30 by Ella

30 by Ella
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1968
Recorded	May 28-June 3, 1968
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	27:27
Label	Capitol
Producer	Dave Dexter, Jr.
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas (1967) 30 by Ella (1968) Misty Blue (1968)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

30 by Ella is a 1968 (see 1968 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.

The album's unusual construction of six medleys of songs were arranged by Benny Carter. This album was Fitzgerald's final recording made for Capitol Records. The following album release on Capitol from Fitzgerald, Misty Blue had been recorded in late 1967.

Track listing

For the 1967 LP on Capitol Records; Capitol ST 2960; Re-issued in 2000 on CD, Capitol 7243 5 20090 2 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Mother's Eyes Try a Little Tenderness I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Everything I Have Is Yours I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You) Goodnight My Love"	L. Wolfe Gilbert, Abel Baer Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly Paul Francis Webster, Duke Ellington Harold Adamson, Burton Lane Tom Pitts, Raymond B. Egan, Roy Marsh, Paul Whiteman Mack Gordon, Harry Revel	12:21
2.	"Four or Five Times Maybe Taking a Chance on Love Elmer's Tune At Sundown It's a Wonderful World"	Mares H. Hellman, Byron Gay, Allen Flynn, Frank Madden Vernon Duke, John La Touche, Ted Fetter Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop, Dick Jurgens Walter Donaldson Adamson, Jan Savitt, Johnny Watson	6:18
3.	"On Green Dolphin Street How Am I To Know Just Friends I Cried for You Seems Like Old Times You Stepped Out of a Dream"	Ned Washington, Bronislau Kaper Dorothy Parker, Jack King Sam M. Lewis, John Klenner Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman Carmen Lombardo, John Loeb Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn	7:05
4.	"If I Give My Heart to You Once in a While Ebb Tide The Lamp Is Low Where Are You? Thinking of You (I've Grown So Lonesome)"	Jimmie Crane, Jimmy Brewster, Al Jacobs Bud Green, Michael Edwards Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose, Bert Shefter Adamson, Jimmy McHugh Donaldson, Paul Ash	11:08
5.	"Candy All I Do Is Dream of You Spring is Here 720 In the Books It Happened In Monterey What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?"	Mack David, Joan Whitney Kramer, Alex Kramer Freed, Nacio Herb Brown Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Adamson, Savitt, Johnny Watson Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne Donaldson, Abe Lyman	6:14
6.	"No Regrets I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling Don't Blame Me Deep Purple Rain You're a Sweetheart"	Harry Tobias, Roy Ingraham Freed, Brown Dorothy Fields, McHugh Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose Eugene Ford Adamson, McHugh	9:47
7.	"Hawaiian War Chant" (Note: CD bonus track only, not on the original release.)	Ralph Freed, Leleiohaku, Ray Noble	2:18

Personnel

• Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
• Jimmy Jones – piano
• Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet
• Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone
• John Collins – guitar
• Panama Francis – drums (tracks 3 & 6)
• Louis Bellson  - drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7)
• Bob West – bass

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References

1. "30 by Ella". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 78. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Capitol CD 7243 5 20090 2 2 (1999)