 - Ella And Louis Again / Porgy And Bess |
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| 1 | I Get A Kick Out Of You | ||
| 2 | Learnin' The Blues | ||
| 3 | Overture | ||
| 4 | Summertime | ||
| 5 | I Wants To Stay Here | ||
| 6 | My Man's Gone Now | ||
| 7 | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' | ||
| 8 | The Buzzard Song | ||
| 9 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | ||
| 10 | It Ain't Necessarily So | ||
| 11 | What You Want Wid Bess? | ||
| 12 | A Woman Is A Sometime Thing | ||
| 13 | Oh, Doctor Jesus | ||
| 14 | Medley | ||
| 15 | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York | ||
| 16 | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? | ||
| 17 | Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way | ||
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Disc 4 Bonus Tracks - Ella And Louis Live / Decca Extras / Ella And Louis Again Extras / Porgy And Bess Extras |
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| 1 | The Memphis Blues (Live) |
| 2 | You Won't Be Satisfied (Live) | |
| 3 | Undecided (Live) | |
| 4 | You Won't Be Satisfied (False Start And Breakdown) | |
| 5 | The Frim Fram Sauce (False Starts/Takes 1 and 2) | |
| 6 | The Frim Fram Sauce (Alternate Take) | |
| 7 | Makin' Whoopee (Take 1) | |
| 8 | Makin' Whoopee (Take 2) | |
| 9 | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Run-Through and Take 3 Breakdown) | |
| 10 | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 4) | |
| 11 | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 13) | |
| 12 | Let's Do It (Take 3) | |
| 13 | Willow Weep For Me (Take 4) | |
| 14 | I Get Plenty O' Nuttin' (Mono Master) | |
| 15 | A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (Mono Master) | |
| 16 | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? (Takes 5 and 6) | |
| 17 | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? (Take 7) | |
| 18 | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? (Take 8) | |
| 19 | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? (Take 9) | |
| 20 | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? (Insert For Take 9) | |
| 21 | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? (Take 10) | |
| 22 | Red-Headed Woman (Instrumental) |
- Producer – Milt Gabler (tracks: Disc 1: Tracks 1 - 8, Disc 4: Tracks 2 - 6), Norman Granz (tracks: Disc 1: Tracks 9 - 19, Disc 2: Tracks 1 - 17, Disc 3: Tracks 1 - 17, Disc 4: Tracks 7 - 22)
