The twists and innuendoes in Harold Arlen's songs make them such a joy for jazz singers to interpret. Here are 16 of the greatest of those joys: Get Happy Mel Torme; Hooray for Love Ella Fitzgerald; My Shining Hour Sammy Davis Jr./Count Basie; Stormy Weather Billie Holiday; Blues in the Night Dinah Washington, plus Louis Armstrong, Blossom Dearie and more!
1) Hooray for Love - Ella Fitzgerald
2) Get Happy - Mel Torme
3) Blues in the Night - Dinah Washington
4) Come Rain or Come Shine - Count Basie
5) That Old Black Magic - Shirley Horn
6) Let's Fall in Love - Diana Krall
7) It's Only a Paper Moon - Morgana King
8) Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - Helen Merrill
9) Stormy Weather - Billie Holiday
10) If I Only Had a Brain - Abbey Lincoln
11) I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues - Louis Armstrong
12) Over the Rainbow - Sarah Vaughan
13) As Long As I Live - Billy Eckstine
14) Down with Love - Blossom Dearie
15) The Man That Got Away - Ella Fitzgerald
16) My Shining Hour - Count Basie