Here is the complete classic double album Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book. The Cole Porter Song Book, the first of Ella's acclaimed songbooks and one of the best vocal jazz albums of all time, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, which recognizes recordings of "qualitative or historical significance". In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings selected by the Library of Congress in Washington to be included in the National Recording Registry. After the concert impresario and producer Norman Granz finally managed to get the singer Ella Fitzgerald out of her recording contract with Decca in 1956, he launched the Verve Records label especially for his new star. The first album to be released there in the same year was "Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book". It marked an important turning point in Ella's career and was also the prelude to her groundbreaking "Song Book" series, which inspired many other artists. For the double album, accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman, she sang 32 timeless Cole Porter classics in her own unique way. Verve Acoustic Sounds Series: completely analog mastered from the original tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, QPR pressing (180g), sturdy tip-on gatefold (Stoughton Printing), padded inner sleeve.