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Pure Ella

Compilation album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1994 (1994)
Label	MCA Records

Pure Ella is a 1994 Ella Fitzgerald CD released by MCA Records that combines Fitzgerald's 1950 album Ella Sings Gershwin with her 1954 album Songs in a Mellow Mood, both of which featured accompaniment by Ellis Larkins.

It was given a four-star rating by AllMusic.^[1]

Track listing

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"Someone to Watch Over Me" - 3:13
"My One and Only" - 3:13
"But Not for Me" - 3:12
"Looking For a Boy" - 3:06
"I've Got a Crush on You" - 3:13
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" - 3:14
"Maybe" - 3:21
"Soon" - 2:44
"I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) – 3:10
"What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 3:22
"People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:12
"Please Be Kind" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:36
"Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (Cahn, Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols) – 2:58
"Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:07
"Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:38
"Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 4:03
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) – 2:39
"You Leave Me Breathless" (Ralph Freed, Frederick Hollander) – 3:07
"Baby, What Else Can I Do?" (Walter Hirsch, Ralph Marks) – 3:50
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:38

References

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^ Pure Ella - Ella Fitzgerald | Album | AllMusic, retrieved June 30, 2025

v t e Ella Fitzgerald
Albums Singles Awards
Studio albums	Ella Sings Gershwin Songs in a Mellow Mood Lullabies of Birdland For Sentimental Reasons Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax Sweet and Hot Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book Ella and Louis Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book Ella and Louis Again Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Like Someone in Love Ella Swings Lightly Porgy and Bess Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book Get Happy! Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas Hello, Love Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Rhythm Is My Business Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Ella Swings Gently with Nelson Ella Sings Broadway Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book Ella and Basie! These Are the Blues Hello, Dolly! Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book Ella at Duke's Place Whisper Not Brighten the Corner Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas 30 by Ella Misty Blue Ella Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) Ella Loves Cole Take Love Easy Fine and Mellow Ella and Oscar Fitzgerald and Pass... Again Lady Time Dream Dancing A Classy Pair Ella Abraça Jobim The Best Is Yet to Come Speak Love Nice Work If You Can Get It Easy Living All That Jazz
Live albums	At the Opera House Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife Ella in Hollywood Ella Returns to Berlin Twelve Nights in Hollywood Ella at Juan-Les-Pins Ella in Hamburg Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur Sunshine of Your Love Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella in Budapest Ella à Nice Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 Ella in London Montreux '75 Montreux '77 Digital III at Montreux A Perfect Match Sophisticated Lady
Other albums	Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues One O'Clock Jump Back on the Block The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books Pure Ella The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 Gold
Tribute albums	Dear Ella To Ella We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song
Filmography	Ride 'Em Cowboy Pete Kelly's Blues St. Louis Blues
Related	Ray Brown (second husband) Ray Brown Jr. (son) Louis Armstrong collaborations A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim Marilyn and Ella (2008 play)
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