Rhythm Is My Business
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| Rhythm Is My Business | ||||
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| Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | January 30, 31 1962 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 42:25 | |||
| Label | Verve V 4056 | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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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".
Billboard reviewed the album in September 1962 and said that it "rates a lot of play".[2]
Track listing
For the 1962 Verve LP release; Verve MG V-4056
- Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Get 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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" | Ray Charles | 2:34 |
| 8. | "I Can't Face the Music" | Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler | 5:00 |
| 9. | "No Moon At All" | Redd Evans, Dave Mann | 2:36 |
| 10. | "Laughin' on the Outside" | Ben Raleigh, Bernie Wayne | 4:53 |
| 11. | "After You've Gone" | Henry Creamer, Turner Layton | 4:08 |
- 1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Taking a Chance on Love" | Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche | 2:35 |
| 13. | "If I Could Be With You" | 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.[3]
Personnel
- 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
- Lucille Dixon - double bass
- George Duvivier
- Gus Johnson - drums
- Bill Doggett - Arranger, Conductor, Organ on Rough Ridin' .
