Decca matrix 81215. Smooth sailing / Ella Fitzgerald

Title	Source
Smooth sailing (Primary title)	Ruppli Decca
Personnel	Notes
Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist)
Everett Barksdale (instrumentalist : guitar)
Johnny Blowers (instrumentalist : drums)
Arnold Fishkind (instrumentalist : string bass)
Hank Jones (instrumentalist : piano)
Ray Charles Singers (Vocal group)
Bill Doggett (instrumentalist : organ)

Additional Information

Notes
Ruppli additional catalog number(s): Brunswick (Germany) 82518.
Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated.
Ruppli session personnel note: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), with Bill Doggett (organ), Hank Jones (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Arnold Fishkind (bass), Johnny Blowers (drums), The Ray Charles Singers (vocal group).

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca 27693	10-in.
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Brunswick (U.K.) 04788	10-in.
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca 9-31142	45-rpm
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca ED-2028	45-rpm
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca 9-27693	45-rpm
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Brunswick (U.K.) OE 9025	45-rpm
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Brunswick (France, Germany) 10142	45-rpm
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca DL7-4887	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca DL7-5186	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca DL-8149	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca DL-8760	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Decca DL7-8760	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	MCA MCA2-4047	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Ace of Hearts (England) AH-22	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	MCA (England) MCL-1611	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	MCA (England) MCM-5009	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	MCA (France) 510044	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	Brunswick (France, Germany) 87506	LP
6/26/1951 New York, New York	A	Master	MCA-GRP 2619-2/2	Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix 81215. Smooth sailing / Ella Fitzgerald," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000309432/81215-Smooth_sailing.

Decca matrix 81215. Smooth sailing / Ella Fitzgerald. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000309432/81215-Smooth_sailing.

"Decca matrix 81215. Smooth sailing / Ella Fitzgerald." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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