A-Tisket A-Tasket / Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)

by Chick Webb

A-Tisket A-Tasket / Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: June 1938
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 5:29
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Brilliantly adapting a simple nursery rhyme into an infectious swing anthem, this energetic recording launched a young Ella Fitzgerald into massive national superstardom. The incredibly playful arrangement and tight big band backing created an absolutely perfect, highly danceable vehicle for her joyous vocal clarity.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. A-Tisket A-Tasket (2:39)
  2. Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) (2:50)

Credits

  • Chick Webb And His Orchestra - primary artist
  • Louis Jordan - alto saxophone [uncredited]
  • Beverly Peer - bass [uncredited]
  • Garvin Bushell - clarinet [uncredited], alto saxophone [uncredited]
  • Chick Webb - drums [uncredited], leader
  • Bobby Johnson - guitar [uncredited]
  • Tommy Fulford - piano [uncredited]
  • Teddy McRae - tenor saxophone [uncredited]

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