Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
# Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)

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Things Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald - the final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork in 1989. It was released together on one CD with Ella's first album recorded for Reprise label, Ella.

## Track listing

For the 1970 LP on Reprise Records; RS 6432; Re-issued by Reprise-Warner Bros. in 1989 on CD; Reprise 9 26023-2

Side One:

* "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 5:18
* "Mas que Nada" (Jorge Ben Jor, English Lyrics by Loryn Deane) – 3:49
* "A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme)" (Pierre Barouh, Francis Lai, Jerry Keller) – 3:17
* "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:22
* "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:28
* "Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson) – 3:17

Side Two:

* "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 3:44
* "Don't Dream of Anybody But Me" (AKA "Li'l Darlin'") (Neal Hefti, Bart Howard) – 4:06
* "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:11
* "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:40
* "Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 2:30
* "Just When We're Falling in Love" (AKA "Robbins Nest") (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 2:29

## Personnel

Recorded May 26–30, 1969, in Hollywood, Los Angeles:

* Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
* Gerald Wilson - Arranger, Conductor.
* Tommy Flanagan - piano
* Joe Sample - electric piano, organ
* Louis Bellson - drums
* Modesto Duran - congas
* Francisco DeSouza - congas
* Victor Feldman - vibes, percussion
* Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
* Herb Ellis - guitar
* Dennis Budimir - guitar
* Ray Brown - bass, electric bass
* Bobby Bryant - trumpet
* Larry McGuire - trumpet
* Alex Rodriquez - trumpet
* Paul Hubinon - trumpet
* Harry Edison - trumpet
* J. J. Johnson- trombone
* James Cleveland- trombone
* Mike Wimberly- trombone
* Britt Woodman- trombone
* William Tole- trombone
* Thurman Green- trombone
* Arthur Maebe - French horn, tuba
* Henry DeVega - alto
* Harold Land - tenor
* Ray Bojorquez - tenor
* Richard Aplanalp - baritone
* Marshal Royal - woodwinds
* Anthony Ortega - woodwinds
* Ernie Watts - woodwinds
* Bill Green - woodwinds
