Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
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| Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | January 23, 1961 and June 22–23, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 58:25 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy. The liner notes are by Benny Green of the London Observer.
Track listing
For the 1961 Verve LP album, Verve V-4053 (Mono) & V6-4053 (Stereo)
Side One:
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:06
- "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:35
- "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 3:16
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:17
- "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 3:28
- "Jersey Bounce" (Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Edward Johnson, Bobby Plater) – 3:33
- "Signing Off" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly) – 3:45
Side Two:
- "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 4:13
- "This Year's Kisses" (Irving Berlin) – 2:14
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:17
- "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 2:42
- "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" (Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer, Billy Rose) – 2:41
- "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 6:13
- "The Music Goes Round and Round" (Eddie Farley, Red Hodgson, Mike Riley) – 2:27
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1989 Verve-PolyGram CD Reissue, Verve-PolyGram 835 646-2 and DAT W.L.S.T. 1994 835 646 - 4
15. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Previously unreleased) (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:12
16. "I Got a Guy" (Previously unreleased) (Marion Sunshine) – 3:43
17. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Previously unreleased) (Steve Allen) – 2:43
Personnel
Tracks 1 to 14; recorded 22–23 June 1961 in Los Angeles
Tracks 15 to 17; recorded 23 January 1961 in New York
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
- Lou Levy - piano
- Herb Ellis - guitar
- Joe Mondragon - bass on tracks 1-14 only
- Wilfred Middlebrooks - double bass on tracks 15-17 only
- Gus Johnson - drums
References
- ↑ "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
