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Dubbed “The First Lady of Song,” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums.

Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. She could sing sultry ballads, sweet jazz and imitate every instrument in an orchestra. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole, to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. (Or rather, some might say all the jazz greats had the pleasure of working with Ella.)

She performed at top venues all over the world, and packed them to the hilt. Her audiences were as diverse as her vocal range. They were rich and poor, made up of all races, all religions and all nationalities. In fact, many of them had just one binding factor in common - they all loved her.

Humble but happy beginnings

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Va. on April 25, 1917. Her father, William, and mother, Temperance (Tempie), parted ways shortly after her birth. Together, Tempie and Ella went to Yonkers, N.Y, where they eventually moved in with Tempie’s longtime boyfriend Joseph Da Silva. Ella’s half-sister, Frances, was born in 1923 and soon she began referring to Joe as her stepfather.

To support the family, Joe dug ditches and was a part-time chauffeur, while Tempie worked at a laundromat and did some catering. Occasionally, Ella took on small jobs to contribute money as well. Perhaps naïve to the circumstances, Ella worked as a runner for local gamblers, picking up their bets and dropping off money.
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  • appidydafoo

    :)

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  • majjo01

    jaaaaaa wieder was für mein herz

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  • stuntcat

    you like pajammas and I like pajahmas!

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  • JustAKayee

    I just listened to 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' with a huge, silly smile on my face. <3

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  • barryvs

    Whoever had the sense to get these two together (of course it was in the cards but alright), should get a statue.

    março 2012

  • elmokoning

    "Si, bi dababa, shoobaba", "ZA ZIBI ZWABA ZOO ZOO". Which scat is whoms? :') JK, but ssly gotta love Louis Armstrong.

    janeiro 2012

  • cbgzlybh

    first hear their collaboration in when harry met sally... breath-taking ;let's call the whole thing off

    dezembro 2011

  • BowieFreak

    Great match

    dezembro 2011
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