Ella Fitzgerald singles discography
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The singles discography of American singer Ella Fitzgerald contains 166 singles and six other charting songs. Between 1935 and 1955, American singer Ella Fitzgerald was signed to Decca Records. Her early recordings as a featured vocalist were frequently uncredited. Her first credited single was the 78 RPM recording of "I'll Chase the Blues Away" in 1935 with the Chick Webb Orchestra. Fitzgerald continued recording with Webb until his death in 1939, after which the band was renamed Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra. The first charting songs were however recorded in march 1936 with an octet conducted by Teddy Wilson: "All My Life" charted and "My Melancholy Baby" became her first US top ten entry. With the Webb's band Ella Fitzgerald get to the top of US charts in 1938 with "A-Tisket, A-Tasket". Then she reached the top ten three more times with Webb, including the top five single "F.D.R. Jones". She also made the US charts three times under the title Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight, actually and octet with Webb's band menbesrs and her own orchestra, the Webb band after the death of the leader. Fitzgerald reached again the top ten in 1939 with "I Want the Waiter (With the Water)" and in 1940 with "Five O'Clock Whistle".
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Singles166
Other charting songs6
| Ella Fitzgerald singles discography | |
|---|---|
Ella Fitzgerald in 1947. | |
| Singles | 166 |
| Other charting songs | 6 |
During the 1940s decade, Fitzgerald made the US top ten ten more times. Most of these recordings were collaborations, notably topping the charts with The Ink Spots in 1944: "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" and "I'm Making Believe". She also reached the top ten alongside The Song Spinners and The Delta Rhythm Boys on songs like "It's Only a Paper Moon", "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" and "My Happiness". Alongside Louis Jordan, she reached the US top ten with "Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside". Additionally, singles like "It's Too Soon to Know" and "That's My Desire" placed in the top five on the US R&B chart.
During the 1950s decade, Fitzgerald made the US top 40 six times with titles like "Smooth Sailing", "Trying" and "Melancholy Me". Her most successful US single was 1953's "Crying in the Chapel", which rose to number 15 on the US chart. In Australia, Fitzgerald found greater commercial success with the top ten entries "A Guy Is a Guy", "Because of Rain" and "A Satisfied Mind". Her 1958 single "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" made the UK pop chart, climbing to number 15. In the 1960s decade, Fitzgerald had her only US top 40 single with "Mack the Knife", which rose to number 27. It also reached the top ten on the US R&B chart. Her singles continued making the charts until 1968's "I Taught Him Everything He Knows".
Singles
1930s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | |||
| "All My Life" (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchesta) |
1936 | 13 | non-album singles |
| "My Melancholy Baby" (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchesta) |
6 | ||
| "Crying My Heart Out for You" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[2] |
— | ||
| "Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
18 | ||
| "A Little Bit Later On" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[3] |
— | ||
| "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight)[4] |
— | ||
| "I Got the Spring Fever Blues" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[5] |
1937 | — | |
| "Oh Yes? Take Another Guess" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[6] |
— | ||
| "Dedicated to You" (with The Mills Brothers) |
19 | ||
| "You Showed Me the Way" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[7] |
— | ||
| "If You Should Ever Leave" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight) |
12 | ||
| "All Over Nothing at All" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight) |
20 | ||
| "Rock It for Me" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
19 | ||
| "I Want to Be Happy" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[8] |
1938 | — | |
| "The Dipsy Doodle" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[9] |
— | ||
| "It's My Turn Now" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight)[10] |
— | ||
| "It's Wonderful" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight)[11] |
— | ||
| "I Got a Guy" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
18 | ||
| "If Dreams Come True" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[12] |
— | ||
| "It's Time to Be Real" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight)[13] |
— | ||
| "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
1 | ||
| "I've Been (Saving Myself for You)" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight)[14] |
— | ||
| "Everybody Step" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[15] |
— | ||
| "I'm Just a Jitterbug" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[16] |
— | ||
| "(Oh! Oh!) What Do You Know About Love" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight)[17] |
— | ||
| "MacPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing)" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
14 | ||
| "Woe Is Me" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight)[18] |
— | ||
| "F.D.R. Jones" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
8 | ||
| "I Found My Yellow Basket" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
3 | ||
| "Gotta Pebble in My Shoe" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[19] |
1939 | — | |
| "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[20] |
— | ||
| "'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
19 | ||
| "Undecided" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
8 | ||
| "Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum)" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra) |
14 | ||
| "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight)[21] |
— | ||
| "Little White Lies" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[22] |
— | ||
| "That Was My Heart" (with Chick Webb and His Orchestra)[23] |
— | ||
| "I Want the Waiter (With the Water)" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
9 | ||
| "My Last Goodbye" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[24] |
— | ||
| "My Wubba Dolly (Rubber Dolly)" (with as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
16 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
1940s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [25] | |||
| "What's the Matter with Me" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[26] |
1940 | — | — | non-album singles |
| "Starlit Hour" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
17 | — | ||
| "Sing Song Swing" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
23 | — | ||
| "Imagination" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
15 | — | ||
| "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[27] |
— | — | ||
| "Shake Down the Stars" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
18 | — | ||
| "Take It from the Top" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[28] |
— | — | ||
| "Gulf Coast Blues" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[29] |
— | — | ||
| "Five O'Clock Whistle" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
9 | — | ||
| "Louisville, K.Y." (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
23 | — | ||
| "Cabin in the Sky" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[30] |
— | — | ||
| "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[31] |
1941 | — | — | |
| "Hello Ma! I Done It Again" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
26 | — | ||
| "The Muffin Man" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra) |
23 | — | ||
| "Melinda the Mouse" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[32] |
— | — | ||
| "Keep Cool, Fool" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[33] |
— | — | ||
| "You Don't Know What Love Is"[34] | — | — | ||
| "My Man (Mon Homme)" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[35] |
1942 | — | — | |
| "I'm Gettin' Mighty Lonesome for You" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Four Keys)[36] |
— | — | ||
| "All I Need Is You" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Four Keys)[37] |
— | — | ||
| "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" (as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra)[38] |
— | — | ||
| "(I Put) A Four Leaf Clover in Your Pocket" (as Ella Fitzgerald and the Four Keys)[39] |
— | — | ||
| "My Heart and I Decided" (as Ella Fitzgerald and the Keys) |
1943 | — | 6 | |
| "Cow-Cow Boogie" (with The Ink Spots) |
1944 | 10 | 1 | |
| "Once Too Often"[40] | — | — | ||
| "I'm Making Believe" (with The Ink Spots) |
1 | 2 | ||
| "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" (with The Song Spinners) |
10 | — | ||
| "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (with The Ink Spots) |
1945 | 5 | — | |
| "It's Only a Paper Moon" (with The Delta Rhythm Boys) |
9 | 4 | ||
| "A Kiss Goodnight" (with Randy Brooks and His Orchestra)[41] |
— | — | ||
| "The Frim Fram Sauce" (with Louis Armstrong) |
1946 | — | 4 | |
| "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (with Billy Kyle and His Orchestra)[42] |
— | — | ||
| "Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)" (with Louis Jordan) | 7 | 1 | ||
| "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (with The Delta Rhythm Boys) |
8 | — | ||
| "Guilty" (with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra)[43] |
1947 | 11 | — | |
| "That's My Desire" (with Andy Love Quintet) |
— | 3 | ||
| "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (with Bob Haggett and His Orchestra)[44] |
— | — | ||
| "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"[45] | — | — | ||
| "Stairway to the Stars"[46] | — | — | ||
| "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" (with The Day Dreamers)[47] |
1948 | — | — | |
| "My Happiness" (with The Song Spinners) |
6 | — | ||
| "It's Too Soon to Know" | — | 6 | ||
| "To Make a Mistake Is Human"[48] | — | — | ||
| "Robbins Nest"[49] | 1949 | — | — | |
| "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Louis Jordan) |
9 | 6 | ||
| "Black Coffee" (with orchestra under the conduction of Gordon Jenkins)[50] |
— | — | ||
| "Foolish Tears"[51] | — | — | ||
| "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)" (with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra)[52] |
— | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
1950s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] [53] |
US R&B [25] |
AUS [54] |
UK [55] | |||
| "I Hadn't Anyone Till You"[56] | 1950 | — | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I" (as Ella Fitzgerald with 4 Hits and a Miss)[57] |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "I'll Never Be Free" (with Louis Jordan and The Tympany Five) |
— | 7 | — | — | ||
| "Can Anyone Explain (No, No, No)" (with Louis Armstrong) |
— | 30 | — | — | ||
| "Santa Claus Got Stuck (In My Chimney)"[58] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Still Feel the Same About You" (with The Ink Spots)[59] |
1951 | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Hot Canary" (with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra)[60] |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Even as You and I"[61] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Come On-a My House"[62] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Smooth Sailing" | 23 | 3 | — | — | ||
| "A Guy Is a Guy" | 1952 | — | — | 5 | — | |
| "Goody Goody" / "Air Mail Special"[63] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Because of Rain" | — | — | 7 | — | ||
| "Undecided" | — | — | 12 | — | ||
| "Trying" | 22 | — | 11 | — | ||
| "Walkin' by the River" | 29 | — | — | — | ||
| "Who Walks in When I Walk Out" (with Louis Armstrong)[64] |
1953 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Careless"[65] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Crying in the Chapel" | 15 | — | — | — | ||
| "If You Can't Sing It You'll Have to Swing It"[66] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Greatest There Is"[67] | — | — | — | — | ||
| A Sunday Kind of Love"[68] | 1954 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Melancholy Me" | 25 | — | — | — | ||
| "I Need" | 30 | — | — | — | ||
| "Who's Afraid? (Not I, Not I, Not I)" (with Gordon Jenkins)[69] |
— | — | — | — | ||
| "Lullaby of Birdland" | — | — | 18 | — | Lullabies of Birdland | |
| "If You Don't I Know Who Will"[70] | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Moanin' Low"[71] | 1955 | — | — | — | — | Sweet and Hot |
| "Lover, Come Back to Me"[72] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pete Kelly's Blues" | — | — | 28 | — | non-album singles | |
| "A Satisfied Mind | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| "But Not Like Mine"[73] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "(Love Is) The Tender Trap"[74] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Early Autumn"[75] | 1956 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Too Young for the Blues"[76] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "A Beautiful Friendship" | 74 | — | — | — | ||
| "The Silent Treatment"[77] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Can't We Be Friends?" (with Louis Armstrong)[78] |
— | — | — | — | Ella and Louis | |
| "Hear My Heart"[79] | 1957 | — | — | — | — | non-album single |
| "Manhattan"[80] | — | — | — | — | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book | |
| "It's All Right with Me"[81] | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Midnight Sun"[82] | — | — | — | — | Like Someone in Love | |
| "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" | 1958 | — | — | — | 15 | non-album single |
| "Trav'lin' Light"[83] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dreams Are Made for Children"[84] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Little Jazz"[85] | 1959 | — | — | — | — | |
| "I'm Thru with Love"[86] | — | — | — | — | Hello Love | |
| "But Not for Me" | — | — | — | 25 | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book | |
| "The Secret of Christmas"[87] | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Like Young"[88] | — | — | — | — | Get Happy! | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
1960s and 1970s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [53] |
US AC [89] |
US R&B [25] |
AUS [54] |
BEL [90] |
GER [91] |
UK [55] | |||
| "Mack the Knife" | 1960 | 27 | — | 6 | 63 | — | — | 19 | Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife |
| "How High the Moon Part 1" | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | ||
| "Reach for Tomorrow"[92] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from the Soundtrack of "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" | |
| "Jingle Bells"[93] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas | |
| "(You'll Have To Swing It) Mr. Paganini" | 1961 | 103 | 20 | — | — | 11 | — | — | Ella in Hollywood |
| "Clap Hands (Here Comes Charlie!)"[94] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! | |
| "Call Me Darling"[95] | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single |
| "I'll Always Be in Love with You"[96] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rhythm Is My Business | |
| "Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune)" | 102 | — | — | 83 | 16 | — | 38 | non-album singles | |
| "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" | 1963 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "See, See Rider"[97] | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | These Are the Blues |
| "Can't Buy Me Love" | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 34 | Hello, Dolly! | |
| "Ringo Beat" | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "She's Just a Quiet Girl (Mae)"[98] | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "A Hard Day's Night"[99] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ella in Hamburg | |
| "Imagine My Frustration (Part 1)" (with Duke Ellington)[100] |
1966 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ella at Duke's Place |
| "Duke's Place"[101] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"[102] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Whisper Not"[103] | 1967 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Whisper Not |
| "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"[104] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Brighten the Corner | |
| "I Taught Him Everything He Knows" | 1968 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | Misty Blue |
| "Brighten the Corner Where You Are"[105] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Brighten the Corner | |
| "It's Only Love"[106] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Misty Blue | |
| "Get Ready"[107] | 1969 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ella |
| Sunshine of Your Love"[108] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"[109] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ella | |
| "Try a Little Bit"[110] | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "My Own Best Friend"[111] | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1][53] |
US Cou. [112] |
US R&B [25] |
AUS [54] | ||||
| "Big Boy Blue" (with The Mills Brothers) |
1937 | 20 | — | — | — | non-album singles | [a] |
| "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (with The Ink Spots) |
1944 | 27 | 2 | — | — | [b] | |
| "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" (with The Ink Spots) |
1 | — | 1 | — | [c] | ||
| "Petootie Pie" (with Louis Jordan) |
1946 | — | — | 3 | — | [d] | |
| Tea Leaves" (with The Song Spinners) |
1948 | 24 | — | — | — | [e] | |
| "Hello, Dolly!" | 1964 | 125 | — | — | 94 | Hello, Dolly! | [f] |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||