Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May. This album marked the only time that Fitzgerald worked with May. The Harold Arlen Songbook is the sixth album in Fitzgerald's series of recordings of songs written by the pantheon of Broadway composers who formed the body of work now considered the Great American Songbook. The cover art is a drawing by Henri Matisse. For the 2LP set originally released on the Verve label in 1961: Verve MG V-4046-2 Side One: Side Two: Side Three: Side Four: First 2CD re-issue in 1988 added two previously unreleased bonus tracks; Both were included on the 2001...