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Sunday, May 24, 2026

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Origin: USA

Genre: Jazz, Vocal, Bebop, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Early Jazz Vocals, American Popular Song

Original line-up:

Ella Fitzgerald: Vocals, Piano

Louis Armstrong: Trumpet, Vocals

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong are a legendary collaborative by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, recorded for Verve Records. Masterminded b renowned producer Norman Granz, it stands as one of the most celebrated and definitive Vocal Jazz Partnerships in Music Story.

Title: Ella & Louis (2026)

Genre: Jazz, Vocal, Bebop, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Early Jazz Vocals, American Popular Song

Label: Number One Essentials

Rating: *****

Format: LP

Tracks:

Side A:

1. Can't We Be Friends? (3:48)

2. Isn't This A Lovely Day? (6:16)

3. Moonlight In Vermont (3:42)

4. They Can't Take That Away From Me (4:39)

5. Under A Blanket Of Blue (4:18)

6. Tenderly (5:10)

Side B:

1. A Foggy Day (4:32)

2. Stars Fell On Alabama (3:34)

3. Cheek To Cheek (5:53)

4. The Nearness Of You (5:42)

5. April In Paris (6:33)

Personnel:

Ella Fitzgerald: Vocals

Louis Armstrong: Vocals, Trumpet

Oscar Peterson: Piano

Herb Ellis: Guitar

Ray Brown: Bass

Buddy Rich: Drums

Ella & Louis is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, originally released on October 1956 by Verve, remastered and reissued on May 8, 2026 by Number One Essentials. 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Madeleine Peyroux

Artist: Madeleine Peyroux
Born: April 18, 1974. Athens, Georgia, USA.
Genre: Jazz, Blues, Pop, Standards, Vocal Jazz, Adult Alternative Pop, Contemporary Jazz. Vocal Pop, American Popular Song, Progressive Folk, Jazz Blues, Modern Jazz
Occupations: Singer, Songwriter
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar

Madeleine Peyroux is an American Jazz Singer and Songwriter, her style has been compare to Billie Holiday, as she has cited Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen as influences on her music.

Title: Let's Walk (2024)

Genre: Jazz, Blues, Pop, Standards, Vocal Jazz, Adult Alternative Pop, Contemporary Jazz. Vocal Pop, American Popular Song, Progressive Folk, Jazz Blues, Modern Jazz

Label: Just One Recording, Inc.

Rating: ****

Format: LP

Tracks:

Side One:

1. Find True Love (4:00)

2. How I Wish (4:14)

3. Let's Walk (4:53)

4. Please Come On Inside (4:53)

5. Bues For Heaven (4:14)

Side Two:

6. ET Puis (4:02)

7. Me And The Mosouito (3:35)

8. Nothing Personal 4:13)

9. Showman Dan (4:02)

10. Take Care (4:01)

Personnel:

Madeleine Peyroux: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar on Track 2/1

Jon Herington: Bass on Tracks: 2/1, 2, Guitar, Mandolin, Synth, Vocals, Piano, Organ (Hammond), Harmonilum, Piano (Fender Rhodes), Organ (Wurlitzer), Bells (Orchestral)

Paul Frazier: Bass

Stan Harrison: Clarinet on Track 2/3

Graham Hawthorne: Drums, Percussion

Catherine Russell: Vocals

Cindy Mizelle: Vocals

Keith Fluitt: Vocals

Let's Walk is the ninth studio album by Madeleine Peyroux, released on June 28, 2024 by Just One Recording, Inc.. Exclusive Translucent Cobalt Vinyl.

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Judy Garland

Artist: Judy Garland

Birth Name: Frances Ethel Gumm

Born: June 10, 1922. Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA

Died: June 22, 1969 (Aged 47). London, England

Genre: Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop, American Popular Song, Standards, Slow Tunes, Cast Recordings, Show, Musical, Stage & Screen

Occupation: Actress, Singer, Dancer, Television & Radio Presenter

Judy Garland was an American Actress and Singer and extended into Movies, Records, Radio, Television. She is a best remembered as the big-voiced star of a series of movie musicals, particularly The Wizard Of Oz, in which she sang her signature song "Over The Rainbow".

Title: In Person Judy Garland (2022)

Genre: Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop, American Popular Song, Standards, Slow Tunes, Cast Recordings, Show, Musical, Stage & Screen

Label: Sepia Recordings

Rating: *****

Format: CD

Tracks:

1. Let's Have A Party (The Hi-Los & Judy Garland)(5:54)

2. The Man That Got Away (4:15)

3. Carolina In The Morning (2:36)

4. Medley:

This Is The Time Of The Evening (The Hi-Los)/While We're Young (4:44)

5. A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (3:10)

6. Medley:

Judy's Olio (You Made Me Love You

For Me And My Gal/The Boy Next Door/The Trolley Song (6:46)

7. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (3:47)

8. After Yy've Gone (2:18)

9. A Couple Of Swells (Paul Sander & Judy Garland) (5:06)

10. Over The Rainbow (5:06)

11. Liza (3:03)

12. Swanee (3:38)

13. Now About you? (2:59)

14. But Not For Me (3:07)

15. Embraceable You (3:12)

16. Mine IBing Crosby & Judy Garland) (2:46)

17. Love (3:23)

18. Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Bing Crosby & Judy Garland) (3:03)

19. You'll Never Walk Alone (3:12)

20. I Wish I Were In Love Again (2:47)

In Person Judy Garland is a live album by Judy Garland, released on June 12, 2022 by Sepia Recordings, concert at the Long Beach, California, Municipal Auditorium, Monday July 11, 1955., and issued a celebration to her fans, past and present.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Marilyn Monroe

Artist: Marilyn Monroe

Birth Name: Norma Jeane Mortenson

Born: June 1, 1926. Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: August 4, 1962 (Aged 36). Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre: Pop, Easy Listening, Vocal Pop, Tradition Pop, Film Score, American Popular Song, Stage & Screen

Occupation: Actress, Model, Singer

Instruments: Vocals

Marilyn Monroe was an American Actress, Model, and Singer. Famous for playing comedic "Blonde Bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular Sex Symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed USD200 million (equivalent to USD2 Billion in 2020) by the time of her death in 1962.