Misty Blue (album)

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Misty Blue
Misty Blue cover
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released 1968
Recorded December 20 - 22, 1968
Genre Jazz
Length 28:42
Label Capitol Records
Producer Norman Granz
Professional reviews
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
30 by Ella
(1968)
Misty Blue
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Ella
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Misty Blue is a 1968 (see 1968 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald featuring mostly cover versions of recent country music hits.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Misty Blue” (Bobby Montgomery) – 2:30 - a country hit for Wilma Burgess
  2. “Walking in the Sunshine” (Roger Miller) – 2:32 - a hit for Miller
  3. It's Only Love” (Eddy Arnold) – 3:04 -
  4. “Evil on Your Mind” (Harlan Howard) – 2:18 - a hit for Jan Howard
  5. “I Taught Him Everything He Knows” (Sylvia Dee, Arthur Kent) – 2:47 - a hit for Billy Walker
  6. “Don’t Let That Doorknob Hit You” – 2:26 - a hit for Norma Jean (singer)
  7. “Turn the World Around” (Ben Peters) – 2:45 - a hit for Eddy Arnold
  8. “The Chokin’ Kind” – 2:02 - a hit for Waylon Jennings
  9. “Born to Lose” – 3:18 - a hit for Ted Daffan in 1944 and often covered by later country artists
  10. “This Gun Don’t Care” (Larry Lee) – 2:51 - a hit for Wanda Jackson
  11. “Don’t Touch Me” (Hank Cochran) – 2:56 - another hit for Jeannie Seely

[edit] Personnel

Recorded December 20 - 22, 1968, in Hollywood, Los Angeles: