Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off by Ella Fitzgerald

First released: 1957, Length: 4:29
1959-03-26, Songbooks version

Creators (43)

Arranger

1. Nelson Riddle

Conductor

1. Nelson Riddle (26 Mar 1959)

Performer

1. Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (26 Mar 1959)

Instruments

1. Alex Beller (26 Mar 1959) violin
2. Alvin Dinkin (26 Mar 1959) viola
3. Alvin Stoller (26 Mar 1959) drums (drum set)
4. Barney Kessel (26 Mar 1959) guitar
5. Ben Gill (26 Mar 1959) violin
6. Champ Webb (26 Mar 1959) woodwind
7. David Filerman (26 Mar 1959) cello
8. Dick Nash (26 Mar 1959) trombone
9. Don Fagerquist (26 Mar 1959) trumpet
10. Ed Gilbert (26 Mar 1959) tuba
11. Eleanor Slatkin (26 Mar 1959) cello
12. Elizabeth Greenschpoon (26 Mar 1959) cello
13. Erno Neufeld (26 Mar 1959) violin
14. Felix Slatkin (26 Mar 1959) violin
15. George Neikrug (26 Mar 1959) cello
16. George Roberts (26 Mar 1959) bass trombone
17. Harold Dicterow (26 Mar 1959) violin
18. James Decker (26 Mar 1959) French horn
19. Jewell Grant (26 Mar 1959) woodwind
20. Jimmy Priddy (26 Mar 1959) trombone
21. Joe Comfort (26 Mar 1959) bass
22. Jules Jacob (26 Mar 1959) woodwind
23. Larry Bunker (26 Mar 1959) percussion
24. Mel Lewis (26 Mar 1959) drums (drum set)
25. Murray Kellner (26 Mar 1959) violin
26. Nathan Ross (26 Mar 1959) violin
27. Paul Shure (26 Mar 1959) violin
28. Paul Smith (26 Mar 1959) piano
29. Pullman “Tommy” Pederson (26 Mar 1959) trombone
30. Ronnie Lang (26 Mar 1959) alto saxophone
31. Stanley Harris (26 Mar 1959) viola
32. Victor Arno (26 Mar 1959) violin
33. Victor Bay (26 Mar 1959) violin
34. Vincent DeRosa (26 Mar 1959) French horn
35. Wilbur Schwartz (26 Mar 1959) woodwind
36. William Green (26 Mar 1959) woodwind

Vocals

1. Ella Fitzgerald (26 Mar 1959) lead vocals

Engineer

1. Val Valentin (26 Mar 1959)

Producer

1. Norman Granz

Locations

Recorded At

1. Capitol Studios (26 Mar 1959)

Works (1)

Recording Of

1. Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (26 Mar 1959) cover
   

   Composer

   1. George Gershwin (1937)

   Lyricist

   1. Ira Gershwin (1937)

Releases containing this recording (19)

Official

Album

1. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Volume 1 1957 Ella Fitzgerald
2. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 1959 Ella Fitzgerald
3. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 1989 Ella Fitzgerald
4. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 19 May 1998 Ella Fitzgerald
5. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Songbook 22 Feb 2010 Ella Fitzgerald
6. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 2011 Ella Fitzgerald
7. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 2013 Ella Fitzgerald
8. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 2016 Ella Fitzgerald
9. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 30 Nov 2018 Ella Fitzgerald
10. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald
11. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald

Album - Compilation

1. The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books 02 Nov 1993 Ella Fitzgerald
2. Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best of the Gershwin Songbook 30 Jan 1996 Ella Fitzgerald
3. Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best of the Gershwin Songbook 1996 Ella Fitzgerald
4. The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books 18 Nov 2013 Ella Fitzgerald
5. Night and Day: The Collection 2015 Ella Fitzgerald
6. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Book 2015 Ella Fitzgerald
7. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 2017 Ella Fitzgerald
8. Milestones of a Jazz Legend / Ella Fitzgerald sings the Songbooks 2021 Ella Fitzgerald