Rhythm Is My Business

Rhythm Is My Business
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1962
Recorded	January 30, 31 1962
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:25
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Twelve Nights In Hollywood (2009) Rhythm Is My Business (1962) Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson (1962)

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Rhythm Is My Business is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. The album was recorded with a 'Big Band' and arranged and conducted by the American R&B organist Bill Doggett.

Down Beat magazine awarded this album 3½ stars, commenting that the emphasis here was on 'swinging'.

Track listing

For the 1961 Verve LP release; Verve MG V-4056

Side One:

1. "Rough Ridin'" (Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Jones, William Tennyson) – 2:51
2. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 2:43
3. "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) – 3:32
4. "Runnin' Wild" (Arthur Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood) – 2:40
5. "Show Me the Way to Go Out of This World 'Cause That's Where Everything Is" (Les Clark, Matt Dennis) – 2:42
6. "I'll Always Be In Love With You" (Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 2:50

Side Two:

1. "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" (Ray Charles) – 2:34
2. "I Can't Face the Music" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 5:00
3. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) – 2:36
4. "Laughin' on the Outside" (Ben Raleigh, Bernie Wayne) – 4:53
5. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 4:08

Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1999 Verve CD re-issue, Verve 559 513-2

12. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Previously unreleased) (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 2:35

13. "If I Could Be With You" (Previously unreleased) (Creamer, James P. Johnson) – 2:39

Note: Track 7 has only been re-issued on CD in mono, due to the loss of the stereo master tape.^[2]

Personnel

The following musicians contributed to this record album.

• Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
• Taft Jordan - trumpet
• Ernie Royal
• Joe Wilder
• Melba Liston - trombone
• Kai Winding
• Britt Woodman
• Carl Davis - Reeds
• Jerry Dodgion
• William Shakesnider
• Les Taylor
• Phil Woods
• Hank Jones - piano
• Mundell Lowe - guitar
• Lucile Dixon - double bass
• George Duvivier
• Gus Johnson - drums
• Bill Doggett - Arranger, Conductor, Organ on Rough Ridin' .

References

v d e Ella Fitzgerald Studio albums Ella Sings Gershwin · Songs in a Mellow Mood · Lullabies of Birdland · For Sentimental Reasons · Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax · Sweet and Hot · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook · Ella and Louis · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook · Ella and Louis Again · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook · Like Someone in Love · Porgy and Bess · Ella Swings Lightly · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook · Get Happy! · Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook · Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas · Hello, Love · Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook · Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! · Rhythm Is My Business · Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson · Ella Swings Gently with Nelson · Ella Sings Broadway · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook · Ella and Basie! · These Are the Blues · Hello, Dolly! · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book · Ella at Duke's Place · Whisper Not · Brighten the Corner · Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas · 30 by Ella · Misty Blue · Ella · Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) · Ella Loves Cole · Take Love Easy · Fine and Mellow · Ella and Oscar · Fitzgerald and Pass... Again · Lady Time · Dream Dancing · A Classy Pair · Ella Abraça Jobim · The Best Is Yet to Come · Speak Love · Nice Work If You Can Get It · Easy Living · All That Jazz Live albums Ella at the Opera House · Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport · Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert · Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's · Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife · Ella in Hollywood · Ella Returns to Berlin · Twelve Nights in Hollywood · Ella at Juan-Les-Pins · Ella in Hamburg · Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · Sunshine of Your Love · Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall · The Stockholm Concert, 1966 · Ella in Budapest, Hungary · Ella à Nice · Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 · Ella in London · Montreux '75 · Montreux '77 · Digital III at Montreux · A Perfect Match · Sophisticated Lady Other albums Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues · One O'Clock Jump · Back on the Block · The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books · Pure Ella · The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve · Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 · Gold Tribute albums Dear Ella · To Ella · We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song Filmography Ride 'Em Cowboy · Pete Kelly's Blues · St. Louis Blues Related topics Discography · Awards · Ray Brown · Ray Brown, Jr. · Norman Granz · Jimmy Rowles · Chick Webb · A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim Book · Category