Ella Fitzgerald Blues In The Night ( Verve Records 1961)

Blues in the Night is a popular song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title Hot Nocturne, but finally released as Blues in the Night. The song is sung in the film by William Gillespie. Ella s accompanied by Frank Beach, Don Fagerquist, Conrad Gozzo, Joseph Triscari (tp), Milton Bernhart, Edward Kusby, Richard Noel (tb), George Rob br, br,