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| Label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| Label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| Producer = [[Dave Dexter, Jr.]]
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| Last album = ''[[Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur]]''<br />(1966)
| Last album = ''[[Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur]]''<br />(1966)
| This album = '''''Brighten the Corner'''''<br />(1967)
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'''''Brighten the Corner''''' is a 1967 studio album by the American [[jazz]] singer [[Ella Fitzgerald]], debut album on [[Capitol Records]].<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r138690 Ella Fitzgerald}}</ref> The album charted at #172 in the Billboard Hot 200 album charts.<ref>{{Allmusic|artist=ella-fitzgerald|id=p6503 Billboard album charts}}</ref>
'''''Brighten the Corner''''' is a 1967 studio album by the American [[jazz]] singer [[Ella Fitzgerald]], debut album on [[Capitol Records]].<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r138690 Ella Fitzgerald}}</ref> The album charted at #172 in the Billboard Hot 200 album charts.<ref>{{Allmusic|artist=ella-fitzgerald|id=p6503 Billboard album charts}}</ref> Re-issued by Capitol Records on CD in 1991 and together with the album "[[Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas]]" in 2006.


The album was Ella's first since leaving the Verve label, which had seen her produce her most acclaimed body of work. It marked a sharp change of direction for Fitzgerald, as ''Brighten the Corner'' saw Ella sing [[Christian]] hymns, reflecting her own spirituallity, and eschewing the [[Great American Songbook]] standards on which she had previously concentrated.
The album was Ella's first since leaving the Verve label, which had seen her produce her most acclaimed body of work. It marked a sharp change of direction for Fitzgerald, as ''Brighten the Corner'' saw Ella sing [[Christian]] hymns, reflecting her own spirituallity, and eschewing the [[Great American Songbook]] standards on which she had previously concentrated.

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Brighten the Corner is a 1967 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, debut album on Capitol Records.[1] The album charted at #172 in the Billboard Hot 200 album charts.[2] Re-issued by Capitol Records on CD in 1991 and together with the album "Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas" in 2006.

The album was Ella's first since leaving the Verve label, which had seen her produce her most acclaimed body of work. It marked a sharp change of direction for Fitzgerald, as Brighten the Corner saw Ella sing Christian hymns, reflecting her own spirituallity, and eschewing the Great American Songbook standards on which she had previously concentrated.

Track listing

  1. "Abide with Me" (Henry Francis Lyte, Arrangers; G. Price, R. Black) - 3.24
  2. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" (Traditional, Arrangers; G. Price, R. Black) - 5.00
  3. "The Old Rugged Cross" (George Bennard) - 3.50
  4. "Brighten the Corner Where You Are" (Ina D. Ogdon, Charles H. Gabriel ) - 2.33
  5. "I Need Thee Every Hour" (Annie S. Hawks, Robert Lowry) - 3.38
  6. "In the Garden" (C. Austin Miles) - 3.14
  7. "God Be with You Till We Meet Again" (Jeremiah E. Rankin, William G. Tomer) - 1.19
  8. "God Will Take Care of You" (Civilla D. Martin, W. Stillman Martin) - 3.29
  9. "The Church in the Wildwood" (William S. Pitts) - 3.00
  10. "Throw Out the Lifeline" (Edwin Ufford) - 3.12
  11. "I Shall Not Be Moved" (Traditional, Arrangers; G. Price, R. Black) - 2.40
  12. "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" (Philip P. Bliss) - 2.46
  13. "What a Friend We Have In Jesus" (Joseph M. Scriven, Charles Crozat Converse) - 4.02
  14. "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me" (Augustus Toplady, Thomas Hastings) - 1.58

Personnel

  • Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
  • Ralph Carmichael Choir - Vocals
  • John Kraus - engineer
  • Grace Price, Robert Black - arrangements

References