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Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine Of Your Love

What a Friend we Have in Jesus by Ella Fitzgerald

Notes from YouTube:

"O, what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer." Indeed the truth. How great can our peace be if we make prayer our first line of action instead of a route we follow "when all else fails."

The words to this hymn were written by Joseph M. Scriven for his mom in 1855 who were across the ocean from him at the time. In 1868, Charles C. Converse composed the music that accompanied it.

Ella Fitzgerald's rendition of this timeless hymn is one of my personal favourites, mainly for her "smooth as velvet' voice.

Ella Fitzgerald - The Old Rugged Cross

Ella: Ella Fitzgerald

The First Lady of Song - definitely the best voice I have ever heard. I like the ways her voice changed throughout her extensive 59 year career. I judge all others by her standards - it is so difficult to choose any favourite songs or performances. I am always willing to learn if anyone has any suggestions.

Fitzgerald had an extraordinary vocal range. A mezzo-soprano (who sang much lower than most classical contraltos), she had a range of “2 octaves and a sixth from a low D or D flat to a high B flat and possibly higher”

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Ella Fitzgerald and Manhattan Transfer

I can never have too much Ella

Ella Fitzgerald - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas Music @ Amazon.com

Sunshine of your Love

By which all other tunes should be judged? Sometimes you just need to be reminded about the class of Ella's voice.