Song artist 310 - Ella Fitzgerald

This page lists the song chart entries of Ella Fitzgerald.A list of the hit albums by Ella Fitzgerald is also available. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

Between 1935 and 1939 her output should probably be jointly credited to "The Chick Webb Orchestra" since she was singing with them at the time. In 1939 Chick Webb died and his group was renamed "Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra" with Ella taking the role of bandleader. She continued recording with them until 1942.

She signed to Decca in 1942. In 1956 Norman Granz (who felt that Fitzgerald was given unsuitable material to record by Decca) created Verve Records and she sang with them until 1967 (by which time they had been absorbed by MGM).

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket A-Tasket	1938	US Billboard 1 - 1938 (19 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1986 (1938), Your Hit Parade 3 of 1938, Music Imprint 6 of 1930s, US invalid BB 8 of 1938, POP 8 of 1938, nuTsie 20 of 1930s, Brazil 57 of 1939, RIAA 104, Acclaimed 848 (1938), RYM 8 of 1938
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Goodnight, My Love	1937	US Billboard 1 - 1937 (13 weeks), Your Hit Parade 9 of 1937, US invalid BB 10 of 1937, POP 10 of 1937, Brazil 67 of 1937, Europe 74 of the 1930s (1937), RYM 52 of 1937
3	Ella Fitzgerald	My Happiness	1948	UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Sep 1948 (30 weeks), Peel list 2 of 1948, US Billboard 6 - Jun 1948 (21 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Jul 1948 (19 weeks), DDD 16 of 1948, Brazil 95 of 1949, RYM 77 of 1948
4	Ella Fitzgerald	Five O'Clock Whistle	1940	US Billboard 9 - Nov 1940 (5 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Jan 1941 (1 week), DDD 18 of 1940, RYM 53 of 1940
5	Ella Fitzgerald	How High the Moon	1960	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1960), UK 46 - Oct 1960 (1 week), US Billboard 76 - Aug 1960 (5 weeks)
6	Ella Fitzgerald	Mack the Knife	1960	Grammy in 1960 (Nominated), UK 19 - Apr 1960 (9 weeks), US Billboard 27 - May 1960 (14 weeks), RYM 20 of 1960, Guardian Jazz 41
7	Ella Fitzgerald	Smooth Sailing	1951	US Billboard 23 - Sep 1951 (6 weeks), US CashBox 38 - Oct 1951 (2 weeks), DDD 50 of 1951, RYM 49 of 1951
8	Ella Fitzgerald	It's Only a Paper Moon	1945	US Billboard 9 - Aug 1945 (3 weeks), DDD 56 of 1945, RYM 8 of 1945
9	Ella Fitzgerald	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	1944	US Billboard 27 - Mar 1944 (1 week), DDD 71 of 1944, RYM 11 of 1944
10	Ella Fitzgerald	Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune)	1962	Flanders 11 - Dec 1962 (2 months), UK 38 - Nov 1962 (6 weeks), RYM 96 of 1962
11	Ella Fitzgerald	I Found My Yellow Basket	1938	US Billboard 3 - 1938 (6 weeks), RYM 7 of 1938
12	Ella Fitzgerald	Guilty	1947	US Billboard 11 - Apr 1947 (4 weeks), DDD 64 of 1947
13	Ella Fitzgerald	Once Too Often	1944	US Billboard 24 - Jul 1944 (2 weeks), DDD 95 of 1944
14	Ella Fitzgerald	Crying in the Chapel	1953	US CashBox 12 - Jul 1953 (2 weeks), US Billboard 15 - Sep 1953 (4 weeks)
15	Ella Fitzgerald	FDR Jones	1938	US Billboard 8 - Nov 1938 (6 weeks), RYM 17 of 1938
16	Ella Fitzgerald	Manhattan	1956	Poland 19 - May 1989 (10 weeks), RYM 70 of 1956
17	Ella Fitzgerald	How High the Moon (1948)	1948	DDD 24 of 1948, RYM 11 of 1948
18	Ella Fitzgerald	Tea Leaves	1948	US Billboard 24 - Jun 1948 (2 weeks), RYM 77 of 1948
19	Ella Fitzgerald	Louisville KY	1940	US Billboard 23 - 1941 (1 week), RYM 50 of 1940
20	Ella Fitzgerald	Muffin Man	1941	US Billboard 23 - 1941 (1 week), RYM 48 of 1941
21	Ella Fitzgerald	Mr Paganini	1961	Flanders 16 - Oct 1961 (3 months), RYM 146 of 1961
22	Ella Fitzgerald	Summertime	1989	UK 82 - Jul 1989 (2 weeks), Scrobulate 91 of easy listening
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Undecided	1939	US Billboard 8 - 1939 (4 weeks)
24	Ella Fitzgerald	I Want the Waiter (With the Water)	1939	US Billboard 9 - 1939 (3 weeks)
25	Ella Fitzgerald	If You Ever Should Leave	1937	US Billboard 12 - 1937 (4 weeks)
26	Ella Fitzgerald	Wacky Dust	1938	US Billboard 13 - 1938 (4 weeks)
27	Ella Fitzgerald	McPherson Is Rehearsin'	1938	US Billboard 14 - 1938 (1 week)
28	Ella Fitzgerald	Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum)	1939	US Billboard 14 - 1939 (1 week)
29	Ella Fitzgerald	Sing Me a Swing Song	1936	US Billboard 18 - 1936 (1 week)
30	Ella Fitzgerald	My Wubba Dolly	1939	US Billboard 16 - 1939 (1 week)
31	Ella Fitzgerald	(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It	1936	US Billboard 20 - 1936 (1 week)
32	Ella Fitzgerald	Rock It for Me	1938	US Billboard 19 - 1938 (1 week)
33	Ella Fitzgerald	All Over Nothing at All	1937	US Billboard 20 - 1937 (1 week)
34	Ella Fitzgerald	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	1946	US Billboard 8 - Dec 1946 (14 weeks)
35	Ella Fitzgerald	T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)	1939	US Billboard 19 - 1939 (1 week)
36	Ella Fitzgerald	And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine	1945	US Billboard 10 - Jan 1945 (5 weeks)
37	Ella Fitzgerald	Imagination	1940	US Billboard 15 - 1940 (3 weeks)
38	Ella Fitzgerald	The Starlit Hour	1940	US Billboard 17 - 1940 (3 weeks)
39	Ella Fitzgerald	Shake Down the Stars	1940	US Billboard 18 - 1940 (2 weeks)
40	Ella Fitzgerald	Sing Song Swing	1940	US Billboard 23 - 1940 (2 weeks)
41	Ella Fitzgerald	Sugar Blues	1940	US Billboard 27 - 1940 (1 week)
42	Ella Fitzgerald	Hello Ma! I Done It Again	1941	US Billboard 26 - 1941 (1 week)
43	Ella Fitzgerald	My Heart and I Decided	1943	DDD 77 of 1943
44	Ella Fitzgerald	I Gotta Have My Baby Back	1950	US CashBox 25 - Jan 1950 (3 weeks)
45	Ella Fitzgerald	Trying	1952	US Billboard 21 - Sep 1952 (4 weeks)
46	Ella Fitzgerald	Walkin' by the River	1952	US Billboard 29 - Nov 1952 (1 week)
47	Ella Fitzgerald	Melancholy Me	1954	US Billboard 25 - Mar 1954 (1 week)
48	Ella Fitzgerald	I Need	1954	US Billboard 30 - May 1954 (1 week)
49	Ella Fitzgerald	Lullaby of Birdland	1954	US CashBox 31 - Sep 1954 (3 weeks)
50	Ella Fitzgerald	Swingin' Shepherd Blues	1958	UK 15 - May 1958 (5 weeks)
51	Ella Fitzgerald	A Beautiful Friendship	1956	US Billboard 74 - Jul 1956 (5 weeks)
52	Ella Fitzgerald	But Not For Me	1959	UK 25 - Oct 1959 (3 weeks)
53	Ella Fitzgerald	Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home)	1963	US Billboard 75 - Apr 1963 (3 weeks)
54	Ella Fitzgerald	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	UK 34 - May 1964 (5 weeks)
55	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella	1938	RYM 7 of 1938
56	Ella Fitzgerald	Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)	1938	RYM 8 of 1938
57	Ella Fitzgerald	I Love Every Move You Make	1938	RYM 17 of 1938
58	Ella Fitzgerald	It's Foxy	1939	RYM 24 of 1939
59	Ella Fitzgerald	My Heart Belongs to Daddy	1939	RYM 24 of 1939
60	Ella Fitzgerald	You Turned the Tables on Me	1948	RYM 11 of 1948
61	Ella Fitzgerald	Moon Ray	1940	RYM 49 of 1940
62	Ella Fitzgerald	Betcha Nickel	1940	RYM 49 of 1940
63	Ella Fitzgerald	Tea Dance	1940	RYM 50 of 1940
64	Ella Fitzgerald	So Long	1940	RYM 53 of 1940
65	Ella Fitzgerald	Taking A Chance On Love	1940	RYM 55 of 1940
66	Ella Fitzgerald	Cabin in the Sky	1940	RYM 55 of 1940
67	Ella Fitzgerald	Flying Home	1947	RYM 21 of 1947
68	Ella Fitzgerald	Oh, Lady Be Good	1947	RYM 21 of 1947
69	Ella Fitzgerald	A Sunday Kind Of Love	1947	RYM 39 of 1947
70	Ella Fitzgerald	That's My Desire	1947	RYM 39 of 1947
71	Ella Fitzgerald	Don't You Think I Ought to Know	1947	RYM 47 of 1947
72	Ella Fitzgerald	You're Breakin' in a New Heart	1947	RYM 47 of 1947
73	Ella Fitzgerald	I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town	1941	RYM 48 of 1941
74	Ella Fitzgerald	You Don't Know What Love Is	1941	RYM 51 of 1941
75	Ella Fitzgerald	Somebody Nobody Loves	1941	RYM 51 of 1941
76	Ella Fitzgerald	(I'm Gonna) Cry You Out of My Heart	1945	RYM 8 of 1945
77	Ella Fitzgerald	Love You Madly	1951	RYM 49 of 1951
78	Ella Fitzgerald	The Hot Canary	1951	RYM 68 of 1951
79	Ella Fitzgerald	Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer	1951	RYM 68 of 1951
80	Ella Fitzgerald	Come On-a My House	1951	RYM 89 of 1951
81	Ella Fitzgerald	Mixed Emotions	1951	RYM 89 of 1951
82	Ella Fitzgerald	Every Time We Say Goodbye	1956	RYM 70 of 1956
83	Ella Fitzgerald	Lorelei	1960	RYM 20 of 1960
84	Ella Fitzgerald	Ich fuhle mich crazy	1961	RYM 146 of 1961
85	Ella Fitzgerald	Stardust Bossa Nova	1962	RYM 96 of 1962
86	Ella Fitzgerald	I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Dear)	1963	RYM 117 of 1963
87	Ella Fitzgerald	Air Mail Special	1963	RYM 117 of 1963
88	Ella Fitzgerald	'S Wonderful	unknown	Scrobulate 26 of gotanygoodmusic
89	Ella Fitzgerald	Sleigh Ride	unknown	Scrobulate 33 of christmas
90	Ella Fitzgerald	I'm Beginning to See The Light	unknown	Australian Nostalgia 40 of 1940-1949
91	Ella Fitzgerald	Night & Day	unknown	Scrobulate 62 of jazz
92	Ella Fitzgerald	I Got Rhythm	unknown	Scrobulate 83 of hi fidelity

In addition to the above listed songs Ella Fitzgerald also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall	1944	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1944 (17 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 month - Apr 1946, UK 40s Sheet Music 4 - May 1946 (20 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Dec 1944 (5 weeks), DDD 11 of 1944, US invalid BB 18 of 1944, POP 21 of 1944, Brazil 56 of 1945, nuTsie 85 of 1940s, RYM 24 of 1944
2	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	1944	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1944 (17 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1944 (12 weeks), US 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1944, Oscar in 1944 (film 'Sweet and Low-Down') (Nominated), DDD 9 of 1944, US invalid BB 14 of 1944, POP 14 of 1944, Brazil 32 of 1945, RYM 23 of 1944
3	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Beginning to See The Light	1945	Australia 1 for 1 month - Jul 1946, US Billboard 5 - Apr 1945 (6 weeks), US 1940s 7 - May 1945 (2 weeks), DDD 14 of 1945, Brazil 51 of 1946
4	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	Cow Cow Boogie	1944	UK 40s Sheet Music 9 - Mar 1944 (1 week), US Billboard 10 - Mar 1944 (8 weeks), DDD 24 of 1944, POP 24 of 1944, RYM 11 of 1944
5	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan	Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)	1946	US Billboard 7 - Jul 1946 (6 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Jul 1946 (2 weeks), Your Hit Parade 19 of 1946, DDD 33 of 1946, RYM 5 of 1946
6	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan	Baby, It's Cold Outside	1949	US Billboard 9 - Jun 1949 (13 weeks), US 1940s 17 - Jun 1949 (3 weeks), DDD 35 of 1949
7	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)	1946	US Billboard 10 - Apr 1946 (2 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 11 - Jun 1946 (8 weeks), RYM 17 of 1946
8	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	The Frim Fram Sauce	1946	DDD 38 of 1946, RYM 17 of 1946
9	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan	Petootie Pie	1946	DDD 64 of 1946, RYM 5 of 1946
10	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Can Anyone Explain?	1950	US Billboard 30 - Nov 1950 (1 week), RYM 7 of 1950
11	Ella Fitzgerald & The Mills Brothers	Dedicated to You	1937	US Billboard 19 - 1937 (1 week)
12	Ella Fitzgerald & The Mills Brothers	Big Boy Blue	1937	US Billboard 20 - 1937 (1 week)
13	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Oops	1952	US CashBox 48 - Feb 1952 (1 week)
14	Ella Fitzgerald & Benny Goodman	Oh Yes, Take Another Guess	1936	Song of 1936
15	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	1944	RYM 39 of 1944
16	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Dream a Little Dream of Me	1950	RYM 7 of 1950
17	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Would You Like to Take a Walk	1953	RYM 18 of 1953
18	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Who Walks in When I Walk Out	1953	RYM 18 of 1953
19	Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie	Party Blues	1956	RYM 105 of 1956
20	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	A-Tisket A-Tasket	unknown	Australian Nostalgia 5 of 1930-1939
21	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Autumn in New York	unknown	Scrobulate 82 of hi fidelity

Previous Comments

Previous Comments (newest first)

20 Apr 2018

#4 - How High the Moon

Per Wikipedia Ella recorded (2) versions of this; one in 1948 & one in 1960. The (2) 1948 Chart Entries s/b transferred to a separate song.

Data fixed, thanks

26 May 2009

Thanks for clarifying that, although I'm not quite convinced when I look at the already existing Bing Crosby collaborations for example. Anyway it's okay for me with the newly added comments on the Ella Fitzgerald page.

26 May 2009

19 May 2009

A-Tisket A-Tasket Again

Thanks for fixing the "A-Tisket A-Tasket" entry. I'd say however that the correct artist specification for this record would be "Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald" (with a link to Ella, the same way as you did with some other collaborations, e), not just Ella Fitzgerald.

Regards Cornelius

You make a valid point, there certainly is a good case for listing it under "Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald". However, many sources list the song under just "Ella Fitzgerald" (possibly because she co-wrote it), there is no separate page for Chick Webb on the site and the "Chick Webb Orchestra" was renamed in 1939 as "Ella Fitzgerald and her Famous Orchestra" (after Chick Webb died) so we decided to assign this song to "Ella Fitzgerald".

The goal of this site is to consolidate the range of input charts, this often means that we have to "standardise" names. For example some artists have different names in different countries (like "Yazoo" or "The Detroit Spinners"), some artists change names from one year to the next (like "Prince"), or for a particular song (for "(Meet) the Flintstones" "The B52s" became "The BC52s"). Mapping the actual names on the record labels or charts to a "most common form" makes it easier for users to find connections between charts, if they then use that information to track to the original chart data they will find the original information and can decide if our consolidations are valid for them.

A note has been added to Ella Fitzgerald's page to explain the situation, this also means that anyone looking up Chick Webb in the index will be directed to the right place as well.

Thanks for the input

19 May 2009

A-Tisket A-Tasket Again

Regards Cornelius

The goal of this site is to consolidate the range of input charts, this often means that we have to "standardise" names. For example some artists have different names in different countries (like "Yazoo" or "The Detroit Spinners"), some artists change names from one year to the next (like "Prince"), or for a particular song (for "(Meet) the Flintstones" "The B52s" became "The BC52s"). Mapping the actual names on the record labels or printed charts to a "most common form" makes it easier for users to find connections between charts, if they then use that information to track to the original chart data they will find the original information and can decide if our consolidations are valid for their purposes.

A note has been added to Ella Fitzgerald's page to explain the situation, this also means that anyone looking up Chick Webb in the index will be directed to the right place as well.

Thanks for the input

8 May 2009

A Tisket A Tasket

Thanks for this great site that I must have overlooked for a considerable time. There are some mistakes of course, e.g. Ella Fitzgerald's "A-Tisket A-Tasket" (#8 in the 1938 chart) is the same record as Chick Webb's (#26 in the year chart) because she was the band's singer at the time and Joel Whitburn is always listing the bandleader and the featured singer. Here you can see the label of the original 78 rpm record with both names on it: http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/chick_webb__and_his_orchestra_/a_tisket_a_tasket___liza__all_the_cloudsll_roll_away_/

Best wishes from Germany Cornelius

Thanks for the correction, the data has been fixed. That type of issue is the most difficult one to spot.

8 May 2009

A Tisket A Tasket

Best wishes from Germany Cornelius

Thanks for the correction, the data has been fixed. That type of issue is the most difficult one to spot.