Re: [ARSCLIST] Sinatra & Ella: The King and the Queen.

[Aaron Levinson <aaron.levinson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's so great to hear Bob. I'm not surprised of course just happy that 
she was acknowledged as such. I think it is important to note as well 
that she was really the first person to do the "songbook" of a 
particular composer or team. When you got the Ella treatment you knew 
that at least you're finest work was being immortalized by the zenith of 
popular singers. Of course, everyone knows her version of Tisket a 
Tasket which brought her into the spotlight and the duets with Pops 
which are a special delight all their own but if I may single out a 
performance that I believe is among the 5 or 10 greatest in the history 
of recorded sound I urge people to listen to her version of "Miss Otis 
Regrets". It is certainly not her most famous song but if you are not 
moved by this extraordinary bit of magic you are simply not alive.

AA


Bob Olhsson wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> >From Roger Kulp: "...The postwar soul/R&B/gospel period gave us some of the
> greatest voices the world has ever known,Sam Cooke,Marvin Gaye..."
>
> I never met Sam but Marvin certainly agreed 100% about Ella.
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