THIS FOOLISH THING
ELLA FITZGERALD
SONGWRITERS: HARRY LIN; HOLT
MARVELL & JACK STRACHEY
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: THE COMPLETE ELLA
FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG
LABEL: VERVE RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1958
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.
Oh!
Will you never let me be?
Oh!
Will you never set me free?
The ties that bound us
Are still around us
There's no escape that I can see
And still those little things remain
That bring me happiness or pain
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart
meant
A fair ground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you
You came you saw you conquer'd me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you
First daffodils and long excited cables
And candle lights on little corner tables
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
The park at evening when the bell has sounded
The "Ile de France" with all the gulls
around it
The beauty that is Spring's
These foolish things remind me of you
How strange how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside dance invitations
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you
Gardenia perfume ling'ring on a pillow
Wild strawb'ries only seven francs a kilo
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you
How strange how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me
The scent of smould'ring leaves, the wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you.