Episode 51, “Ella Fitzgerald,”

Show 51, “Ella Fitzgerald,” features 16 recordings by a towering figure in jazz and popular music. Songs include “I Wish I Were in Love Again,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Manhattan,” “A Tisket, a Tasket,” and “I Want the Waiter with the Water.” The show concludes with a recording made in front of a live audience during which Fitzgerald couldn’t remember the words of her song. She improvised so skillfully that her performance won a Grammy Award.

Show 51 Ella Fitzgerald
Playlist
1 Manhattan Ella Fitzgerald
2 You Do Something to Me Ella Fitzgerald
3 A Tisket a Tasket Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
4 I Want the Waiter with the Water Ella Fitzgerald
5 Lullabye of Birdland Ella Fitzgerald
6 Hernando’s Hideaway Ella Fitzgerald
7 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots
8 Cow Cow Boogie Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots
9 Baby It’s Cold Outside Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan
10 With a Song in my Heart Ella Fitzgerald
12 Flying Home Ella Fitzgerald
11 You Won’t Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
13 I Wish I Were in Love Again Ella Fitzgerald and Pat Boone
14 Just One of Those Things Ella Fitzgerald and Buddy Bregman and his Orchestra
15 Fly Me to the Moon Ella Fitzgerald
16 Mack the Knife Ella Fitzgerald