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Wikipedia Sez: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a box set by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that contains songs by George and Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. It was produced by Norman Granz, Fitzgerald's manager and the founder of Verve Records. Fifty-nine songs were recorded in the span of eight months in 1959. It is one of the eight album releases comprising what is possibly Fitzgerald's greatest musical legacy: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Complete American Songbook, in which she recorded, with top arrangers and musicians, a comprehensive collection of both well-known and obscure songs from the Great American Songbook canon, written by the likes of Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, and Johnny Mercer.

Prior Familiarity: ...fair? I know Ella, and I know most of the songs, but I'm not necessarily familiar with her versions of them specifically.

What I Did While Listening: Budgeting, fun. The tunes were a welcome distraction.

Verdict: Full disclosure, I only listened to the 45-minute 'best of' version that the 1001 Albums wesbite displays, but it was good enough that I will probably give the 3+ hour full set a whirl on my own time!

Favourite Song: Fascinating Rhythm! Dishonourable mention to 'S Wonderful, fuck those garbage lyrics infuriate me.