Fitzgerald, Ella
Fitzgerald, Ella (1917–96) US jazz singer. Chick Webb discovered the ‘First Lady of Song’ at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in 1934. Ella's first hit was “A-Tisket A-Tasket” (1938). Her
Songbook series of renditions of popular ‘standards’ by George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter have become definitive. She worked with most of the jazz greats of her era, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong.
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Property from the Estates of Ella Fitzgerald and Dorothy Lamour to Highlight Sotheby's Auction of Entertainment Memorabilia in Beverly Hills on May 21, 1997
PR Newswire; 3/20/1997; 700+ words
; ...Property from the Estate of Legendary Singer Ella Fitzgerald Will Be Sold To Benefit The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Property from the...the field. Property from the estate of Ella Fitzgerald, including a superb group of memorabilia...
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ELLA FITZGERALD DEBUTS ON FIRST U.S. POSTAGE STAMP OF 2007
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...The "First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald, becomes the 30th honoree in...celebrate the life and legacy of Ella Fitzgerald," said Vice President and Consumer...about incredible artists such as Ella Fitzgerald enriches all of our communities...
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Profile: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
Transcript from: Tavis Smiley (NPR); 4/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...23-2004 Profile: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald Host: TONY COX Time: 9:00...her the first lady of song. Ella Fitzgerald would have been 86 years old...Soundbite of music) Ms. ELLA FITZGERALD: (Singing) Why is there gloom...
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Ella Fitzgerald Debuts on First U.S. Postage Stamp of 2007.
PR Newswire; 1/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...The "First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald, becomes the 30th honoree in...celebrate the life and legacy of Ella Fitzgerald," said Vice President and Consumer...about incredible artists such as Ella Fitzgerald enriches all of our communities...
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'Ella': Only the Patter Is Off-Key; Fitzgerald Bio-Play Truly Soars When Its Star Bursts Into Song
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...remarkable instrument of the great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald in "Ella," a rousing act of vocal impersonation that...childless Fitzgerald to adopt. But the tidbits "Ella" imparts about Fitzgerald's offstage life feel on this occasion like...
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Ella Fitzgerald Debuts on First U.S. Postage Stamp of 2007
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 1/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...The "First Lady of Song,"Ella Fitzgerald, becomes the 30th honoree in...about incredible artists such as Ella Fitzgerald enrichesall of our communities...our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them." Please Note: An...
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Ella's Down Side // Bio Views Fitzgerald Through the Shadows
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/29/1994; ; 700+ words
; Ella Fitzgerald By Stuart Nicholson. Scribner's...isn't eager to read about, it's Ella Fitzgerald. For much of this century, she has...Stuart Nicholson's biography, Ella Fitzgerald, hardly amounts to Ella Babylon...
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Ella Fitzgerald dazzling at '92 Jazz Festival.(Originated from Newport News Daily Press)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/16/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...John Scott was thrilled to get Ella Fitzgerald in the Hampton Jazz Festival...was billed as ``A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald,'' and she received honors...Ritchie had declared Feb. 19 ``Ella Fitzgerald Day'' in Newport News...
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The Smithsonian's Tone-Deaf Look at Ella Fitzgerald's Life
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/19/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...of the costumes that Ella Fitzgerald wore onstage, when...they found does. "Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song...the corner from the Fitzgerald display cases, alone...Leonard photographs reveal Ella in mid-song, Paris...
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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Tina Fabrique knows Ella Fitzgerald. As a young jazz...know that." "Ella" takes place on...day in 1966 when Fitzgerald had to attend the...mother died when Fitzgerald was about 15 (the...abused her), and Ella dropped out of school...
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Fitzgerald, Ella
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Ella Fitzgerald Singer For the Record… Selected...any time during the 55 years in which Ella Fitzgerald has been delighting critics and audiences...concert at Radio City Music Hall. Ella Fitzgerald, “the first lady of song...
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Fitzgerald, Ella 1918–1996
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Ella Fitzgerald 1918–1996 Jazz vocalist...Lady of Song” is the title Ella Fitzgerald was given by critics and fans, and...University of Maryland’s Ella Fitzgerald School of Performing Arts named, 1974...
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Fitzgerald, Ella 1920-
Book article from: American Decades
FITZGERALD, ELLA 1920- Jazz singer Discovered Ella Fitzgerald was not quite fifteen years old when she made her professional...and raised in Yonkers, New York, by her mother, Ella Fitzgerald made an immediate impact on jazz singing in her time...
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Fitzgerald, Ella 1918–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Ella Fitzgerald 1918– Jazz singer At a Glance...Lady of Song” is the title Ella Fitzgerald has been given by critics and fans...University of Maryland’s Ella Fitzgerald School of Performing Arts named, 1974...
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Ella Fitzgerald
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996) was one of the most exciting jazz singers of her time and, because of the naturalness of her style, had a popular appeal that extended far beyond the borders of jazz. Ella Fitzgerald was born on...
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