Lullabies of Birdland [SEP] record label
Lullabies of Birdland
Lullabies of Birdland is a 1956 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, issued on the Decca Records label. The album features tracks recorded during the late 1940s and early 1950s, that had been previously issued on 78rpm single. MCA Records re-issued the complete album on CD, in 1998, together with the 1955 album "Sweet and Hot".
Track listing.
Side one:
1. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 2:51
2. "
of "This Is Your Life" in 1992 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel.
In 2004, he released his memoirs, "Lullaby of Birdland", which was accompanied by a double-album "musical autobiography", "Lullabies of Birdland". Shortly afterwards, however, he suffered a fall at his home and retired from regular performing.
In 2012 Derek Paravicini and jazz vocalist Frank Holder did a tribute concert to the recordings of Shearing. Ann Odell transcribed the recordings and taught Paravicini the parts,