title: Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
text: # Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
  
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  Things Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald - the final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork in 1989. It was released together on one CD with Ella's first album recorded for Reprise label, Ella.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  For the 1970 LP on Reprise Records; RS 6432; Re-issued by Reprise-Warner Bros. in 1989 on CD; Reprise 9 26023-2
  
  Side One:
  
  * "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 5:18
  * "Mas que Nada" (Jorge Ben Jor, English Lyrics by Loryn Deane) – 3:49
  * "A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme)" (Pierre Barouh, Francis Lai, Jerry Keller) – 3:17
  * "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:22
  * "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:28
  * "Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson) – 3:17
  
  Side Two:
  
  * "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 3:44
  * "Don't Dream of Anybody But Me" (AKA "Li'l Darlin'") (Neal Hefti, Bart Howard) – 4:06
  * "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:11
  * "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:40
  * "Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 2:30
  * "Just When We're Falling in Love" (AKA "Robbins Nest") (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 2:29
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Recorded May 26–30, 1969, in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
  
  * Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
  * Gerald Wilson - Arranger, Conductor.
  * Tommy Flanagan - piano
  * Joe Sample - electric piano, organ
  * Louis Bellson - drums
  * Modesto Duran - congas
  * Francisco DeSouza - congas
  * Victor Feldman - vibes, percussion
  * Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
  * Herb Ellis - guitar
  * Dennis Budimir - guitar
  * Ray Brown - bass, electric bass
  * Bobby Bryant - trumpet
  * Larry McGuire - trumpet
  * Alex Rodriquez - trumpet
  * Paul Hubinon - trumpet
  * Harry Edison - trumpet
  * J. J. Johnson- trombone
  * James Cleveland- trombone
  * Mike Wimberly- trombone
  * Britt Woodman- trombone
  * William Tole- trombone
  * Thurman Green- trombone
  * Arthur Maebe - French horn, tuba
  * Henry DeVega - alto
  * Harold Land - tenor
  * Ray Bojorquez - tenor
  * Richard Aplanalp - baritone
  * Marshal Royal - woodwinds
  * Anthony Ortega - woodwinds
  * Ernie Watts - woodwinds
  * Bill Green - woodwinds
  