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Strike Up the Band
by
Ella Fitzgerald
First released:
1959,
Length:
2:36
Creators
(41)
Arranger
Nelson Riddle
Conductor
Nelson Riddle
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
Instruments
Alex Beller
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Alvin Dinkin
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
viola
Alvin Stoller
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
drums (drum set)
Armand Kaproff
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
cello
Barbara Simons
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
viola
Ben Gill
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Buddy Collette
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
woodwind
Cappy Lewis
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
trumpet
Champ Webb
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
woodwind
Chuck Gentry
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
baritone saxophone
Dale McMickle
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
trumpet
Dan Lube
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Edgar Lustgarten
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
cello
Frank Flynn
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
percussion
George Roberts
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
bass trombone
Gerald Vinci
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Harry Klee
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
woodwind
Herb Ellis
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
guitar
Jacques Gasselin
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Jimmy Priddy
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
trombone
Joe Comfort
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
bass
Joseph Livoti
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Kurt Reher
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
cello
Lou Kievman
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
viola
Lou Levy
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
piano
Marshall Sosson
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Misha Russell
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Paul Shure
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Pete Candoli
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
trumpet
Pullman “Tommy” Pederson
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
trombone
Ralph Lane
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
viola
Red Callender
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
tuba
Richard Noel
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
trombone
Ronnie Lang
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
alto saxophone
Shorty Sherock
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
trumpet
Victor Bay
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
violin
Vocals
Ella Fitzgerald
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
Producer
Norman Granz
Locations
Recorded At
Capitol Studios
(05 Jan 1959 - 17 Jul 1959)
Works
(1)
Recording Of
Strike Up the Band
(1959)
cover
Composer
George Gershwin
(1927)
Lyricist
Ira Gershwin
(1927)
Releases containing this recording
(8)
Official
Album
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
1959
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
19 May 1998
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Songbook
22 Feb 2010
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
2011
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
2013
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
2016
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald
Album - Compilation
Our Love Is Here to Stay: Ella & Louis Sing Gershwin
27 Jan 1998
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong