Decca matrix 86367. Lullaby of Birdland / Ella Fitzgerald

Title	Source
Lullaby of Birdland (Primary title)	Ruppli Decca
Personnel	Notes
Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist)
Everett Barksdale (instrumentalist : guitar)
Sandy Block (instrumentalist : string bass)
Jimmy Crawford (instrumentalist : drums)
Hank Jones (instrumentalist : piano)
Sam "The Man" (Sammy) Taylor (instrumentalist : tenor saxophone)
Sy Oliver Orchestra (Musical group)

Additional Information

Notes
Ruppli session personnel note: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), with Sy Oliver and his Orchestra, including Sam Taylor (tenor saxophone), Hank Jones (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Sandy Block (bass), Jimmy Crawford (drums).
Ruppli session note: Both titles also issued on Decca 9-29198, ED-2312, DL-8149, DL(7)-4887, MCA MCA2-4099, (France) 510044.
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.

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Decca 29198	10-in.
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Brunswick (U.K.) 05392	10-in.
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Brunswick (Germany) A-82860	10-in.
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Decca ED-2312	45-rpm
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Decca 9-29198	45-rpm
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Brunswick (France, Germany) 10142	45-rpm
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Decca DL7-4887	LP
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Decca DL-8149	LP
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	MCA MCA2-4016	LP
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	MCA MCA2-4099	LP
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	MCA (France) 510044	LP
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Brunswick (France, Germany) 87506	LP
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	Brunswick (France, Germany) 87524	LP
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	MCA-GRP 2619-2/2	Compact disc
6/4/1954 New York, New York	[A]	Master	MCA-GRP 2641-2/1	Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix 86367. Lullaby of Birdland / Ella Fitzgerald," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000314584/86367-Lullaby_of_Birdland.

Decca matrix 86367. Lullaby of Birdland / Ella Fitzgerald. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000314584/86367-Lullaby_of_Birdland.

"Decca matrix 86367. Lullaby of Birdland / Ella Fitzgerald." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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