Can’t We Be Friends? by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

First released: 1956, Length: 3:47

Creators (8)

Instruments

1. Buddy Rich (16 Aug 1956) drums (drum set)
2. Herb Ellis (16 Aug 1956) guitar
3. Louis Armstrong (16 Aug 1956) trumpet
4. Oscar Peterson (16 Aug 1956) piano
5. Ray Brown (16 Aug 1956) double bass

Vocals

1. Ella Fitzgerald (16 Aug 1956)
2. Louis Armstrong (16 Aug 1956 - 16 Aug 1967)

Locations

Recorded At

1. Capitol Studios (16 Aug 1956)

Works (1)

Recording Of

1. Can’t We Be Friends? (16 Aug 1956) cover
   

   Composer

   1. Kay Swift

   Lyricist

   1. Paul James

Releases containing this recording (50)

Official

Album

1. Ella and Louis 1956 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong first pressing, orange and yellow label
2. Ella and Louis 1956 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong black label
3. Ella and Louis 1972 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
4. Ella and Louis 08 Jul 1985 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
5. Ella and Louis 1985 Ella Fitzgerald - Louis Armstrong club edition, reissue
6. Ella and Louis 07 Mar 2000 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
7. Ella and Louis 02 Jul 2000 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
8. Ella and Louis 29 Oct 2002 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
9. Ella And Louis 2002 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
10. Ella and Louis 2005 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
11. Ella and Louis 2005 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Classics
12. Ella and Louis 2010 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
13. Ella and Louis 2011 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
14. Ella and Louis 2011 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
15. Ella and Louis 2011 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
16. Ella & Louis 2013 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
17. Ella and Louis 29 Jun 2016 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong reissue, mono

Album - Compilation

1. Cheek to Cheek 1987 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
2. Compact Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 20 Jun 1988 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
3. Compact Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1988 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
4. The Wonderful World of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1988 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
5. Louis Armstrong & Guests 1989 Louis Armstrong
6. 16 Great Songs 1990 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
7. Jazz Lady 1993 Ella Fitzgerald
8. Ella & Louis 01 Nov 1996 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
9. Basin Street Blues 1996 Ella Fitzgerald
10. The Complete Ella and Louis on Verve 20 May 1997 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
11. Jazz 'Round Midnight 23 Jun 1998 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
12. Ella & Louis 2000 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
13. Midnite Jazz & Blues: Cheek to Cheek 2000 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
14. Queen of Jazz: The Essential Collection, Volume 1 2001 Ella Fitzgerald
15. A Fine Romance 02 Apr 2002 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
16. Ella & Louis Together 2004 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
17. First Class Jazz 10 2006 Ella Fitzgerald
18. Cheek to Cheek-Legends in Duet 2007 Ella & Louis
19. Ella & Louis 2007 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
20. Bourbon St Jazz Cafe 2008 Various Artists
21. Ella & Louis Classic Album Collection 2008 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
22. Autumn in New York 2008 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
23. Ella & Louis: Together 17 Aug 2009 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
24. Smooth Jazz 01 Nov 2009 Various Artists
25. When the Saints Go Marchin’ In 2009 Louis Armstrong
26. When The Saints Go Marchin’ In 2009 Louis Armstrong
27. Singing and Swinging Together 02 Aug 2011 Ella & Louis
28. Ella and Louis 30 Oct 2013 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
29. Six Classic Albums, Volume 3 16 May 2014 Ella Fitzgerald
30. Ella & Louis: The Complete Anthology 11 Sep 2015 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
31. Ella & Louis: The Complete Norman Granz Sessions 2016 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
32. Verve 6 Great Jazz 20 May 2017 Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Teddy Wilson Quartet, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, The Art Tatum / Ben Webster Quartet