Misty Blue is a 1968

1968 in music

-Events:*January 4 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding.*January 6 – Gibson Guitar Corporation patents its Gibson Flying V electric guitar design....

 studio album by the American jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 singer Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

, featuring mostly renditions of recent country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 hits. The single "I Taught Him Everything He Knows" appeared on Billboard's "Easy Listening" survey.

Track listing

For the 1968 LP on Capitol Records; Capitol ST 2888; Re-issued in 1991 on CD, Capitol CDP 7 95152 2

Side One:

1. "Misty Blue
   Misty Blue
   "Misty Blue" is a song written by Bob Montgomery in 1966 which has become a hit in the pop, C&W and soul fields through various versions, the most successful being the 1976 pop/soul hit by Dorothy Moore.-C&W hit versions:...
   
   " (Bobby Montgomery) – 2:30
2. "Walking in the Sunshine" (Roger Miller
   Roger Miller
   Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...
   
   ) – 2:32
3. "It's Only Love" (Eddy Arnold
   Eddy Arnold
   Richard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...
   
   ) – 3:04
4. "Evil on Your Mind
   Evil on Your Mind
   "Evil on Your Mind" is the name of a popular Country music song, originally made famous by Grand Ole Opry star, Jan Howard in 1966.In the mid-60s, Jan Howard was not acquiring any significant hits. Only one of her songs hit the Top 20, which was in 1960 with, "The One You Slip Around With", which...
   
   " (Harlan Howard
   Harlan Howard
   Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...
   
   ) – 2:18
5. "I Taught Him Everything He Knows" (Sylvia Dee
   Sylvia Dee
   Sylvia Dee was an American songwriter and novelist best known for penning the lyrics to "Too Young", a hit for Nat King Cole, and "The End of the World", a hit for Skeeter Davis...
   
   , Arthur Kent) – 2:47
6. "Don't Let That Doorknob Hit You" (Vic McAlpin) – 2:26

Side Two:

1. "Turn the World Around
   Turn the World Around (Eddy Arnold song)
   "Turn the World Around" is a 1967 single by Eddy Arnold. The single was Eddy Arnold's ninety-seventh release on the country chart. "Turn the World Around" would reach the number one spot on the country charts for one week and spend a total of fourteen weeks on the charts .-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Ben Peters
   Ben Peters
   Ben James Peters was an American country music songwriter who wrote many #1 songs. Charley Pride recorded 40 of his songs and 4 of them went to #1 on the American country charts...
   
   ) – 2:45
2. "The Chokin' Kind
   The Chokin' Kind
   The Chokin' Kind is a 1969 R&B single by Joe Simon, written by Harlan Howard. The single became Joe Simon's first number one on the R&B charts, where it stayed for three weeks. "The Chokin' Kind" was also Joe Simon's first top twenty entry on the pop singles chart. . It was also recorded by...
   
   " (Harlen Howard) – 2:02
3. "Born to Lose" (Ted Daffan
   Ted Daffan
   Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal Truck Driver's Blues and the much covered Country anthem Born to Lose.-Early years:...
   
   ) – 3:18
4. "This Gun Don't Care" (Larry Lee
   Larry Lee
   Lawrence H. "Larry" Lee, Jr. was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for his work with Al Green and Jimi Hendrix.-Gypsy Sun and Rainbows:...
   
   ) - 2:44
5. "Don't Touch Me
   Don't Touch Me
   "Don't Touch Me" is the name of a classic country music song originally recorded and made famous by Jeannie Seely in 1966.-History:"Don't Touch Me" was written by Jeannie Seely's husband, Hank Cochran, the songwriter who wrote Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" and Eddy Arnold's "Make the World Go...
   
   " (Hank Cochran
   Hank Cochran
   Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others...
   
   ) – 2:56

Personnel

Recorded December 20 - 22, 1967, in Hollywood, Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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:

• Ella Fitzgerald
  Ella Fitzgerald
  Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
  
   - Vocals
• Sid Feller
  Sid Feller
  Sidney "Sid" Feller was an American conductor and arranger, best known for his work with Ray Charles. He worked with Charles on hundreds of songs including Georgia on My Mind and worked as Charles' conductor while on tour...
  
   - Arranger, conductor.
• Dave Dexter, Jr - Producer, with Ken Nelson and D. D. Cavanaugh

Album notes by Dave Dexter, Jr.

Dave Dexter, Jr.

Dave E. Dexter, Jr. was an American music journalist, record company executive, and producer known primarily for his long association with Capitol Records. He worked with many important figures in jazz and traditional popular music, including Count Basie, Peggy Lee, Duke Ellington, and Frank...