Ella Fitzgerald Medley 1961

the full audio of Ella's duet from the Gary Moore Show. with Mel....If anyone can find the full video of this. OR her appearance on the Carol Burnette Show let me know.

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[wholesomesweetness86]

An electric and swingin' performance by two legends. Does the full video of this performance no longer exist? I've read online that the bulk of "The Garry Moore Show" is lost.

[newstart2009]

@wholesomesweetness86 most likely since back then many of the tapes were reused. But wait... I've seen 30 seconds of this on that documentary on Ella, which means someone has the whole things somewhere. Luckilly this is an acetate and sounds rough but a document of the two greats for sure.

[tishaTS]

What a rare treat. I had only heard the brief segment of them doing Lady Be Good before this. To hear the whole thing is really great. I've always thought it was sad that Ella never got in the studio with Mel (or Mr Sinatra for that matter), and somehow it was even sadder that Mr Torme suffered his stroke when he was recording a tribute CD to Ms Fitzgerald.

[newstart2009]

@tishaTS I felt bad about that... Norman Granz did NOT like Mel... and refused to let Ella record with him, in fact he'd on occasion ask even up until the 80s and Ella would stay loyal to Norman. But we have this gem, the 1976 Grammy Awards, and in 1989 at the First Ella Awards (Society of Singers). . And yes it is a shame he never go to finish the Ella album. That stroke he never recovered from. As far as Mr. Sinatra. Even being on the same label was "contractually impossible"

[MrZekervan]

@newstart2009 Do you perhaps know why Norman Granz did not like Mel Tormé? He is one of the finest singers of that age?

[newstart2009]

@MrZekervan Norman was very honest about things he didn't like... Mel Torme, Stephen Soundhiem .... Norman did not feel the way we do about Mel. I really wish he would have recorded Ella with him dispite that fact. They were on the same label in the 50s and it would have been easy... we have three solid TV performances of Ella and Mel to enjoy which shows the album would have been successful

[michaelthorner]

Masterful in their synchronized, improvized perfection.

[archy2frank2]

I've probably heard this song a 100 times and I will never get enough.

[jerramy]

Thank you so much for uploading this newstart, you are a star!

[MrZekervan]

@newstart2009 It just shows that even geniuses like Norman Granz had their prejudices...