Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
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| Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | January 23 and June 22–23, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 58:25 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
| New Record Mirror | [4] |
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! is a 1961 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy. The painting on the cover is by Jean Dubuffet. The liner notes are by Benny Green of the London Observer.
Track listing[edit]
For the 1961 Verve LP album, Verve V-4053 (Mono) & V6-4053 (Stereo)
Side One:
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:06
- "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:35
- "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 3:16
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:17
- "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 3:28
- "Jersey Bounce" (Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Edward Johnson, Bobby Plater) – 3:33
- "Signing Off" (Leonard Feather, Jessyca Russell) – 3:45
Side Two:
- "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 4:13
- "This Year's Kisses" (Irving Berlin) – 2:14
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:17
- "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 2:42
- "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie!" (Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer, Billy Rose) – 2:41
- "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 6:13
- "The Music Goes Round and Round" (Eddie Farley, Red Hodgson, Mike Riley) – 2:27
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1989 Verve-PolyGram CD Reissue, Verve-PolyGram 835 646-2 and DAT W.L.S.T. 1994 835 646 - 4
15. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Previously unreleased) (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:12
16. "I Got a Guy" (Previously unreleased) (Marion Sunshine) – 3:43
17. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Previously unreleased) (Steve Allen) – 2:43
Personnel[edit]
Tracks 1 to 14; recorded 22–23 June 1961 in Los Angeles
Tracks 15 to 17; recorded 23 January 1961 in New York
- Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
- Lou Levy – piano
- Herb Ellis – guitar
- Joe Mondragon – bass on tracks 1-14 only
- Wilfred Middlebrooks – double bass on tracks 15-17 only
- Gus Johnson – drums
References[edit]
- ^ "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 491. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (15 September 1962). "Ella Fitzgerald: Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 79. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
