Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) ( Rus. Everything is not at all the same as before (and you better believe it) ) - the fortieth studio album of American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald , released on the Reprise label Records in 1970 under studio number RS 6432. In 1989, Reprise-Warner Bros. re-released CD recording under studio number Reprise 9 26023-2.
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| Ella Fitzgerald Studio Album | ||||
| Date of issue | 1970 | |||
| Recorded by | May 20, 1970 | |||
| Genres | jazz | |||
| Duration | 43:11 | |||
| Producers | Norman Granz | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Language of songs | English | |||
| Labels | Reprise records | |||
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List of Songs
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| No. | Title | The words | Music | Duration | |||||
| one. | "Sunny" | Bobby hebb | Bobby hebb | 5:18 | |||||
| 2. | " Mas Que Nada " | Georges Ben Georges | Georges Ben Georges | 3:49 am | |||||
| 3. | “A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme)” | Pierre Baroux, Jerry Keller | Francis lay | 3:17 | |||||
| four. | "Days of Wine and Roses" | Johnny mercer | Henry Mancini | 2:22 | |||||
| five. | "Black Coffee" | Paul Francis Webster | Sonny Burke | 4:28 | |||||
| 6. | "Tuxedo Junction" | Buddy fein | Julian Dash, Erskine Hawkins | 3:17 | |||||
| 22:31 | |||||||||
| Side 2 | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | The words | Music | Duration | |||||
| 7. | " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " | Barrett Strong | Norman Whitfield | 3:44 | |||||
| eight. | “Don't Dream of Anybody But Me” | George Harrison | Bart Howard, Neil Heftie | 4:06 | |||||
| 9. | “Things Ain't What They Used to Be” | Ted Persons | Mercer Ellington | 3:11 | |||||
| ten. | "Willow Weep for Me" | Ann ronell | Ann ronell | 4:40 | |||||
| eleven. | Manteca | Chano Poso | Dizzy Gillespie , Gil Fuller | 2:30 | |||||
| 12. | "Just When We're Falling in Love" | Bob russell | Charles Thompson, Illinois Jacques | 2:29 | |||||
| 20:40 | |||||||||
Record Members
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals.
- Gerald Wilson - conducting, arranging.
- Tommy Flanagan, Joe Sample - Piano .
- Louis Bellson, Victor Feldman - drums , percussion.
- Bobby Hutcherson - Vibraphone .
- Herb Ellis is a guitar .
- Ray Brown - Double Bass .
- Bobby Bryant is a trumpet .
- Harry Edison, JJ Johnson, James Cleveland, Britt Woodman, Thurman Green - trombone .
Notes
- ↑ Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It ) on the AllMusic website