Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 is a 2003 compilation album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. The album contains singles Fitzgerald recorded for Verve Records between 1956 and 1965.
Initially announced for Fall 2004, the second volume was released in November 2025.
Track listing Disc One "Stay There" (Gus Kahn, Jule Styne) – 2:35 "The Sun Forgot to Shine This Morning" (Bill Carey, Gene Howard) – 3:17 "Too Young for the Blues" (Biff Jones, Charles Meyer) – 3:16 "It's Only a Man" (Hal Borne, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:27 "Beale Street Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 2:27 "(The End of) A Beautiful Friendship" (Kahn, Styne) – 2:37 "The Silent Treatment" (Kahn, Styne) – 2:51 "Hear My Heart" (Buddy Lester) – 2:19 "Hotta Chocolatta" (Milton Drake, Victor Mizzy) – 3:08 "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald) – 2:20 "Teach Me How to Cry" (Phil Tuminello) – 2:58 "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts) – 2:41 "Your Red Wagon" (Gene DePaul, Richard M. Jones, Don Raye) – 2:56 "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 3:12 "Oh, What a Night for Love" (Steve Allen, Neal Hefti) – 2:24 "Dreams Are Made for Children" (Mack David, Jerry Livingston, Max Meth) – 2:38 "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:05 "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:18 Disc Two "The Secret of Christmas" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:47 Medley: "We Three Kings Of Orient Are", "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Bishop Phillips Brooks, John Henry Hopkins Jr., Lewis H. Redner) – 3:36 "You're Driving Me Crazy" ("Ich Fuhle Mich Crazy") (Walter Donaldson, Gilbert Obermair) – 3:07 "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" (Sam Coslow) – 3:46 "Call Me Darling" (Dorothy Dick, Mort Fryberg, Rolf Marbet, Bert Reisfeld) – 2:35 "Bill Bailey, Won't You Come Home?" (Hughie Cannon) – 3:24 "Ol' Man Mose" (Louis Armstrong, Zilner Randolph) – 3:53 "Desafinado (Off Key)" (Jesse Cavanaugh, Jon Hendricks, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) – 2:11 "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 2:32 "All the Live Long Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:41 "I'm a Poached Egg (Without Toast)" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:35 "Ringo Beat" (Fitzgerald) – 1:48 "I'm Fallin' in Love" (Barney Kessel) – 2:36 "She's Just a Quiet Girl" (Riziero Ortolani, Paul Vance) – 2:53 "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" (Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels, Dick Robertson) – 2:38 "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Webster) – 3:06 "A Place for Lovers" (Manuel DeSica, Norman Gimbel) – 2:41 "Lonely Is" (Clint Ballard Jr., Hal Hackaday) – 3:33
Personnel
Ella Fitzgerald – vocals Bob Cooper – Clarinet, Tenor saxophone Harry Edison – Trumpet Maynard Ferguson – Trumpet Herb Geller – Clarinet, Alto saxophone Bill Holman – Tenor saxophone Dick Hyman – Organ Gordon Jenkins – Conductor, Arranger Barney Kessel – Guitar, Conductor, Arranger Mel Lewis – Drums Ted Nash – Clarinet, Flute, Tenor saxophone Bud Shank – Flute, Alto saxophone Ben Webster – Tenor saxophone Pete Candoli – Trumpet Bob Enevoldsen – Tenor saxophone, Valve trombone Mort Herbert – Violin Ronnie Lang – Alto saxophone Stan Levey – Drums Lou Levy – Piano, Celesta Ray Linn – Trumpet Matty Matlock – Flute Arnold Ross – Piano Jimmy Woode – Bass Buddy Bregman – Conductor Corky Hale – Harp Frank De Vol – Conductor, Arranger Felix Slatkin – Violin Ralph Carmichael – Conductor Med Flory – Baritone saxophone Al Porcino – Trumpet Victor Arno – Violin Israel Baker – Violin Robert Barene – Violin Max Bennett – Bass Milt Bernhart – Trombone Larry Bunker – Percussion Joe Comfort – Bass Conrad Gozzo – Trumpet James A. Decker – French horn Harold Dicterow – Violin Alvin Dinkin – Viola Don Fagerquist – Trumpet David Frisina – Violin Russ Garcia – Conductor Chuck Gentry – Bass clarinet, Baritone saxophone Edward Gilbert – Tuba Benny Gill – Violin Jewell L. Grant – Woodwinds William Green – Woodwinds Skeets Herfurt – Woodwinds Norm Herzberg – Bassoon Milt Holland – Percussion Jules Jacob – Woodwinds Gus Johnson – Drums Knud Jorgensen – Piano Kathyrine Julye – Harp Anatol Kaminsky – Violin Armand Karpoff – Cello John Kitzmiller – Tuba Joe Koch – Woodwinds Raphael Kramer – Cello Dan Lube – Violin Alfred Lustgarten – Violin Edgar Lustgarten – Cello Virginia Majewski – Viola Joe Mondragon – Bass Jack Marsh – Bassoon Marty Paich – Conductor, Arranger Wilfred Middlebrooks – Bass Dick Nash – Trombone George Neikrug – Cello Nelson Riddle – Conductor, Arranger Erno Neufeld – Violin Robert Ostrowsky – Viola Lou Raderman – Violin Dorothy Remsen – Harp George Roberts – Bass trombone Paul Robyn – Viola Nathan Ross – Violin William Schiopffe – Drums Wilbur Schwartz – Woodwinds Paul Shure – Violin Alvin Stoller – Drums Fred Stulce – Flute Milton Thomas – Viola Lloyd Ulyate – Trombone Champ Webb – Woodwinds Paul Weston – Conductor, Arranger Vincent DeRosa – French Horn Alex Beller – Violin Eleanor Slatkin – Cello Victor Bay – Violin David Filerman – Cello Bert Gassman – Woodwinds Stanley Harris – Viola Jan Hlinka – Viola Murray Kellner – Violin Sylvia Ruderman – Flute Clint Neagley – Alto Saxophone Albert Saparoff – Violin Justin DiTullio – Cello Arnold Koblentz – Woodwinds Abe Luboff – Bass Nino Rosso – Cello Karl de Karske – Bass trombone Sam Freed – Violin Leonard Hartman – Flute Martin Ruderman – Flute Ambrose Russo – Violin George Werth – Trumpet Tommy Pederson – Trombone Joe Howard – Trombone Maurice Stein – Alto sSaxophone Elizabeth Greenschpoon – Cello Sanford Schonbach – Viola Gordon Schoneberg – Oboe Misha Russel – Concertmaster Bill Miller – Violin Kenneth Lowman – Bassoon Ernest Romersa – Woodwinds Philip Stephens – Bass Paul Smith – Piano Sam Albert – Violin Francis "Frenchie" Concepcion – Cello G.R. Henhenninck – Viola Henry Hill – Violin Buddy Bregman – Arranger Ellen Fitton – Mastering Hollis King – Art Direction Bryan Koniarz – Producer Ken Druker – Executive producer Stuart Nicholson – Liner notes Stephanie Stein Crease – Notes editing Miguel Villalobos – Illustrations
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