SONG OF THE DAY
“Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered” by Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook, Verve Records, 1956). Written by Lorenz Hart and composed by Richard Rodgers.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” is a show tune and popular song from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey.
– The song was introduced by Vivienne Segal in the 1940 Broadway production, and also sung by Miss Segal both on the 1950 hit record and in the 1952 Broadway revival.
– Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook is a 1956 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
– This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have “qualitative or historical significance.”