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Birth Name: Ella Jane Fitzgerald

Born: 25 April 1917 Died: 15 June 1996

Country of origin: United States

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Gone, but not forgotten (1852 items)
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60 Graves of Famous Musicians (61 items)
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Favorite American Female Singers (39 items)
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Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - Cry Me A River - Live 1975

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Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (1968)

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Ella Fitzgerald The Man I love

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Description: "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was arguably the finest female jazz singer of all time (although some may vote for Sarah Vaughan or Billie Holiday). Blessed with a beautiful voice and a wide range, Fitzgerald could outswing anyone, was a brilliant scat singer, and had near-perfect elocution; one could always understand the words she sang. The one fault was that, since she always sounded so happy to be singing, Fitzgerald did not always dig below the surface of the lyrics she interpreted and she even made a downbeat song such as "Love for Sale" sound joyous. However, when one evaluates her career on ... (more)

Tags: American (3), Jazz (2), Died Aged 79 (2), Born 1917 (2), Died 1996 (2), Female (2), Vocalist (1), Singer (1), Southern (1), Black (1), United States (1), Diabetes (1), Virginia (1), Deceased (1), Fat (1), Taurus (1), Jazz Singer (1), Beautiful Voice (1), Standards (1), Usa (1)

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Ella Fitzgerald and The Inkspots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

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Gone, but not forgotten (1852 person items)

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Ella Fitzgerald - Tenderly (Brussels, 1957)

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Ella Fitzgerald- "How High The Moon/Epic scat" LIVE 1966 [RITY Archives]

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Kaleidoscope of Musical Names **** (181 music items)

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Greatest Female Singers (100 person items)

"► ► ► 214 ◄ ◄ ◄POINTSELLA FITZGERALDFIRST LADY OF SONGQUEEN OF JAZZ A-Tisket, A-Tasket (1938) I'm Making Believe (1944) Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (1944) Dream a Little Dream of Me (1950) How High the Moon (1960)"

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Notable African Americans who helped pave the way (64 person items)

"Ella Fitzgerald became the first Black female Grammy winner in 1958 when she won the awards for best jazz performance and best female pop vocal performance for her work on the album "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook.""

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Music...Jazz vocalist...Smooth like Butter Recap (30 music items)

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Music...Jazz Artist (97 music items)