Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin

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Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin
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Studio album by
Sarah Vaughan
Released1958
RecordedMarch 20 & 21, 1957
Genre Vocal jazz
Length73:05
Label EmArcy
Producer Bob Shad
Sarah Vaughan chronology
Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin
(1957)		Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin
(1958)		 Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows
(1958)
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Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin is a 1958 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, of the music of George Gershwin. [3]

Contents

Vaughan would release another all-Gershwin album, Gershwin Live! , in 1982.

Track listing

  1. "Isn't It a Pity?" – 3:53
  2. "Of Thee I Sing" – 3:10
  3. "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" (Buddy De Sylva, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:39
  4. "Someone to Watch over Me" – 3:58
  5. "Bidin' My Time" – 3:01
  6. "The Man I Love" – 3:34
  7. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" – 3:58
  8. "My One and Only (What Am I Gonna Do?)" – 3:13
  9. "Lorelei" – 2:32
  10. "I've Got a Crush on You" – 4:00
  11. "Summertime" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2:51
  12. "Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did?" – 3:27
  13. "They All Laughed" – 2:23
  14. "Looking For a Boy" – 3:38
  15. "He Loves and She Loves" – 3:24
  16. "My Man's Gone Now" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, Heyward) – 4:22
  17. "I Won't Say I Will" (DeSylva, G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:24
  18. "A Foggy Day" – 3:24
  19. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" – 2:22
  20. "Things Are Looking Up" – 3:33
  21. "Do It Again" (DeSylva, I. Gershwin) – 3:13
  22. "Love Walked In" – 3:06
    1999 Cd reissue bonus tracks not included on the original 1958 release:
  23. "Of Thee I Sing" – 3:23
  24. "Summertime"
  25. "Things Are Looking Up" – 3:21
  26. "I Won't Say I Will" (Buddy DeSylva, G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 0:18
  27. "I Won't Say I Will" – 3:21
  28. "I Won't Say I Will" – 1:21
  29. "I Won't Say I Will" – 2:50
  30. "I Won't Say I Will" – 7:49
  31. "Of Thee I Sing" – 1:35
  32. "Of Thee I Sing" – 2:25
  33. "Of Thee I Sing" – 2:16
  34. "Of Thee I Sing" – 4:02
  35. "My One and Only (What Am I Gonna Do?)" – 1:47
  36. "My One and Only (What Am I Gonna Do?)" – 3:11
  37. "My One and Only (What Am I Gonna Do?)" – 4:34

All songs composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, unless otherwise indicated.

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1444. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. 1 2 Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 199. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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