OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
ELLA FITZEGERALD & LOUIS
ARMSTRONG
SONGWRITERS: GERSHWIN GEORGE & GERSHWIN IRA
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: THE COMPLETE ELLA
FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG
LABEL: VERVE RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1997
The
Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve is a compilation album released
on Verve Records in 1997. It comprises three compact discs containing the three
studio albums made for the label by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong,
released during 1956 through 1958.
Its 47
tracks are collated from Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis Again, and Porgy and
Bess. Two tracks are from an August 15, 1956 concert at the Hollywood Bowl with
the duo backed by Armstrong's touring band, the All Stars. Disc one tracks one
through eleven comprise Ella and Louis, while disc one tracks 12 through 16 and
disc two tracks one through 14 comprise Ella and Louis Again. The
Hollywood Bowl performances are on tracks 15 and 16 of disc two, and disc three
contains the Porgy and Bess album. Not all tracks are vocal duets and are indicated below.
Ella Jane
Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer,
sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.
She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation,
and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat
singing.
After a
tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick
Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with
the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Her rendition of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket,
A-Tasket" helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when
Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start her solo career.
Her
manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her
career over to Norman Granz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records
by Fitzgerald. With Verve she recorded some of her more widely noted works,
particularly her interpretations of the Great American Songbook.
While
Fitzgerald appeared in movies and as a guest on popular television shows in the
second half of the twentieth century, her musical collaborations with Louis
Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and The Ink Spots were some of her most notable acts
outside of her solo career. These partnerships produced some of her best-known
songs such as "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Cheek to Cheek",
"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall", and "It Don't Mean a Thing
(If It Ain't Got That Swing)".
In 1993, after a career of nearly 60 years, she gave her
last public performance. Three years later, she died at the age of 79 after
years of declining health. Her accolades included fourteen Grammy
Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Louis
Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo",
"Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter, composer,
vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. His
career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in
the history of jazz. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall
of Fame.
Armstrong
was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an
inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in
jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo
performance. Around 1922, he followed his mentor, Joe "King" Oliver,
to Chicago to play in the Creole Jazz Band. In Chicago, he spent time with
other popular jazz musicians, reconnecting with his friend Bix Beiderbecke and
spending time with Hoagy Carmichael and Lil Hardin. He earned a reputation at
"cutting contests", and relocated to New York in order to join Fletcher
Henderson's band.
With his instantly recognizable rich, gravelly voice,
Armstrong was also an influential singer and skillful improviser, bending the
lyrics and melody of a song. He was also skilled at scat singing. Armstrong is
renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice as well as his trumpet
playing. By the end of Armstrong's career in the 1960s, his influence had
spread to popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the
first popular African-American entertainers to "cross over", meaning
his music transcended his skin color in a racially divided America. He rarely
publicly politicized his race, to the dismay of fellow African Americans, but
took a well-publicized stand for desegregation in the Little Rock crisis. He was able to access the upper
echelons of American society at a time when this was difficult for black men.
Its
very clear, our love is here to stay
Not for a year, but forever and a day
The radio and the telephone,
And the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies
And in time may go
But, oh my dear
Our love is here to stay
Together we're going a long long way
In time the Rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay
[instrumental]
But oh, oh my dear
Our love is here to stay
Together we're going a long long way
In time the Rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay
It’s here to stay
It’s here to stay
It’s here to stay.
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