Ella Fitzgerald

Songs Performed or Written by Ella FitzgeraldTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: A-Tisket, A-Tasket - #2: I Found My Yellow Basket - #3: My Happiness - #4: F.D.R. Jones - #5: Undecided
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  Ella Fitzgerald
1.
1936

(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

86 pts
20
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Sam Coslow
2.
1936

Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

95 pts
18
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Stanley Adams & Hoagy Carmichael
3.
1937

All Over Nothing at All
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

85 pts
20
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Peter Tinturin & Jack Lawrence
4.
1937

If You Ever Should Leave
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

128 pts
12
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin
  Fats Waller
5.
1937

You Showed Me the Way
Fats Waller

92 pts
19
US








written by Bud Green, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald greentick & Teddy McRae
  Ella Fitzgerald
6.
1938

#1  A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

370 pts
1
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by traditional
7.
1938

#2  I Found My Yellow Basket
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

266 pts
3
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Ella Fitzgerald greentick & Chick Webb
8.
1938

MacPherson Is Rehearsin' to Swing
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

115 pts
14
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Marion Sunshine
9.
1938

Rock It for Me
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

92 pts
19
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Kay Werner & Sue Werner
10.
1938

Wacky Dust
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

122 pts
13
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Oscar Levant & Stanley Adams
11.
11/1938

#4  F.D.R. Jones
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

172 pts
8
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Harold J. Rome
12.
1939

Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum)
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

115 pts
14
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Ella Fitzgerald greentick, Chick Webb & Buck Ram
13.
1939

I Want the Waiter (With the Water)
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

159 pts
9
US








written by Kay Werner & Sue Werner
14.
1939

My Wubba Dolly
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

105 pts
16
US








written by Kay Werner & Sue Werner
15.
1939

T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

92 pts
19
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Sy Oliver & Trummy Young
16.
1939

#5  Undecided
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

172 pts
8
US








with The Chick Webb Orchestra
written by Sid Robin & Charlie Shavers
17.
01/1941

Five O'Clock Whistle
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

165 pts
9
US








as Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra
[Decca 3420]
written by Kim Gannon, Josef Myrow & Gene Irwin
18.
1943

My Heart and I Decided
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

26 pts






6
R&B


as Ella Fitzgerald and the Keys
written by Walter Donaldson
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
19.
03/1944

When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

107 pts
22
US


2
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as Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra
[Decca 18587]
written by Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh & Irving Mills
20.
07/1944

Once Too Often
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

82 pts
20
US








[Decca 18605]
written by James V. Monaco & Mack Gordon
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
21.
01/1945

And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

144 pts
10
US








[Decca 18633]
written by Stan Kenton, Charles Lawrence & Joe Greene [American songwriter]
22.
1947

That's My Desire
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

35 pts






3
R&B


with Andy Love Quintet
written by Helmy Kresa & Carroll Loveday
23.
1948

It's Too Soon to Know
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

27 pts






6
R&B


written by Deborah Chessler
24.
06/1948

#3  My Happiness
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

230 pts
6
US




8
R&B


with The Song Spinners
[Decca 24446]
written by Betty Peterson Blasco & Borney Bergantine
25.
09/1951

Smooth Sailing
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

112 pts
23
US




3
R&B


[Decca 27693]
written by Arnett Cobb
26.
09/1952

Trying
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

53 pts
22
US








[Decca 28375]
written by Billy Vaughn
Crying in the Chapel
27.
09/1953

Crying in the Chapel
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

75 pts
15
US








[Decca 28762]
written by Artie Glenn
28.
07/1956

Beautiful Friendship
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

10 pts
74
US








[Verve 2012]
written by Donald Kahn & Stanley Styne
29.
05/1958

Swingin' Shepherd Blues
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

62 pts








15
UK
as Ella Fitzgerald & Her Shepherds
written by Moe Koffman, Kenny Jacobson & Rhoda Roberts
30.
10/1959

But Not for Me
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

43 pts








25
UK
[Verve 10180]
written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
31.
04/1960

Mack the Knife
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

110 pts
27
US




6
R&B
19
UK
[Verve 10209]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
32.
08/1960

How High the Moon
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

27 pts
76
US






46
UK
[Verve 10220]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton
33.
08/1961

Mr. Paganini (You'll Have to Swing It)
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

10 pts
103
US
20
AC






live
[Verve 10237]
written by Sam Coslow
34.
11/1962

Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune)
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

26 pts
102
US






38
UK
[Verve 10274]
written by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Jon Hendricks & Jessie Cavanaugh
35.
12/1962

Stardust Bossa Nova
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

3 pts
129
US








US B Side to Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune)
[Verve 10274]
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
36.
04/1963

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

11 pts
75
US








[Verve 10288]
written by Hughie Cannon
Can't Buy Me Love
37.
05/1964

Can't Buy Me Love
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

24 pts








34
UK
[Verve 10324]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Hello, Dolly!
38.
06/1964

Hello, Dolly!
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

3 pts
125
US








[Verve 10324]
written by Jerry Herman
39.
01/1965

Ringo Beat
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

3 pts
127
US








[tribute to Ringo Starr]
[Verve 10340]
written by Ella Fitzgerald greentick
40.
02/1968

I Taught Him Everything He Knows
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

6 pts


22
AC






[Capitol 2099]
written by Sylvia Dee & Arthur Kent
Get Ready
41.
10/1969

Get Ready
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

3 pts
126
US








[Reprise 0850]
written by Smokey Robinson
42.
07/1989

Summertime
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

7 pts








82
UK
written by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward
43.
04/2013

Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
Ella Fitzgerald greentick

3 pts








133
UK
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written by Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg


See also...

Ella Fitzgerald & the Mills BrothersElla Fitzgerald and Louis ArmstrongLouis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald


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