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Title information

Can't We Be Friends

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Ella And Louis

Date of recording

16.8.1956, Los Angeles

Audio sample

Performers

Ella Fitzgerald (Soloist) (vocals)

* 25.4.1917, Newport News, Virginia (VA), United States

† 15.6.1996, Beverly Hills, California (CA), United States

Louis Armstrong (Soloist) (vocals, trumpet)

* 4.8.1901, New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), United States

† 6.7.1971, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Oscar Peterson (Soloist) (piano)

* 15.8.1925, Montréal, Québec, Canada

† 23.12.2007, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Herb Ellis (Soloist) (guitar)

* 4.8.1921, Farmersville, Texas (TX), United States

† 28.3.2010, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Ray Brown (Soloist) (bass, Double Bass)

* 13.10.1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 2.7.2002, Indianapolis, Indiana (IN), United States

Buddy Rich (Soloist) (drums)

* 30.9.1917, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 2.4.1987, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Authors

Kay Swift (Composer)

* 19.4.1897, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 28.1.1993, Southington, Connecticut (CT), United States

Paul James (Composer)

* 18.8.1896, Hamburg, Germany

† 3.6.1969, Greenwich, Connecticut (CT), United States

Album information

Ella And Louis

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Ella And Louis

Year of production

1986

Record Label

Verve

Tracks

  • 1. Can't We Be Friends?
  • 2. Isn't this a lovely day
  • 3. Moonlight in Vermont
  • 4. They can't take that away from me
  • 5. Under a blanket of blue
  • 6. Tenderly
  • 7. A Foggy Day
  • 8. Stars fell on Alabama
  • 9. Cheek To Cheek
  • 10. The nearness of you
  • 11. April in Paris