Why Was I Born?

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.14Why Was I Born?3:47Ella FitzgeraldThe Best of the Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-09-21
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 519 804‐2
1.14Why Was I Born?3:47Ella FitzgeraldThe Best of the Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1993-09-21
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 519 804-2
1.14Why Was I Born?3:47Ella FitzgeraldThe Best of the Song Books (Club Edition)Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-09-21
Verve Records, Inc. (credited often as just "Verve Records" for manufacturing/marketing, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, of PolyGram Records, Inc.), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)314 519 804-2, D134616

Relationships

recording of:Why Was I Born? (cover)

Why Was I Born?

lyricist:Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:Jerome Kern (in 1929)