Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Songwriter: Karl Suessdorf John Blackburn

Producer: Norman Granz

[Ella]
Pennies in a stream
Falling leaves of a sycamore
Moonlight in Vermont

Icey finger waves
Ski trails on a mountain side
Snowlight in Vermont

Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway
And travel each bend in the road
People who meet, in this romantic setting
Are so hypnotized by the lovely...

Evening summer breeze
Warbling of a meadowlark
Moonlight in Vermont

[Louis Armstrong solo]

[Ella]
Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway
And travel each bend in the road

[Louis]
People who meet, in this romantic setting
Are so hypnotized by the lovely...

[Ella]
Evening summer breeze
Warbling of a meadowlark
Moonlight in Vermont

You and I and moonlight in Vermont

[Louis]
Moonlight in Vermont

Both household names at the time of their first recording together, the dynamic duo of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recorded their eponymous debut on August 16, 1956, in Hollywood’s then newly-built Capitol Studios. The record covered eleven standards with the backing of the Oscar Peterson Quartet. Although they had previously collaborated in the late 1940s for the Decca label, Ella and Louis began a critical and commercial streak for the pair, with many follow-ups under Norman Granz’s Verve Records; including 1957’s Ella and Louis Again and their 1959 collection of songs from the Porgy and Bess.

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Ella and Louis

From the albums

Ella and Louis (1956)
Ella & Louis for Lovers (2005)

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