Songs written by Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, and others.

Previously released material, all selections from Verve's The complete Ella Fitzgerald song books.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Geoffrey Mark Fidelman on container insert.

Something's gotta give / Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer (2:33) -- Love is here to stay / George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (3:52) -- Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered / Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (7:02) -- I've got my love to keep me warm / Irving Berlin (2:56) -- The lady is a tramp / Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (3:21) -- I got it bad (and that ain't good) / Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster (6:13) -- Miss Otis regrets / Cole Porter (3:00) -- 'S wonderful / George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (3:27) -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea / Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler (2:21) -- Love for sale / Cole Porter (5:53) -- They can't take that away from me / George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (3:09) -- Midnight sun / Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer (4:51) -- Hooray for love / Harold Arlen, Leo Robin (2:42) -- Why was I born? / Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II (3:44) -- Cotton tail / Duke Ellington (3:24) -- Ev'ry time we say goodbye / Cole Porter (3:32).

Original recordings produced by Norman Granz.

Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; with various orchestras and instrumentalists.

Recorded 1956-1964, principally in Los Angeles.