Album artist 315 - Ella Fitzgerald

This page lists the album chart entries of Ella Fitzgerald. A list of songs by Ella Fitzgerald can be found here. The albums 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	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ella Fitzgerald	Mack The Knife, Ella In Berlin	1960	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1960), RYM 8 of 1960, US CashBox 44 of 1959, US BB 45 of 1961, Acclaimed 2049 (1960)
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Rodgers & Hart	1956	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1956), RYM 11 of 1956, US BB 34 of 1957, Acclaimed 888 (1956)
3	Ella Fitzgerald	Gold	2003	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 2003), Sweden 11 - Sep 2003 (6 weeks), UK 15 - Feb 2003 (4 weeks)
4	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Irving Berlin	1959	UK EP 17 - Aug 1960, RYM 46 of 1958, Acclaimed 875 (1959)
5	Ella Fitzgerald	Plays the Cole Porter Song book	1956	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 (1956)
6	Ella Fitzgerald	Plays the Cole Porter Songbook	1956	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 (1956)
7	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Gershwin	1950	RYM 3 of 1950, UK 13 - Jun 1960 (3 weeks)
8	Ella Fitzgerald	Essential Ella	1994	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 1994), UK 35 - Nov 1994 (14 weeks)
9	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Cole Porter	1956	RYM 5 of 1956, Acclaimed 617 (1956)
10	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella At The Opera House	1957	UK 16 - Jun 1960 (1 week), RYM 101 of 1957
11	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Duke Ellington	1957	RYM 16 of 1957, Acclaimed 1319 (1957)
12	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Harold Arlen	1960	RYM 41 of 1960, Acclaimed 2917 (1961)
13	Ella Fitzgerald	A Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald	1988	UK 42 - Feb 1988 (10 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in May 1988)
14	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Jerome Kern	1963	RYM 44 of 1963, Acclaimed 2494 (1963)
15	Ella Fitzgerald	Sing The Irving Berlin Songbook	1958	Grammy in 1958 (Nominated)
16	Ella Fitzgerald	The Best Of The Song Books	unknown	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 2001)
17	Ella Fitzgerald	Irving Berlin Song Book	1958	UK 5 - Jul 1958 (1 week)
18	Ella Fitzgerald	With A Song In My Heart	1960	UK EP 10 - Jun 1960
19	Ella Fitzgerald	Moods Of Ella	1960	UK EP 17 - Aug 1960
20	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Gershwin Volume V	1960	UK 18 - Jul 1960 (2 weeks)
21	Ella Fitzgerald	Forever Ella	1996	UK 19 - Mar 1996 (10 weeks)
22	Ella Fitzgerald	Songs in a Mellow Mood	1954	RYM 22 of 1954
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Souvenir Album	1950	RYM 40 of 1950
24	Ella Fitzgerald	The Incomparable Ella	1980	UK 40 - May 1980 (7 weeks)
25	Ella Fitzgerald	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	1961	RYM 55 of 1961
26	Ella Fitzgerald	Lullabies of Birdland	1954	RYM 59 of 1954
27	Ella Fitzgerald	Love Songs	2005	UK 61 - Oct 2005 (1 week)
28	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas	1960	RYM 71 of 1960
29	Ella Fitzgerald	Porgy & Bess	1969	France (InfoDisc) 81 of 1969 (peak 5, 27 weeks)
30	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Swings Lightly	1958	RYM 82 of 1958
31	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Sings Johnny Mercer	1964	RYM 84 of 1964
32	Ella Fitzgerald	Songs From 'Pete Kelly's Blues'	1955	RYM 115 of 1955
33	Ella Fitzgerald	The Intimate Ella	1960	RYM 118 of 1960
34	Ella Fitzgerald	The First Lady of Song	1955	RYM 129 of 1955
35	Ella Fitzgerald	Like Someone in Love	1957	RYM 143 of 1957
36	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Swings Gently with Nelson	1961	RYM 177 of 1961
37	Ella Fitzgerald	These Are the Blues	1964	RYM 182 of 1964
38	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert	1958	Acclaimed 2867 (1958)

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

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella & Louis	1956	RYM 2 of 1956, US BB 38 of 1956, UK 43 - Sep 2004 (1 week), WXPN 759 (1956), WTMD 785, Acclaimed 1370 (1956)
2	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Porgy & Bess	1958	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1958), RYM 25 of 1958, Acclaimed 1373 (1956)
3	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella & Louis Again	1956	RYM 21 of 1957, Acclaimed 2967 (1956)
4	Peggy Lee & Ella Fitzgerald	Pete Kelly's Blues	1955	US BB 27 of 1955
5	Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie	Ella & Basie Again	1963	RYM 39 of 1963
6	Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington	Ella at Duke's Place	1966	RYM 190 of 1966
7	Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie	Ella & Basie	1963	RYM 191 of 1963