| Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | February 13, 1960 | |||
| Venue | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 33:08 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Ella in Berlin is a 1960 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance." [5]
One of Fitzgerald's most acclaimed live performances, at this concert in Berlin, Fitzgerald improvised lyrics for "Mack the Knife" after forgetting the original lyrics. In recognition of this, she received the Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance (Single) and the Best Vocal Performance, Female (Album) at the 3rd Annual Grammy Awards.
- ^ "Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife ". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 78. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 491. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Grammy Hall of Fame Database". Grammy.org. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2011-08-10.