Ella Fitzgerald was a famous jazz singer from the USA, known as the First Lady of Song. She had a clear, beautiful voice and could sing many styles. Ella made over 200 albums and sang more than 2,000 ...

Most people who don't know jazz can probably recognize the name of one of the genre's best singers: Ella Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is one of the eight women at the center of this season of NPR Music's ...

She wasn’t a beauty, like Lena Horne. She wasn’t sensuous, like Eartha Kitt, or homely, like Peggy Lee. ‘When a girl comes up and looks like me,’ she once said, ‘she just can’t get a chance.’ But Ella ...

Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) was a gifted American jazz artist. She had a warm and lovely voice, with notable rhythmic sense, versatility, and intonation, as well as exceptional talent at scat singing.

On April 25, 1917, legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is born in Newport News, Virginia. She was called “The First Lady of Song,” an honor whose meaning is captured in a compliment paid to her by ...

Like Charlie Parker on the saxophone or Jimi Hendrix on the guitar, Ella Fitzgerald redefined what could be done with her instrument — which, in her case, was her singular voice — with a mix of ...

When I was a child, one of my favorite holiday albums was Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas. I would put the disc on my record player, look at the psychedelic album cover, and lose myself in the ...

The Crossroads Theater Co. in New Brunswick continues its bid to rebound from financial woes with "Ella Fitzgerald -- The First Lady of Song." This musical revue featuring former pop diva Freda Payne ...

In 1988, I attended Ella Fitzgerald's 70th birthday concert at Carnegie Hall. It was the only time I've witnessed someone receive a standing ovation just for walking out on stage, such was the esteem ...