Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Sings The Cole Porter Song Book
| Recorded | Feb 1956 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 1 credited player |
| Discogs | master 249899 |
The record
Porter's wit meets a singer who treats every lyric like she wrote it herself, launching what became Verve's most influential songbook run. The record other Porter interpreters still get measured against.
Session personnel
- Ella Fitzgerald — vocals
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 36 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Verve Records · MG V-4001-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Rockaway Pressing, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1956 | Verve Records · MGV-4001-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1956 | Verve Records · MG V-4001-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · laminated sleeve; gatefold |
| 1956 | Verve Records · EP V-5007 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1956 | Verve Records · MG V-4001-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hollywood Pressing, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1956 | Verve Records · MG V-4001-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Rockaway Pressing, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1956 | Verve Records · EP V-5010 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1956 | Verve Records · MG V-4001-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1957 | Karusell · VEP 5013 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1957 | Karusell · VEP 5003 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1957 | Artone · VV 20022x45 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single |
| 1977 | Verve Records · 2610 033 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1995 | DCC Compact Classics · GZS(2) 1079 — CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 24 karat gold discs |
| 1997 | Verve Records · 314 537 257-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak |