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Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! 
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald Released 1961 Recorded January 23, 1961 and June 22-23, 1961 Genre Vocal jazz Length 58:25 Label Verve Producer Norman Granz Ella Fitzgerald chronology Ella in Hollywood
(1961)Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
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[1]Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy. The liner notes are by Benny Green of the London Observer.
Track listing
For the 1961 Verve LP album, Verve V-4053
Side One:
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:06
- "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:35
- "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 3:16
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:17
- "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 3:28
- "Jersey Bounce" (Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Edward Johnson, Bobby Plater) – 3:33
- "Signing Off" (Jimmy Campbell, Norman Hassan) – 3:45
Side Two:
- "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 4:13
- "This Year's Kisses" (Irving Berlin) – 2:14
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higgenbotham) – 4:17
- "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 2:42
- "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" (Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer, Billy Rose) – 2:41
- "Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 6:13
- "The Music Goes Round and Round" (Eddie Farley, Red Hodgson, Mike Riley) – 2:27
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1989 Verve-PolyGram CD Reissue, Verve-PolyGram 835 646-2
15. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Previously unreleased) (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:12
16. "I Got a Guy" (Previously unreleased) (Marion Sunshine) – 3:43
17. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Previously unreleased) (Steve Allen) – 2:43
Personnel
Tracks 1 to 14; recorded 22-23 June 1961 in Los Angeles
Tracks 15 to 17; recorded 23 January 1961 in New York
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
- Lou Levy - piano
- Herb Ellis - guitar
- Joe Mondragon - bass on tracks 1-14 only
- Wilfred Middlebrooks - double bass on tracks 15-17 only
- Gus Johnson - drums
References
- ^ "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!". Allmusic. All Media Guide. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r138691. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
Categories:- 1961 albums
- Ella Fitzgerald albums
- Verve Records albums
- Albums produced by Norman Granz
- English-language albums
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