Contents
Acknowledgments vii 
Preface 1
How to Use This Book 3
Introduction 7 
Part One: The Recording Sessions- A Discography 
Tie Chick Webb Recording Sessions, 1927-1934 21 
The Ella Fitzgerald Recording Sessions (Including the Chick Webb Recording Sessions, 1935-1939) 27 
Part Two: Ella's Records 
The Long-Play Albums and Compact Discs: A Collector's Checklist 111
Part Three: The Songs Ella Sings 
Annotated Song Index 205 
An "Album" of Songs Ella Recorded That You've Never Heard Her Sing 288 
General Index 357