FMM: Ella-mentary

For the first FMM song for 2024, we’re going to go back.

Way back.

In 1947, Frank Loesser - a popular and prolific songwriter - wrote this smooth and heartfelt ditty about New Year. It’s a song that proved to be such a classic that musical artists from the 1940s to the 2010s sang this song and had versions of it.

But for today, we’re paying homage to the OG.

Ella Fitzgerald was the first singer to sing “What are you doing New Year’s Eve.” True to her style of singing, this version is sultry and croony, and captures both the romance and celebration of Christmas.

So what am I doing?

Listening to this song over and over and over again, of course.