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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio double album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs of Cole Porter.

Track listing:
All tracks written by Cole Porter, except when noted.

Disc one
Side one

“All Through the Night” – 3:15
“Anything Goes” – 3:21
“Miss Otis Regrets” – 3:00
“Too Darn Hot” – 3:47
“In the Still of the Night” – 2:38
“I Get a Kick Out of You” – 4:00
“Do I Love You?” – 3:50
“Always True to You in My Fashion” – 2:48

Side two

“Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” – 3:32
“Just One of Those Things” – 3:30
“Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” – 3:32
“All of You” – 1:43
“Begin the Beguine” – 3:37
“Get Out of Town” – 3:22
“I Am in Love” – 4:06
“From This Moment On” – 3:17

Disc two
Side three

“I Love Paris” – 4:57
“You Do Something to Me” – 2:21
“Ridin’ High” – 3:20
“You’d Be So Easy to Love” – 3:24
“It’s All Right with Me” – 3:07
“Why Can’t You Behave?” – 5:04
“What Is This Thing Called Love?” – 2:02
“You’re the Top” – 3:33

Side four

“Love for Sale” – 5:52
“It’s De-Lovely” – 2:42
“Night and Day” – 3:04
“Ace in the Hole” – 1:58
“So in Love” – 3:50
“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” – 2:42
“I Concentrate on You” – 3:11
“Don’t Fence Me In” – 3:19 (Robert Fletcher, co-lyricist)

1997 reissue, previously unreleased bonus tracks

“You’re the Top” (Alternative take) – 2:08
“I Concentrate on You” (Alternative take) – 3:00
“Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” (Alternative take) – 5:25

Personnel:

Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
Paul Smith – piano, celeste (on all tracks except 2.11)
Brass and woodwind members
(on tracks 1.1–2, 4–5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 2.2–3, 5, 8–13, 15)

Herb Geller – clarinet, alto saxophone
Chuck Gentry – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Bud Shank – clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
Additional members on 1.7, 11, 15, 2.1, 6

Bob Cooper – clarinet, oboe, tenor saxophone
Ted Nash – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone
Additional members on 1.12

Pete Candoli – trumpet
Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet
Maynard Ferguson – trumpet
Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
Additional members on 1.12, 2.7 & 14

Milt Bernhart – trombone
Joe Howard – trombone
Lloyd Ulyate – trombone
George Roberts – bass and baritone trombone
Rhythm members
(on all tracks except 1.3, 8, 2.2, 8, 12)

Barney Kessel – Guitar
Joe Mondragon – Double bass
Alvin Stoller – Drums, percussion
Rudimental string members
(on tracks 1.1–2, 5, 7–8, 11, 13, 15, 2.1–2, 6, 8–13, 15)

Corky Hale – harp
Robert LaMarchina – cello
Edgar Lustgarten – cello
Technical

Buddy Bregman – arranger, conductor
Norman Granz – producer

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Released: May 15, 1956
Recorded: February 7–9, 1956
March 27, 1956
Length: 118:27
Label: Verve
Producer: Norman Granz