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Ella Fitzgerald – Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It) (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1971
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Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It) is an LP by Ella Fitzgerald from 1971 released on the Reprise Records label.
About this album
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It) shows Ella Fitzgerald adapting her unmatched vocal style to a more contemporary early-1970s songbook. Issued in 1971, the album moves between jazz standards and then-current pop and soul material, with Fitzgerald bringing poise, rhythmic ease and sly emotional shading to songs such as Sunny, Mas Que Nada and I Heard It Through the Grapevine. Rather than treating the material as novelty, she makes it feel natural within her repertoire, underlining why she remained one of the defining interpreters in popular music. The album reflects her ability to bridge classic swing-era authority and newer studio-era tastes.
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Artist: Ella FitzgeraldLabel: Reprise Records – RS 6432Format: LP, Album, StereoUnits: 1Country: USReleased: 1971Genre: Jazz
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A1 Sunny
A2 Mas Que Nada
A3 A Man And A Woman
A4 Days Of Wine And Roses
A5 Black Coffee
A6 Tuxedo Junction
B1 I Heard It Through The Grapevine
B2 Don'T Dream Of Anybody But Me
B3 Things Ain'T What They Used To Be
B4 Willow Weep For Me
B5 Manteca
B6 Just When We'Re Falling In Love