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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald is a person from the US, active from 1917.

Person US 1917–1996 jazz vocal jazz swing

TOTAL PLAYS

1,078

SONGS PLAYED

332

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-08-20 10:03 · Radio 2 — "Hooray For Love"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "I've Got A Crush On You"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 816 76%

6 Music 250 23%

Radio 1 11 1%

1Xtra 1 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Manhattan 66 2022-12-04

2 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 53 2026-01-29

3 It's A Lovely Day Today 26 2025-03-29

4 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 24 2026-05-04

5 Get Ready 24 2026-03-07

6 Sunshine Of Your Love 23 2025-11-29

7 Dream a Little Dream of Me 22 2026-02-09

8 It's All Right With Me 22 2017-06-13

9 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 18 2025-12-20

10 I've Got You Under My Skin 17 2026-01-06

11 My Funny Valentine 15 2020-02-09

12 Someone to Watch Over Me 14 2021-07-06

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 01:04 I've Got A Crush On You 6 Music

2026-05-24 14:09 I've Got A Crush On You 6 Music

2026-05-05 20:03 Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) Radio 2

2026-05-04 01:22 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 6 Music

2026-04-12 12:10 Lullaby of Broadway Radio 2

2026-03-31 20:37 Lazy Radio 2

2026-03-07 19:13 Get Ready Radio 2

2026-02-09 23:14 Dream a Little Dream of Me Radio 2

2026-02-08 07:44 Dream a Little Dream of Me Radio 2

2026-01-29 18:20 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Radio 2

2026-01-11 20:42 Flying Home Radio 2

2026-01-06 20:57 I've Got You Under My Skin Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

332 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

'Deed I Do —

1 2017-03-26 ▶

(I'd Like To Get You) On A Slow Boat To China —

1 2016-12-20 ▶

(I've Got) Beginner's Luck —

7 2024-04-27 ▶

(In My) Solitude —

2 2017-12-24 ▶

(You'll Have To Swing It) Mr Paganini —

1 2015-05-03 ▶

(You'll Have To Swing It) Mr. Paganini (Live At The Crescendo) —

1 2017-04-25 ▶

A Cheerful Little Earful —

1 2014-03-30 ▶

A Fine Romance —

3 2017-04-25 ▶

A Foggy Day —

2 2017-05-17 ▶

A Night In Tunisia —

3 2023-01-10 ▶

A-tisket A-tasket —

2 2015-07-26 ▶

A-Tisket, A-Tasket —

2 2023-07-11 ▶

A-Tisket, A-Tasket! —

1 2019-01-27 ▶

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive —

1 2015-04-11 ▶

Ace In The Hole —

4 2017-10-10 ▶

Air Mail Special —

1 2020-03-08 ▶

Airmail Special —

4 2020-05-22 ▶

Alexander's Ragtime Band —

1 2016-02-23 ▶

All of Me —

1 2016-10-23 ▶

All Of You —

1 2016-07-10 ▶

All The Things You Are —

5 2020-09-06 ▶

Almost Like Being In Love —

1 2012-01-11 ▶

Always —

2 2025-02-16 ▶

Always True To You In My Fashion —

3 2022-10-02 ▶

Angel Eyes —

3 2018-01-15 ▶

Anything Goes —

7 2024-10-28 ▶

As Time Goes By [Live] —

1 2013-08-11 ▶

Away in a Manger —

2 2016-12-27 ▶

Azure —

3 2025-02-09 ▶

Baby It's Cold Outside —

2 2015-01-05 ▶

Baby Won't You Please Come Home —

1 2017-01-18 ▶

Baby, Won't You Say You Love Me —

1 2020-06-14 ▶

Basin Street Blues —

1 2024-06-19 ▶

Begin The Beguine —

1 2013-11-24 ▶

Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen —

2 2023-02-05 ▶

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea —

2 2017-07-30 ▶

Bewitched (Edit) —

1 2007-12-30 ▶

Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered —

1 2011-08-23 ▶

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered —

24 2026-05-04 ▶

Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home —

1 2025-06-15 ▶

Black Coffee —

3 2022-03-27 ▶

Bli-Blip —

1 2015-10-04 ▶

Blue Moon —

13 2019-02-07 ▶

Blue Skies —

7 2021-07-12 ▶

Blue Skies (Maya Jane Coles Remix) —

1 2013-05-04 ▶

Blues In The Night —

1 2024-12-02 ▶

Brown Skin Gal (In The Calico Gown) —

1 2018-05-06 ▶

But Not for Me —

3 2017-04-23 ▶

But Not For Me —

1 2008-11-25 ▶

By Strauss —

2 2017-06-25 ▶

Can't Buy Me Love —

14 2018-10-14 ▶

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man —

1 2019-08-04 ▶

Change Partners —

1 2021-08-22 ▶

Cheek to Cheek —

2 2017-08-13 ▶

Cheerful Little Earful —

5 2019-12-15 ▶

Chew Chew Chew (Your Bubble Gum) —

1 2017-04-30 ▶

Christmas Island —

1 2024-12-15 ▶

Close To You —

1 2016-06-11 ▶

Cry Me A River —

5 2018-09-11 ▶

Cry Me A River (Live At Berlin Sportpalast) —

1 2020-11-10 ▶

Day Dream —

1 2017-05-30 ▶

Desafinado —

1 2017-05-07 ▶

Do I Love You —

1 2016-02-14 ▶

Do I Love You? —

2 2020-07-26 ▶

Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me —

1 2025-12-28 ▶

Don't Fence Me In —

2 2017-10-01 ▶

Don't Get Around Much Anymore —

1 2019-07-28 ▶

Don't Rain On My Parade —

1 2018-01-14 ▶

Dream a Little Dream of Me —

22 2026-02-09 ▶

Drop Me Off In Harlem —

1 2017-11-05 ▶

Early Autumn —

1 2015-02-22 ▶

Embraceable You —

3 2021-05-21 ▶

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye —

53 2026-01-29 ▶

Every Time We Say Goodbye —

4 2024-04-07 ▶

Fascinating Rhythm —

1 2020-03-03 ▶

Flying Home —

7 2026-01-11 ▶

From This Moment On —

1 2009-11-14 ▶

Frosty the Snow Man —

1 2022-12-18 ▶

Frosty the Snowman —

1 2019-12-22 ▶

Georgia On My Mind —

1 2017-11-05 ▶

Get Happy —

10 2021-06-19 ▶

Get Ready —

24 2026-03-07 ▶

Get Ready (Soul Flip Edit) —

7 2020-12-26 ▶

Get Thee Behind Me Satan —

5 2022-04-11 ▶

Goin' Out Of My Head —

1 2018-05-15 ▶

Good Morning Blues —

7 2025-12-16 ▶

Good Morning Heartache —

1 2016-05-08 ▶

Goody Goody —

4 2019-08-31 ▶

Got to Get You Into My Life —

2 2023-09-28 ▶

Guys and Dolls —

1 2014-03-22 ▶

Happy Talk —

1 2024-09-01 ▶

Hard Hearted Hannah —

2 2020-08-30 ▶

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas —

18 2025-12-20 ▶

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas —

1 2007-12-16 ▶

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Auxjack Remix) —

2 2023-12-22 ▶

Hear Me Talkin' to Ya —

1 2023-02-27 ▶

Heat Wave —

1 2018-08-19 ▶

Hello Ma! I Done It Again —

1 2016-01-09 ▶

Hernando's Hideaway —

1 2018-10-13 ▶

Hooray for Love —

1 2017-06-11 ▶

Hooray For Love —

2 2007-10-21 ▶

Hotta Chocolatta —

1 2016-01-24 ▶

How About Me? —

1 2020-07-05 ▶

How Deep Is The Ocean? —

2 2020-03-22 ▶

How High the Moon —

6 2023-04-23 ▶

How High The Moon (Live at Zardi's, 1956) —

1 2021-11-13 ▶

How High The Moon (Live In Berlin 1960) —

1 2020-01-07 ▶

How Long Has This Been Going On (feat. Ellis Larkin) —

1 2023-12-24 ▶

How Long Has This Been Going On? —

2 2017-04-25 ▶

How's Chances? —

1 2020-07-05 ▶

I Aint't Got Nothing But The Blues —

1 2014-09-07 ▶

I Am In Love —

1 2014-07-26 ▶

I Can't Be Bothered Now —

2 2025-01-18 ▶

I Can't Get Started —

3 2016-12-11 ▶

I Can't Give You Anything but Love (Live at Newport Jazz Festival 1957) —

1 2019-02-03 ▶

I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Live at Newport Jazz Festival) —

1 2020-06-02 ▶

I Concentrate On You —

1 2018-03-18 ▶

I Could Write a Book —

3 2024-10-10 ▶

I Fell in Love with a Dream —

2 2018-05-19 ▶

I Get a Kick Out of You —

7 2025-11-17 ▶

I Get A Kick Out Of You —

2 2011-01-27 ▶

I Got Rhythm —

4 2017-04-23 ▶

I Love Paris —

4 2025-03-02 ▶

I Only Have Eyes for You —

1 2014-06-15 ▶

I Only Have Eyes For You —

1 2006-10-08 ▶

I Want the Waiter (With the Water) —

1 2017-10-08 ▶

I Want To Be Happy —

2 2018-03-19 ▶

I Wish I Were In Love Again —

1 2018-09-23 ▶

I Wished On the Moon —

1 2017-01-15 ▶

I Won't Dance —

2 2014-09-20 ▶

I'll Be Loving You Always —

1 2018-08-12 ▶

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out —

1 2014-11-02 ▶

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair —

3 2019-02-10 ▶

I'm Just a Lucky So-And-So —

1 2024-10-27 ▶

I'm Old Fashioned —

1 2007-08-12 ▶

I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket —

1 2018-04-01 ▶

I've Got A Crush On You —

5 2026-05-25 ▶

I've Got Beginner's Luck —

1 2012-06-30 ▶

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm —

3 2024-12-24 ▶

I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm —

2 2010-01-07 ▶

I've Got You Under My Skin —

17 2026-01-06 ▶

I've Grown Accustomed to His Face —

1 2014-11-30 ▶

If I Were A Bell —

1 2018-12-09 ▶

Imagine My Frustration —

1 2018-05-06 ▶

In a Mellotone —

1 2016-11-21 ▶

In A Mellow Tone —

1 2025-04-06 ▶

In A Sentimental Mood —

2 2025-05-05 ▶

In The Still Of The Night —

2 2019-10-27 ▶

Isn't This a Lovely Day —

3 2018-07-01 ▶

Isn't This A Lovely Day —

1 2006-10-01 ▶

Isnt This A Lovely Day —

1 2014-01-12 ▶

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear —

1 2019-12-22 ▶

It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) —

1 2023-04-06 ▶

It Never Entered My Mind —

3 2020-12-06 ▶

It's A Lovely Day Today —

26 2025-03-29 ▶

It's A Lovely Day Today (feat. Paul Weston & His Orchestra) —

1 2019-05-19 ▶

It's A Pity To Say Goodnight —

3 2020-08-15 ▶

It's All Right With Me —

22 2017-06-13 ▶

It's Alright With Me —

1 2020-09-13 ▶

It's Only a Paper Moon —

7 2020-03-30 ▶

It's Only A Paper Moon —

1 2010-02-11 ▶

It's Too Darn Hot (RAC remix) —

1 2019-08-03 ▶

It's Wonderful —

1 2015-01-24 ▶

Jingle Bells —

5 2025-12-24 ▶

Just A Sittin' & A Rockin' (Live at BBC 1965) —

1 2018-02-27 ▶

Just Another Rhumba —

1 2021-11-23 ▶

Just You Just Me —

1 2014-03-16 ▶

Laura —

1 2017-10-08 ▶

Lazy —

1 2026-03-31 ▶

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! —

1 2013-12-24 ▶

Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) —

11 2026-05-05 ▶

Let's Face The Music And Dance —

2 2020-08-25 ▶

Let's Fall In Love —

10 2020-07-19 ▶

Little Girl Blue —

1 2020-03-29 ▶

Little White Lies —

1 2020-04-21 ▶

Lorelei —

1 2017-06-18 ▶

Love for Sale —

1 2017-11-26 ▶

Love Is Here To Stay —

1 2025-11-23 ▶

Love Me or Leave Me —

1 2016-07-05 ▶

Love Me Or Leave Me —

1 2008-09-12 ▶

Love You Madly —

1 2018-04-29 ▶

Lullaby of Birdland —

4 2019-03-05 ▶

Lullaby of Broadway —

11 2026-04-12 ▶

Lullaby Of Broadway —

2 2008-11-09 ▶

Mack The Knife —

10 2014-12-13 ▶

Mack the Knife (Live Version) —

1 2013-11-16 ▶

Mack the Knife (Live) —

3 2021-02-09 ▶

Mack the Knife - Live —

1 2020-10-04 ▶

Mack The Knife Edit —

1 2014-01-05 ▶

Manhattan —

66 2022-12-04 ▶

Manteca —

1 2025-01-11 ▶

Mas Que Nada —

4 2017-04-22 ▶

Maybe —

1 2014-05-21 ▶

Melancholy Baby —

1 2010-08-18 ▶

Meshkalina —

1 2012-12-07 ▶

Midnight Sun —

4 2019-12-23 ▶

Miss Otis Regrets —

3 2017-01-30 ▶

Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) —

1 2020-01-02 ▶

Miss Otis Regrets (Shes Unable To Lunch Today) —

1 2017-11-26 ▶

Misty —

4 2025-12-12 ▶

Mood Indigo —

2 2025-03-09 ▶

Moon Ray —

1 2017-04-25 ▶

More Than You Know —

1 2019-10-13 ▶

Mr Paganini —

2 2020-10-18 ▶

My Baby Likes to Be-Bop —

1 2010-06-06 ▶

My Funny Valentine —

15 2020-02-09 ▶

My Heart Belongs To Daddy —

1 2010-08-08 ▶

My One And Only Love —

1 2017-07-16 ▶

My Romance —

4 2020-08-16 ▶

Night & Day —

11 2016-05-16 ▶

Night & Day (live version) —

1 2012-06-02 ▶

Night and Day —

8 2022-09-18 ▶

No Moon At All —

5 2019-07-30 ▶

No Other Love —

1 2022-08-28 ▶

Oh Lady, Be Good! —

1 2020-03-25 ▶

Oh Yes, Take Another Guess —

1 2015-02-15 ▶

Oh! Lady Be Good —

1 2011-10-13 ▶

Old Devil Moon —

1 2015-05-22 ▶

Old Mother Hubbard —

1 2025-06-15 ▶

On the Sunny Side of the Street —

1 2016-08-21 ▶

Once In A While —

1 2017-07-09 ▶

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) —

1 2018-06-10 ▶

Open Your Window —

1 2008-01-14 ▶

Over The Rainbow —

2 2025-11-02 ▶

People —

1 2017-11-05 ▶

Pick Yourself Up —

7 2018-02-20 ▶

Polka Dots And Moonbeams —

2 2019-08-04 ▶

Puttin' on the Ritz —

6 2017-05-14 ▶

Ridin' High —

1 2014-06-22 ▶

Rock It for Me —

2 2020-06-15 ▶

Rocks In My Bed —

1 2018-11-25 ▶

Rough Ridin' —

1 2017-08-08 ▶

Round Midnight —

2 2024-04-02 ▶

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer —

1 2019-12-25 ▶

S'wonderful —

5 2021-08-09 ▶

Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney —

4 2015-12-24 ▶

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town —

11 2023-12-24 ▶

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town —

3 2009-12-18 ▶

Savoy Truffle —

7 2025-10-26 ▶

September Song —

1 2025-09-11 ▶

Skylark —

5 2021-07-11 ▶

Slap That Bass —

2 2018-10-07 ▶

Sleigh Bells —

1 2017-12-24 ▶

Sleigh Ride —

11 2025-12-17 ▶

Sleigh Ride (Latin Projects Remix) —

1 2025-11-28 ▶

Sleigh Ride (The Latin Project remix) —

1 2025-12-25 ▶

Smooth Sailing —

2 2022-09-04 ▶

Smooth Sailing (feat. The Ray Charles Singers) —

2 2025-04-13 ▶

So In Love —

4 2020-01-26 ▶

So In Love CAT —

1 2011-08-14 ▶

So Near And Yet So Far —

1 2018-07-12 ▶

Solid as a Rock —

1 2020-04-07 ▶

Solitude —

2 2020-04-25 ▶

Somebody Loves Me —

1 2015-10-11 ▶

Someone to Watch Over Me —

14 2021-07-06 ▶

Someone To Watch Over Me —

5 2010-07-13 ▶

Something —

1 2018-02-10 ▶

Something To Live For —

1 2018-05-06 ▶

Something's Gotta Give —

4 2019-09-08 ▶

Sophisticated Lady —

1 2019-07-21 ▶

Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most —

1 2022-04-17 ▶

Spring Is Here —

5 2025-03-23 ▶

St Louis Blues (Live in Rome, 1958) —

1 2022-03-28 ▶

St. Louis Blues —

2 2017-04-25 ▶

Stairway To The Stars —

9 2022-12-22 ▶

Stella By Starlight —

5 2025-10-07 ▶

Stone Cold Dead in the Market (feat. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five) —

1 2024-08-07 ▶

Strike Up The Band —

1 2020-10-20 ▶

Sugar Blues —

2 2020-07-13 ▶

Summertime —

4 2023-07-15 ▶

Sunny —

1 2011-08-21 ▶

Sunshine Of Your Love —

23 2025-11-29 ▶

Take The A Train —

2 2025-03-25 ▶

Ten Cents A Dance —

2 2021-12-09 ▶

Thanks For The Memory —

1 2014-10-12 ▶

That Old Black Magic —

4 2019-12-03 ▶

The Ballad Medley —

2 2018-03-14 ▶

The Best Is Yet To Come —

1 2020-01-19 ▶

The Christmas Song —

2 2022-12-25 ▶

The Girl From Ipanema —

1 2022-10-23 ▶

The Half Of It Dearie Blues —

1 2015-02-23 ▶

The Lady Is a Tramp —

4 2023-03-28 ▶

The Lady Is A Tramp —

2 2009-11-22 ▶

The Man I Love —

1 2017-03-31 ▶

The Man I Love (Live at Ronnie Scotts) —

1 2017-03-19 ▶

The Moment of Truth —

1 2025-02-04 ▶

The Sweetest Sounds —

1 2017-05-14 ▶

The Tender Trap —

1 2022-03-06 ▶

The Very Thought of You —

7 2022-09-02 ▶

The Very Thought Of You —

3 2011-06-18 ▶

The Way You Look Tonight —

2 2019-07-21 ▶

There's a Lull In My Life —

2 2020-07-19 ▶

There's A Small Hotel —

2 2020-10-18 ▶

These Boots Are Made For Walking —

2 2017-04-25 ▶

They All Laughed —

1 2016-01-22 ▶

They Can't Take That Away From Me —

1 2021-09-05 ▶

This Could Be The Start Of Something Big (Live At The Crescendo) —

1 2017-04-25 ▶

This Girl's In Love With You —

1 2017-04-25 ▶

Too Close For Comfort (Live in Japan) —

1 2019-01-13 ▶

Too Darn Hot —

12 2024-10-06 ▶

Too marvellous for words —

9 2022-05-22 ▶

Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer —

2 2020-08-18 ▶

Undecided —

2 2021-12-24 ▶

Undecided (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra) —

1 2019-10-13 ▶

Undecided (feat. Chick Webb) —

2 2021-04-25 ▶

Volare —

1 2017-04-25 ▶

Wait Til You See Him (De-Phazz Remix) —

1 2017-05-19 ▶

We Three Kings —

5 2025-12-20 ▶

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve —

1 2014-12-28 ▶

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? —

8 2021-12-12 ▶

What Is This Thing Called Love —

4 2021-06-01 ▶

What Is This Thing Called Love? —

3 2016-02-12 ▶

What's New —

1 2006-09-17 ▶

Whatever Lola Wants —

1 2025-08-09 ▶

When A Woman Loves A Man —

1 2017-10-08 ▶

When I Get Down I Get High —

1 2019-01-17 ▶

When My Sugar Walks Down the Street —

1 2017-09-03 ▶

When Your Lover Has Gone —

1 2014-01-25 ▶

Where Or When —

1 2010-03-15 ▶

Whisper Not —

1 2018-06-10 ▶

White Christmas —

2 2023-12-25 ▶

Why Can't You Behave —

2 2016-08-14 ▶

Why Can't You Behave? —

1 2017-07-16 ▶

Winter Wonderland —

1 2015-12-21 ▶

With A Song In My Heart —

5 2017-08-27 ▶

You Do Something To Me —

6 2019-03-04 ▶

You Don't Know My Mind —

1 2024-11-25 ▶

You Hit the Spot —

1 2013-10-26 ▶

You Make Me Feel So Young —

1 2019-04-21 ▶

You'd Be So Easy To Love —

1 2017-07-02 ▶

You're My Thrill —

1 2016-05-08 ▶

You're The Top —

6 2020-09-06 ▶