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- Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
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- Release Date: September 15, 1999
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Vocal Music
Review
Another in a fine series of double-disc archival releases from Recall Records, a U.K. mid-price reissue label, Rhythm 'n' Romance collects 40 of jazz great Ella Fitzgerald's 1930s recordings with Chick Webb's orchestra, including her breakthrough hit, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (as well as "I Found a Yellow Basket," a remake in all but name) from 1938. These are Fitzgerald's first recordings, and while they're quite impressive, she really didn't fully find her stride (or her amazing scatting ability) until a decade later. Casual listeners should probably dip into her later recordings first before circling back for this early material, but as the start of a long and sparkling career, these 1930s recordings are definitely worth checking out. Few singers could work a ballad as well as Fitzgerald, and she had that ability right from the start. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music GuideTracks
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| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Bei Mir Bist du Schön | Ella Fitzgerald | (3:08) | |
| I Love Each Move You Make | Chick Webb, |
Ella Fitzgerald | (3:03) |
| If Dreams Come True | Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:39) |
| I Can't Stop Loving You | Chick Webb, |
Ella Fitzgerald | (3:07) |
| Organ Grinder's Swing (Lyrics) | Irving Mills, Will Hudson, Mitchell Parish | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:54) |
| Wake Up and Live | Harry Revel, Mack Gordon | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:40) |
| The Dipsy Doodle | Larry Clinton | Ella Fitzgerald | (3:16) |
| Strictly from Dixie (Lyrics) | Chick Webb, Harry Brooks, James Cavanaugh | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:51) |
| I Was Doing All Right | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:57) |
| Vote for Mr. Rhythm | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:30) | |
| Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil | Irving Berlin | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:57) |
| You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) | Sam Coslow | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:59) |
| When I Get Low I Get High | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:29) | |
| Saving Myself for You | Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:51) |
| Hallelujah | Ella Fitzgerald | (4:05) | |
| Everybody Step | Irving Berlin | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:49) |
| Holiday in Harlem | Chick Webb | Ella Fitzgerald | (3:11) |
| Deep in the Heart of the South | Jack Lawrence, |
Ella Fitzgerald | (3:17) |
| One Side of Me | Ella Fitzgerald | (3:23) | |
| I Found My Yellow Basket | Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald | (2:34) |
